********英语谚语********
He sits no sure that sits too high.
高处不胜寒。
He that respects not is not respected.
欲受人敬，要先敬人。
So said, so done.
说到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste.
忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
Better be envied than pitied.
宁被人妒，不受人怜。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.
未雨绸缪。
So the world wags.
这就是人生。
One can not be in two places at once.
一心不可二用。
No weal without woe.
福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
Little chips light great fires.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.
狡兔三窟。
Dreams are lies.
梦不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
A light heart live long.
心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
Poverty is stranger to industry.
勤劳之人不受穷。
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
考虑要仔细,行动要迅速.
One sin opens the door for another. ---German
犯了一次罪恶就会犯另一次罪。
One man's meat is another man's poison.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水珍贵
Less is more.
简单就是美
A blessing in disguise.
因祸得福
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌
Every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意日
Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.
磨刀不误砍柴功。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实
Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半
Time flies never to be recalled.
光阴一去不复返
When in Rome, do as Roman do.
入乡随俗
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后谁笑得最美
Deal with a man as he deals with you.
以其人之道还治其人之身
Look before you leap.
三思而后行
Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始善终
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。
First come, first served.
先来先招待。
Where there is s will，there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
No pains，no gains.
不劳则无获
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不待人
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁
It's never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢
There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕
East or west，home is best.
走东串西，还是家里好
Equal pay for equal work.
同工同酬
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置
Pride goes before a fall.
骄兵必败
Reading makes a full man.
读书使人完善
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成攻之母
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧
All roads lead to Roma.
条条大道通罗马
Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.
不能以貌取人
Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.
切莫过于乐观
Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进
It′s easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮
As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.
自食其果
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的东西并非都是金子
Many hands make light work.
人多力量大
Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
世上无难事只要肯登攀
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Many hands make light work.
人多力量大。
Grasp all, lose all.
样样都要，全都失掉。
Better master one than engage with ten.
会十事不如精一事。
Silly child is soon taught.
要想孩子好，教育要趁早。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
Easier said than done.
说起来容易，做起来难。
The first step is the hardest.
万事开头难。
Who knows most says least.
懂的最多的人，说的最少。
Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月不待人。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事今日毕。
Diligence is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
It's never too late to learn.
活到老，学到老。
Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬
Waste not, want not.
俭则不匮
Weak things united become strong.
一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁
Wealth is best known by want.
人穷方知钱可贵
We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.
判断一个人，不听言语看行动
We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.
年华没虚度，一生也足矣。
What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非已莫为
When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.
墙倒众人推
When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.
孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸
When one will not, two cannot quarrel.
一个巴掌拍不响
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
猫儿不在，鼠儿成精
When wine sinks, words swim.
美酒一下肚，话匣关不住
Where there's life there's hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
Will is power.
意志就是力量
Wise men are silent; fools talk.
智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝
Wise men change their minds; fools never do.
智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.
耳听为虚，眼见为实
********英语名言********
A
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
--H.W. Arnold
最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。
--H.W. 阿诺德
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
--Issac Asimoy
如果勇敢的正视困难， 困难就会消失， 这一直是我的人生哲学。
--艾萨克·阿西莫艾
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
—— Aristotle
学问在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是庇护所，在年老时是供应品。
? —— 亚里士多德
B
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
--Francis Bacon
旅行对青年人而言是一种教育；对老年人来说则是一种经历。
--培根
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
—— F. Bacon
一些书可以浅尝辄止；一些书可以狼吞虎咽；而有些书则需要细嚼慢咽，好好消化。
—— F.培根
The best proof of love is trust.
--Joyce Brothers
爱的最好的证明就是信任。
-- 乔伊斯·布拉泽斯
C
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
--Confucius
己所不欲，勿施于人。
-- 孔子
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
—— Joseph Conrad
你可以通过一个人的朋友，也可以通过一个人的敌人来判断他的为人。
—— 约瑟夫·康拉德
The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.
—— Catherall
求学的三个基本条件是：多观察，多吃苦，多研究。
—— 加塞罗尔
D
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control thoughts.
--Charles Darwin
道德修养有可能达到的最高境界是认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。
--达尔
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.
--John Dryden
错误就像浮在水面的稻草；要想寻找珍珠就得潜到他的下面。
--约翰·德莱顿
E
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
最深的思想或感情就如同深睡的矿藏，在等待着同样深沉的头脑与心灵去发现和开采。
--爱默生
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
--Emerson
缺乏热情是完成不了伟业的。
--爱默生
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
--Emerson
进步乃今日之努力，明日之保证。
-- 爱默生
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free, if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
-- Edmund Burke
如果我们能支配我们的财富，我们就会变得富裕而自由；如财富
支配了我们，我们就会变得贫穷。
--E·伯克
F
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
--Henry Ford
做好准备是成功的首要秘诀。
--亨利·福特
Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.
--Benjamin Franklin
沉默并不是智慧的标志，但唠叨永远是一项蠢行。
--本杰明·富兰克林
Love your neighbor--but don't pull down your hedge.
--Benjamin Franklin
爱你的邻居--但不要拆掉你的篱笆。
-- 本杰明·富兰克林
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful
to others.
--Erich Fromm
只有对自己有信心的人才会对别人守信用。
-- 埃立克·弗洛姆
Love is an active power in man, a power which breaks through
the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites
him with others; love makes him ovrecome the sense of isolation
and separateness, yet it permits to be himself, to retain his integrity.
--Erich Fromn
爱是活跃于人心中的一种力量，它冲破人与人之间的隔阂，使我们紧紧相连；
它使我们战胜孤独无助，却仍使我们保持自我个性的独立完整。
-- 埃立克·弗洛姆
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing
your temper or self-confidence.
