第一篇：英語格言警句小全

英語格言警句小全

A A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠總怪工具差。

A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.勇者可能跌倒，但不會屈服。

A burnt child dreads the fire.燒傷過的孩子怕見火。（意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草繩）A constant guest is never welcome.常客招人嫌。A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足長樂。A cracked bell can never sound well.破鐘敲不響。A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死時稻草也要抓 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。A fox may grow grey, but never good.江山易改，本性難移。A friend in need is a friend in indeed.患難識知已

A friend is easier lost than found.失友容易，交友難。

A good beginning is half the battle.良好的開端是成功一半

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好書如摯友，情誼永不渝 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善則妻賢

A good name is sooner lost than won.美名易失，不易得 A good wife is a good prize.賢妻賽寶石

A good winter brings a good summer.好冬必有好夏

A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭不睦，萬事不興

A lazy youth, a lousy age.少時懶惰，老來虱咬（意指：少壯不努力，老大徒悲傷）A little help is worth a deal of pity.一點幫助勝于一車同情。A little is better than none.聊勝于無

A little learning is a dangerous thing.淺學(xué)誤人 A little pot is soon hot.壺小易熱，量小易怒

A living dog is better than a dead lion.死獅不如活狗

A man can only die once.人生只有一回死

A man is known by his friends.視其友，知其人

A man who has friends must show himself friendly.要想交朋友，就得有誠意 A merry heart goes all the way.心情愉快，萬事順利 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火

A penny saved is a penny earned.省一文就得一文 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔

A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知,天下曉

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平靜的大海不能造就出熟練的水手。A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言為智 A stitch in time saves nine.一針及時省九針

A straw will show which way the wind blows.草動知風(fēng)向 A tale never loses in the telling.故事越傳越長

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物，回味無窮 A thing you don't want is dear at any price.不需要的東西最貴 A true jest is no jest.真笑話并非笑話 A useful trade is amine of gold.一技在身猶如金礦在手 A willful man must have his way.只要人有恒，萬事皆可成 A woman's work is never done.婦女的家務(wù)事永遠(yuǎn)也做不完 A wonder lasts but nine days.什么新奇的事，也新不了幾天 A word to the wise is enough.聰明人一點即明

A work ill done must be twice done.馬虎干活，準(zhǔn)得返工 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.別離情更深

Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.業(yè)精于勤，荒于嬉。Actions speak louder than words.百說不如一干。Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增財富 After a storm comes a calm.雨過天晴（意指：否極泰來）

After dinner sit a while;after supper walk a mile.飯后百步，延年益壽 All are not friends that speak us fair.當(dāng)面說好話的并不都是朋友。All his geese are swans.敝帚自珍

All is not gain that is got into the purse.裝進(jìn)錢包里的不一定都是收益。All lay loads on a willing horse.好馬重負(fù)

All roads lead to Rome.條條道路通羅馬

All that glitters is not gold.閃光的東西不一定是金子 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事起頭難

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只用功，不玩耍，聰明的孩子也變傻 All's well that ends well.結(jié)果好，一切都好

Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.盲人國里，獨眼稱王。（意同：山中無老虎，猴子稱大王）

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一蘋果勝過找醫(yī)生 An empty sack cannot stand upright.空袋子，立不直

An Englishman's house is his castle.英國人的家是獨立王國。（意指：非經(jīng)許可，不得進(jìn)入）An evil lesson is soon learned.惡習(xí)易染

An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙 As good lost as found.有得必有失。

B Bad excuses are worse than none.狡辯比不辯護(hù)還糟 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人

Be just before you are generous.先還債，后慷慨

Beauty and folly are often companions.美貌和愚蠢常結(jié)伴 Beauty is but skin-deep.美麗只是外表罷了 Beggars' bags are bottomless.乞丐不知足

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.雖眼見亦不能全信，道聽途說更不足信。Best is cheapest.好貨最便宜 Better buy than borrow.買比借好

Better early than late.寧早勿晚

Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.寧可空而有志，不可富而失節(jié) Better late than never.遲做總比不做好

Better lose the saddle than the horse.寧可丟鞍，不可失馬

Better the last smile than the first laughter.寧可最后笑，不要首先狂喜。Better to wear out than rust out.與其銹壞，不如用壞

Between two stools you fall to the ground.腳踩兩條凳，早晚要墜地（意同：腳踏兩條船，兩頭要落空）

Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分 Birth is much, but breeding is more.教養(yǎng)重于出身。

