【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
all over the world,
but how many
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Always see
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when you first meet,
then you can
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: Z8 P: g4 }+ T$ q* ]Living by the river,
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how fish swim.
Living by a mountain,
you know
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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
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。
7 |) u, U1 Y& d9 n6 c4 XYou may have friends all over the world, but how many of them can you count on in times of need?
5 @9 v. g5 G8 o$ V" W8 eYou friends won't have reasons for resentment if you always treat them just like when you first meet.
& \2 g0 q5 `& J0 k8 c5 ?' `3 DLiving by a mountain and a river teaches one about the nature of fish and birds.
! s' H* i" L) I, r* Y) `, jFickle 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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