【汉译英】增广贤文：相识满天下，知心能几人?

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' R2 W2 j/ `+ ?0 s9 l相识满天下，知心能几人？相逢好似初相识，到老终无怨恨心。近水知鱼性，近山识鸟音。易涨易退山溪水，易反易复小人心。
. d) v+ \& x; Y4 L8 Y0 x" jYou may have
nodding friends
" I8 e  I, s7 q+ X0 u/ `all over the world,
but how many
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your confidants?
Always see
what your friends
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/ |1 L0 a! F0 e' K5 Y9 o% mthen you can
associate without resentment
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) x' }4 {1 i8 P9 ]# [Living by the river,
. e* r3 G, Z" O. \3 |; v# eyou know
how fish swim.
; E9 ~( a. z0 d/ A5 b; e7 x  {Living by a mountain,
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how birds chirp.
The water of
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rises fast,
and recedes just as fast.
% X2 j( |/ t! O' _3 G! d6 m) cInconstancy,
is the mark
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" F; v; K& d8 d# [/ f. |( zheart.
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相识满天下，知心能几人？相逢好似初相识，到老终无怨恨心。近水知鱼性，近山识鸟音。易涨易退山溪水，易反易复小人心。
3 u! G" S* q8 V4 b/ P' wYou may have friends all over the world, but how many of them can you count on in times of need?
9 ~6 y* F9 M9 I, pYou friends won't have reasons for resentment if you always treat them just like when you first meet.
4 J' m( s* O* |5 \1 H' @/ ^2 o+ {9 ^Living by a mountain and a river teaches one about the nature of fish and birds.
8 |* y4 _9 H5 A% ^Fickle is the heart of a petty man, just like the water of a mountain stream, which recedes just as fast as it rises.
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