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.無奢望者有福，因其永不失望。

Blood is thicker than water.血比水濃（意指：親人總比外人親）

Books and friends should be few but good.買書如交友應(yīng)少而精（書與友，貴精不貴多）Brevity is the soul of wit.言以簡潔為貴 C Cheats never prosper.靠欺騙，難發(fā)財

Children and fools tell the truth.孩子和傻子，口中無詐語

Children should be seen but not be heard.大人在講話，小孩別插嘴 Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.擇妻靠耳，不靠眼 Circumstances alter cases.具體情況具體分析

Cleanliness is next to godliness.整潔近于美德

Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.早晨云遮日，晚上星滿天 Comfort is better than pride.舒適勝于虛榮

Coming events cast their shadows before.未來之事必有前兆 Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石

Content is better than riches.知足勝于財富

Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有則改之，無則加勉

Courtesy costs nothing.彬彬有禮，惠而不費

Cowards die many times before their deaths.膽小鬼在真正斷氣之前要死許多次。Custom rules the law.風(fēng)俗左右法律

Cut your coat according to your cloth.量布裁衣。（意指：量入為出）D Dead men tell no tales.死人不會告密 Death is the great leveler.死亡面前人人平等 Death pays all debts.一死了百債

Delays are dangerous.事怕延誤

Diamond cut diamond.棋逢對手，將遇良才

Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤力佳運之母

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.雞蛋尚未孵，別先數(shù)雞雛（意指：不要過早打如意算盤）

Do not cry for the moon.海底撈月辦不到

Do not cry out before you are hurt.沒受傷，別亂喊 Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一擲 Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要挖肉補瘡

Do not try to teach your grandmother to such eggs.不要班門弄斧 Dog does not eat dog.同類不相殘

Doing nothing is doing ill.無所事事，必干壞事 Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shade.遮蔭之樹不可砍 Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.不要做害人害已的事 Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.不要砸自己的“飯碗” Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置 Dreams go by contraries.夢與現(xiàn)實常相反 Dumb dogs are dangerous.啞巴狗最危險 Dying is as natural as living.有生必有死 E Early sow, early mow.早種早收

Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早，起得早，聰明、富裕、身體好

Easier said than done.;說來容易，做來難

East or west, home is best.東也好，西也好，還是家最好 Easy come, easy go.來得容易去得快

Eat to live, but not live to eat.人為生而食，不為食而生 Empty vessels make the most noise.滿瓶子不響,半瓶子晃蕩 Envy never enriched any man.妒忌決不會致富 Even a worm will turn.人急造反，狗急跳墻 Every bean hath its black.人孰無過

Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窩銀窩不如自己的草窩 Every cook praises his own broth.王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸 Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日

Every little helps.涓涓細(xì)流匯成河，粒粒稻菽堆滿籮 Every little makes a mickle.積少成多，滴水成流 Every man hath his weak side.人皆有弱點 Every man is his won enemy.自貽伊戚 Every why has a where fore.凡事必有因

Everybody's business is nobody's business.眾人的事兒沒人管 Everything comes to him who waits.耐心等待，萬事皆成

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.物莫如新，友莫如故 Example is better than precept.身教勝過言教 Experience is the best teacher.經(jīng)驗是良師

Experience is the father of wisdom.經(jīng)驗是智慧之父 Experience must be bought.要取得經(jīng)驗，須付出代價 Extremes are dangerous.凡事走向極端是危險的 F Face to face, the truth comes out.面對面，真相白 Facts speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯 Failure teaches success.失敗是成功之母

False friends are worse than bitter（open）enemies.口蜜腹劍的朋友比不共戴天的敵人還壞。（意同：明槍易躲，暗箭難防）

Far from eye, far from heart.眼不見，心不念

Far water does not put out near fire.遠(yuǎn)水救不了近火 Fast bind, fast find.藏得好，丟不了 Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金裝，人要衣裝

Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆，也能成災(zāi)主 First come, first served.先到先招待

First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最深刻

Fools build houses and wise men live in them.愚者造房,智才租房 Fool's haste is no speed.欲速則不達(dá) Forbidden fruit is sweetest.禁果格外甜

Fortune favours the brave.天佑勇者

Fortune favours those who use their judgement.智才天助 Fortune knocks once at everyone's door.人人都有走運的一天 Four eyes see more than two.四只眼睛總比兩只眼睛看得清 Fourtune favours fools.傻子有傻福

Friendship should not be all on one side.友誼靠雙方 G Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只總味著終身不懈的努力。Give him an inch and he will take a yard.得寸進(jìn)尺

