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 relative pronouns are special pronouns which can connect the antecedent and the attributive clause. also they can be used as a part of the attributive clause. here are some important differences.
1. which/that:referring to things, can be used as a subject or an object in the attributive clause; when they are used as an object, they can be omitted.
the plane is a machine that/which can fly.
the school(that/which)he visited last week is to the south of the city.
2. that/who/whom:referring to a person, can be used as subject or object in the attributive clause; whom can only be used as an object.
the girl(that/whom/who)we saw yesterday was jim’s sister.
the man that/who is talking to my father is my math teacher.
3. whose:referring to a person or a thing, can be used as an attribute in the attributive clause.
this is the writer whose name is known all over the world.
the room whose window faces south is mine.
4. before everything, anything, everybody, anybody, all, the best+n. the first+n. etc. , we use that instead of which.
all(that)i need is time.
this is the largest factory(that)i have ever visited.
the sixth lesson(that)we are learning is the most difficult in book two.
5. we can’t use that in a non-restrictive attributive clause or after a preposition.
i have lost the pen, which i like very much.
i have two sisters, who are both teachers.
at last i met the writer of whom i had heard long before.
this is the house in which the famous man was born.

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as we all know, the attributive clause is very important. there are many proverbs with attributive clauses. get online to find some out for you to imitate and remember. you should try to find out at least five ones.
possible version:
1. all that glitters is not gold.
閃光的并不都是金子。
2. all is well that ends well.
結局好，一切都好。
3. he who laughs last laughs best.
誰笑到最后誰笑得最好。
4. he who doesn’t reach the great wall is not a true man.
不到長城非好漢。
5. he who knows others is learned, and he who knows himself is wise.
知人者智，自知者明。
6. he who loves others is constantly loved, and he who respects others is constantly respected.
愛人者恒愛之，敬人者恒敬之。
7. gods help those who help themselves.
自助者天助/天助自助之人。
8. friendship is like sound health, the value of which is seldom known until it is lost.
真正的友誼猶如健康的身體，失去時方知其可貴。
9. the hands that push cradles are the hands that push the world.
推動搖籃的手，就是推動世界的手。
10. nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。