【汉译英】增广贤文：相识满天下，知心能几人?

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) g* X- P' x; {1 m/ A- ^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
all over the world,
but how many
of them
can be counted as
your confidants?
Always see
what your friends
attract you
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then you can
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6 p- {0 u8 Y& D; `$ p6 D# Still you are old.
Living by the river,
you know
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+ L) a$ ?/ e8 Q4 T3 z2 C3 fLiving by a mountain,
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The water of
mountain streams,
rises fast,
and recedes just as fast.
Inconstancy,
is the mark
of a petty man's
heart.


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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。
  W) E$ f, U# IYou may have friends all over the world, but how many of them can you count on in times of need?
* u: _% Y5 @0 ~8 Q+ q) E2 J( EYou friends won't have reasons for resentment if you always treat them just like when you first meet.
2 M8 V7 s9 a. P3 t1 N" rLiving by a mountain and a river teaches one about the nature of fish and birds.
$ \8 o0 ?% R$ `2 vFickle is the heart of a petty man, just like the water of a mountain stream, which recedes just as fast as it rises.