Give him the dose of his own medicine以其人之道還治其人之身 Go while the going is good.此時不走，更待何時？ God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助 Gold will not buy everything.金錢并非萬能 Good advice is beyond price.忠言是無價之寶

Good advice is harsh to the ear.忠言逆耳 Good counsel has no price.忠言無價

Good health is above wealth.健康勝過財富

Good words are worth much and cost little.好話不花錢，一句值千金 Grasp all, lose all.欲盡得，必盡失 Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同

Great trees keep down the little ones.大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米 H Habit is second nature.習(xí)慣是第二天性

Half a loaf is better than no bread半個面包總比沒有好（意同：聊勝于無）.Handsome is that handsome does.以美貌亦美。Harm watch, harm catch.害人反害已 Haste makes waste.忙中有錯

He is happy that he thinks himself so.自樂者常樂

He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的光彩。He is rich that has few wants.無欲者為富

He knows most who speaks least.博學(xué)者寡言

He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最后，誰笑得最好

He that begins many things , finishes but few.貪多嚼不爛

He that falls today may rise tomorrow.今天跌倒的人，明天可能會站起來。He that is full of himself is very empty.妄自尊大，腹中空空 He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登

He that travels far knows much.遠(yuǎn)行者，見識廣（廣游者見識多）He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.想要打狗，找棍何愁 He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.恥于問即恥于學(xué) He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.He who plays with fire gets burnt.玩火者必自焚

He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.騎虎難下 Health is better than wealth健康勝于財富.Hear all parties.兼聽則明，偏聽則暗

Hedges have eyes and walls have ears.籬笆有眼，墻壁長耳 Home is where the heart is.哪里最歡樂，那里就是家 Honesty is the best policy.誠實乃上策

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望，作最壞的準(zhǔn)備 Humour must have its background of seriousness.幽默必須以嚴(yán)肅為背景。Hunger is the best sauce.饑者口中盡佳肴 I Idleness is the root of all evil.懶惰是萬惡之源

If a man once fall, all will tread on him.人倒眾人踩

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.人若無希望，心碎肝腸斷

If we can’t do as we would, we must do as we can.如不能如愿而行，定須盡力而為。If we dream, everything is possible.敢于夢想，一切都將成為可能

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同時追兩兔，全都抓不住。If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.要想真正做一件事，就得親手去做。Ill news flies apace.惡事傳千里

In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts.古今偉大思想均載于書籍之中。In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做，二不休

In our expenditure the item that costs most is time.在我們的消費中時間是最昂貴的一項。In the deepest water is the best fishing.水深好釣魚 In the end, things will mend.車到山前必有路

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.蠢羊才向狼懺悔 It is better to be alone than in bad company.寧可孤獨，不交惡友 It is better to do well than to say well.與其夸夸其談，不如埋頭苦干 It is easier to get money than to keep it..掙錢容易，積錢難 It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水好摸魚 It is good to have friends in trouble.患難得友是幸事。It is never too late to learn.活到老，學(xué)到老

It is never too late to mend.改過不嫌晚

It is no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶打潑，哭也無用（意同：覆水難收）It is the first step that is troublesome.萬事起頭難

It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.失馬鎖慨，為時已晚 It never rains but it pours.不下則已，一下傾盆 It takes two to make a quarrel.一個巴掌拍不響 J Jack of all trades, master of none.樣樣皆通，樣樣稀松 Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.樂極生悲

Judge not a book by its cover.評價一本書，不能憑封面 Judge not from appearance.人不可貌相

Judge not of men and things at first sight.初次印象,難得真相 Justice has long arms.天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏

K Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.少說為佳,多聽為妙 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.殺雞取蛋，愚蠢荒唐 Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕

Kiss and be friends.吵嘴后，和為貴

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.少時有知識，老來有智慧

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知識是寶庫，實踐是鑰匙 Knowledge is no burden.知識再多不壓身。Knowledge is power.知識就是力量

Knowledge is the food of the soul.知識是精神食糧。

Knowledge makes humble;ignorance make proud.知識使人謙虛，無知使人驕傲

Knowledge requires repeated explorations, and farmland needs intensive cultivation.知識需要反復(fù)探索,土地需要辛勤耕耘。

L Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.歡笑，整個世界伴你歡笑。哭泣，只有你獨自向隅而泣

Lay things by, they many come to use蓄物必有其用。Learning is the eye of the mind.知識是心靈的慧眼。

Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.好人越學(xué)越好，壞人越學(xué)越糟 Learn not, and know not.不學(xué)則無術(shù)

