【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
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can be counted as
your confidants?
; y- b6 h  M4 X6 w! EAlways see
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attract you
. [* G9 z- d8 e3 J3 H$ Dwhen you first meet,
0 H# S: V0 O2 f, Y  Y  Ythen you can
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: G+ Y, L9 ?5 K* G4 E4 o# still you are old.
  ?/ V& z5 l) v( {& l0 sLiving by the river,
you know
how fish swim.
  Q6 U/ L/ d& @+ ~Living by a mountain,
you know
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9 C( M. ?" h8 ?The water of
mountain streams,
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1 S+ m  a2 z8 V4 t  \and recedes just as fast.
Inconstancy,
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mxh3698

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?
% I. G& L3 c- f2 uYou friends won't have reasons for resentment if you always treat them just like when you first meet.
, G6 V: \, s2 b: r8 B5 cLiving by a mountain and a river teaches one about the nature of fish and birds.
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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