【汉译英】增广贤文：相识满天下，知心能几人?

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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。
You may have
nodding friends
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but how many
of them
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your confidants?
7 w6 Z* A0 y) c$ F9 J# C: L3 IAlways see
what your friends
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then you can
associate without resentment
till you are old.
Living by the river,
you know
how fish swim.
Living by a mountain,
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The water of
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rises fast,
and recedes just as fast.
Inconstancy,
is the mark
of a petty man's
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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。
You may have friends all over the world, but how many of them can you count on in times of need?
6 }" z/ T5 n+ ?5 M+ }4 s- A( nYou friends won't have reasons for resentment if you always treat them just like when you first meet.
Living by a mountain and a river teaches one about the nature of fish and birds.
# R; @; U; p0 X3 |" q+ X) sFickle 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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