Learn to say before you sing.先學(xué)說，后學(xué)唱 Least said, soonest mended.少說為佳

Let beggars match with beggars.龍配龍，鳳配鳳 Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎

Lies have short legs.謊言終究要敗露

Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并非盡是樂事 Lightly come, lightly go.來得容易，去得快

Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子

Little and often fills the purse.小錢積成萬，粒糧堆成山 Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.涓滴之水匯成洋 Long absent, soon forgotten.別久情疏 Look at the bright side.滿懷信心 Look before you leap.三思而后行

Lookers-on see most of the game.旁觀者清，當(dāng)局者迷

Lost time is never found again.光陰一去不復(fù)返

Love can neither be bought nor sold;its only prices is love.愛情不能買和賣，只能以愛來報答 Love is blind.愛情是盲目的

Love me little, love me long.細(xì)水長流，淡交長久

Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏

Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.夫妻無隔宿之仇

Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.鄰居無論多好，圍籬不可推倒 M Make hay while the sun shines.趁晴曬草（意同：趁熱打鐵）Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天

Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高出走，水往低處流。Manners make the man.觀其待人而知其人

Many drops make a shower.涓涓清泉匯成流，滴滴水珠聚成雨 Many hands make light work.人多好辦事

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.結(jié)婚太急，后悔莫及（意指：草率結(jié)婚必后悔）Men learn while they reach.教學(xué)相長。

Men make houses, women make homes.男人蓋房，女人持家 Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散

Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.災(zāi)來如山倒，災(zāi)去如抽絲 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患難識知交

Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.禍來如飛行，禍去似步行 Misfortunes never come singly.禍不單行 Money breeds money.錢生錢，利滾利 Money is the root of all evil.金錢是萬惡之源 More haste, less speed.欲速則不達(dá)

N Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是發(fā)明之母 Need makes the old wife trot.事急老嫗跑

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.別借債，莫放債 Never buy a pig in a poke.東西沒看清，不要急著買

Never cross a bridge till you come to it.還沒到橋頭，別為過橋愁 Never do things by halves.凡事不可半途而廢 Never hit a man when he's down.不要落井下石 Never judge from appearances.人不可貌相

Never light your candle at both ends.蠟燭切莫兩頭點（意指：不可過分消耗體力）Never make a mountain of a molehill.切勿小題大做

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能夠做的事，切莫拖延到明天 Never say “die”;up, man, and try.千難萬險不灰心，昂首闊步向前進(jìn) New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火

No bees, no honey;no work, no money.無蜂則無蜜，不勞則無酬 No cross, no crown.沒有苦難，就沒有快樂 No fool like an old fool.老糊涂，最糊涂 No gains without pains.不勞則無獲

No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之，乃學(xué)而知之 No news is good news.沒有消息就是好消息 No pains, no gains.不勞則無獲

No road is long with good company.旅途有好伴,千里不覺長 No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前，無路不通

Nobody's enemy but his own.自尋苦惱

Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.不要的東西,再便宜也貴

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上無難事，只怕有心人 Nothing seek, nothing find.無所求則無所獲。Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子 O Observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師 Of nothing comes nothing.巧婦難為無米之炊 Of two evils choose the less.兩害相權(quán)取其輕 Once a thief, always a thief.一次做賊，永遠(yuǎn)做賊

Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬，下次膽小

One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.人竭其力，汝享其成 One flower makes no garland.一朵鮮花，難做花環(huán) One man's fault is another man's lesson.前車之覆，后車之鑒 One should eat to live, not live to eat.人應(yīng)為生而食，不應(yīng)為食而生。One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏

One today is worth two tomorrow.把握一個今天，勝似兩個明天 Other times, other manners.時移俗易

Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不念

P Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利，痛苦便忘記 Pain past is pleasure.苦盡甘來

Pardon all men, but never thyself.嚴(yán)以律已，寬以待人

Penny wise, pound foolish.小事聰明，大事糊涂（意同：抓了芝麻，丟了西瓜）Plenty is no plague.多多益善

Poverty is the mother of health.貧窮是健康之母 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧

Practise what you preach.躬行已說，身體力行

Prevention is better than cure.與其補救于已然，不如防止于未然

R Ragged colts may make fine horses.別看小狗現(xiàn)在丑，長大可能成駿馬

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.閱讀使人淵博，會談使

人機敏，寫作使人嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。

Reason is the guide and light of life.理智是人生的燈塔

Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.老樹移栽活不了，老人遷居命不長 Rome was not build in a day羅馬非朝夕建成.Roses have thorns.玫瑰好看卻有刺