--Robert Frost
教育就是要使人具备一种能力， 可以听到任何话都不动怒或丧失自信。
--罗伯特·弗罗斯特
G
Every person has two educations, one which he receives
from others, and one, more important, whch he gives himself.
--E Gibbon
每个人都接受两种教育， 一种来自别人，另一种更重要的来自自己。
--吉朋
Gunius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.
--Goethe
平静中产生天才，生活激流中创造个性。
--歌德
H
Saying and doing are two different things.
--John Heywood (1497-1550) 言与行实乃两码事也。
--约翰·海伍德
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
—— Thomas Hardy
一个希望的突然失落会留下一处伤痕，即使那希望最终会实现，也决
不能完全平复。
—— 托马斯·哈代
All great truths are obvious truths. But no all obvcious
truths are great truths.
—— A. Huxley 伟大的真理都是明摆着的事实，但并不是所有显而易见的事实都是伟大的真理。
? ——A·赫胥黎
I
J
Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
--Thomas Jefferson
不要买虽然便宜但你并不需要的东西；因为它对你而言是非常昂贵的。
--托马斯·杰弗逊
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation
on how it shall be spent.
--Samuel Johnson
人生不长，切不可花费太多的时间去考虑应该怎样度过这一辈子。
--塞缪尔·约翰逊
If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone.
—— Samuel Johnson
如果一个人在一生中不结交新朋友，他很快就会发现自己很孤独。
—— 塞缪尔·约翰逊
K
As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
—— Helen Keller
自私和抱怨使心灵阴暗，愉悦的爱则使视野明朗开阔。
? —— 海伦·凯勒
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
--John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
礼貌不是软弱的表现，真诚有待验证。
--约翰·肯尼迪
L
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.
-- Doug larson
真正的朋友从不追究你的过错，也从不嫉妒你的成功。
-- 道格·拉森
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
--Abraham Lincoln
永远记住：你自己的取得成功的决心比什么都重要。
--林肯
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
--Abraham Lincoln
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
--林肯
It's difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
—— H.W. Longfellow
知道爱情开始是困难的，但知道爱情已经开始则不那么困难。
—— H.W.朗费罗
What is the man's first duty? The answer is brief: to be himself.
-- Henrik Ibsen
一个人的首要职责是什么？答案很简单：做自己。
-- 易卜生
There is no situation in life but has its advantages and pleasures provided we will but take it as a joke when we find it.
--Washington Irving
人世间的任何境遇都有其优点和乐趣，只要我们愿意接受现实。
--华盛顿·欧文
M
It is strange that all great men should have some little grain of madness mingled with whatever genius they possess.
-- Moliere
很奇怪，大凡为人在他们所拥有的天分中都混杂着一些疯狂的成分。
-- 莫里哀
There is only one success--- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
--Morley
只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。
--莫利
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
—— Martin Luther King
我们必须接受有限的失望，但我们绝不可失去无限的希望。
—— 马丁·路德·金
N
The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.
--Leonard Nimoy
这真是奇迹-我们分享的越多，我们拥有的也就越多。
--伦纳德·尼莫哀
Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
--Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
过多地谈论自己可能是隐藏自己的方式。
--尼采
O
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
--William Osler
在科学上，功劳归于使全世界信服的人，而不归于首先有这种想法的人。
--威廉·奥斯勒
P
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
—— Blaise Pascal
人的伟大之处在于他的思想的力量。
? —— B· 帕斯卡
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, dose no harm to body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
--Plato
体育运动如果是出于强迫，不会有害于身体，但在强迫之下获得的知识，不能保留在头脑中。
--柏拉图
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
-- Pope
人孰无过？心存宽恕，就是圣洁。
--蒲柏
Q
R
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
--Richter
欢乐是我们的双翼， 悲痛是我们的动力。
--里克特
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
--Franklin Roosevelt
我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。
-- 富兰克林·罗斯福
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
--Bertrand Russell
美好的生活是一种由爱所激励和由知识所指导的生活。
--罗素
Life being very short, and the quiet hour of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
—— John Ruskin
人生十分短促，宁静的时间又不多； 我们不应该浪费宝贵的时间 去读毫无价值的书。
—— 约翰·拉斯金
S
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor.
--Sallust
三思而后行，然后就全力投入行动。
-- 索卢斯特
Truth needs no colour; beauty , no pencil.
—— William Shakespeare
真理不需色彩，美丽不需涂饰。
? ——W·莎士比亚
Laziness is like a lock, which bolts you out of the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling.
--Bernard Shaw
懒惰就象一把锁，锁住了知识的仓库，使你的智力便得匮乏。
--萧伯纳
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
--John Steinbeck
主意就象野兔，你若有一对，学会怎样驯养它们，你很快就会有一打。
--约翰·斯坦贝克
the fox changes his skin but not his habits.
--Suetonius
江山易改，本性难移。
--史维都尼亚斯
T
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
-- Thomas Carlyle
最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。
-- 托马斯·卡莱尔
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
-- W.M.Thackeray
你勇敢，世界就会让步。如果有时它战胜你，你要不断地勇敢再勇敢，它就会屈服。
-- W.M. 萨克雷
Loveliness, needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
—— James Thompson
可爱，并不需要外来的装饰，天然的可爱远比雕饰的更可爱。
—— J· 汤普森
U
V
W
In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
--Oscar Wilde
世界上只有两种悲剧：一种是得不到自己想要的东西，另一种是得到了。
-- 王尔德
Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something
of freedom to attain it.
-- William Somerset Maugham
不论什么时候，只要你有一个目标，就得牺牲一定的自由去实现它。
--W·S·毛姆
