不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。
Miss not the discourse of the elders.
从错误和失败中，我们取得了最好的教训。
Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failures.
见多识广的人不会被意外吓倒。
He who lives near the woods is not frightened by owls（猫头鹰）.
经验是对痛苦的报酬。
The reward of suffering is experience.
经验是良师，只是学费高。
Experience is the best teacher, only the school fees are heavy.
经验是一所永远毕业不了的学校。
Experience is a school from which you can never graduate.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验需要长期积累。
Experience is a long way.
经验有时是危险的。
Experience is sometimes dangerous.
久经磨难经验多。粪块越踩越大。
The more you tramp on a turd, the broader it grows.
困难增长经验，经验增长智慧。
Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom.
老将出马，一个顶俩。
An old ox makes a straight furrow（犁沟）.
年轻和经验难得共存。
Youth and experience seldom exist together.
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
A wreck on shore is a beacon（灯标）at sea.
Avoid the ford（浅滩）on which your friend was drowned.
It is good to learn at another man’s cost.
Learn from the mistakes of others and prevent your own.
Let another’s shipwreck be your sea mark.
Let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
One man’s fault is another man’s lesson.
The fault of another is a good teacher.
The wrecked coach in front is a warning to you.
亲身体验得到的智慧代价很大。
Bought wit is dear.
亲身体验最可贵，但代价可能太大。
Bought wit is best, but may cost too much.
青春饭不耐吃。青春难持久。
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.
青春人生只有一次。
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
青年人展望未来，老年人暮念过去。
Youth looks forward and
age backward.
时间是真理之父，经验是科学之母。
Time is the father of truth and experience is the mother of science.
一次痛苦的经验，抵得上无数次的告诫。
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
有经验的人不同狡猾的人打交道。
The old goose plays not with foxes
有经验而无学问胜于有学问而无经验。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
只有亲身经历，才会学到真正的东西。
Experience keeps no school, but she teaches her pupil singly.
忠告虽短是良言。
Short rede, good rede.
忠告是无价之宝。
Good advice is beyond price.
Good counsel is a pearl beyond price.
忠告有利而无害。
Good counsel does no harm.
Good counsel never comes amiss（不称心）.
忠言比凉水更能使人冷静。
Good words cool more than cold water.
忠言逆耳。
A friend that frowns（皱眉）is better than a smiling enemy.
Advice is seldom welcome.
Golden words offend（冒犯）the ears.
Good advice is harsh（刺耳的）to the ear.
忠言逆耳。良药苦口。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
Advice is like medicine, the better it is, the nastier to take.
忠言在最需要的时候最不受重视。
Advice when most needed is least heeded（听从）.