S Sadness and gladness succeed one another.樂極生悲,苦盡甘來 Satan always finds work for idle hands.魔鬼專坑懶鬼 Saving is getting.節(jié)約等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more.多思寡言

Saying and doing are two things.說是一回事，做又是一回事 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.你幫我，我?guī)湍?Second thoughts are best.三思而后行 Seeing is believing.眼見為實 Self do, self have.自作自受 Share and share alike.有福同享，有難同當(dāng)

Short pleasure, long lament.痛快一時，痛苦一世 Silence gives consent.沉默不許，就是默許 Slow and steady wins the race.慢而穩(wěn)，賽必勝

So many countries, so many customs.國家不一，風(fēng)俗各異

So many men, so many minds.人心不同，各如其面

Soft fire makes sweet malt.文火煮飴糖，香甜又可口（意指：慢工出細(xì)活）Something attempted, something done.有所嘗試，就等于有所作為。Soon got, soon spent.來得容易，去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten.學(xué)得快，忘得快 Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器 Speech is silver;silence is golden.雄辯是銀，沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind.言為心聲

Standers-by see more than gamesters.當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清 Still waters run deep.流靜水深，人靜心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest.偷來的果子分外甜

Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵

Sweet are the uses of adversity.禍兮福之所倚

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.話若投機嫌日短

T “The grapes are sour”, as the fox said when he could not reach them.狐貍吃不到葡萄，就說葡萄酸

Take away my good name, take away my life.奪去了美名也就奪去了生命 Take honour from me and my life is done.沒有了名譽也就沒有了生命

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.用槍打蝴蝶，小題大做（意同：殺雞焉用牛刀）Talk of the devil and he will appear.說曹操，曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind.樹大招風(fēng) Teaching others teaches yourself.教學(xué)相長 The bait hides the hook.餌中必有詐

The best mirror is an old friend.老友是明鏡

The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜無好貨.The course of true love never did run smooth.愛情之路，崎嶇不平The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知，除非已莫為 The early bird catches the worm.鳥兒起得早，蚯蚓吃得到

The end makes all equal.死神面前，人人平等

The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong men.烈火煉真金，逆境煉壯士（火對金子是考驗；逆境對人是磨煉。）

The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以為智，智者自知其愚。

The fox may grow grey, but never good.;江山易改，本性難移

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.井底之蛙，所見不廣

The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要為之奮斗，未來就會變成現(xiàn)在。The great thieves punish the little ones.大賊罰小賊（意同：大魚吃小魚）The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得越高，跌得越重 The lazy man's the beggar's brother.懶鬼是乞丐的兄弟

The leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改，本性難移 The longest day must have an end.天雖長，必有盡

The love of money is the root of all evil.貪財是萬惡之源

The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.知識越廣博，越感已無知 The more haste, the less speed.欲速則不達(dá)。

The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.傻瓜越富越蠢

The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.書讀得越多，越感到學(xué)識之不足。The more you have, the more you want.越有錢，越貪心

The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最寶貴的財富是明智而忠實的朋友。

The nearer the church, the farther from God.離教堂越近，離上帝越遠(yuǎn)

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.實踐出真知

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正確功能是生活，而不是生存。The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.痛苦的秘密在于有閑功夫為自己是否幸福而煩惱。

The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神財富才是惟一的財富。The world is his who enjoys it.世界屬于熱愛世界的人。

The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件東西，才知道這的可貴。The years teach much which the days never know.學(xué)問積年而成，而每日不自知。There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。Time gives good advice.時間給予金玉良言。Time works wonders.時間能創(chuàng)造奇跡。

Two heads are better than one.兩人智慧勝一人。

U Under water, famine;under snow, bread.洪水造饑饉，瑞雪兆豐年 Union is strength.團結(jié)就是力量 Use makes perfectness.熟能生巧

V Venture a small fish to catch a great one.欲釣大魚，先舍小魚

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改變自己往往比改變環(huán)境更為需要。

Virtue is a jewel of great price.美德是無價之寶 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德遠(yuǎn)勝于美貌

Virtue is its own reward.善有善報（意指：德行的酬報就是德行本身）W Walls have ears.隔墻有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外揚.Waste not, want not.儉則不匱

Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪費時間就是掠奪自己。

Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea;experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge.水滴匯集成大海，經(jīng)歷匯集成學(xué)問。

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判斷一個人，不聽言語看行動 We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可貴 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年華沒虛度，一生也足矣。Weak things united become strong.一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵 Wealth is best known by want.人窮方知錢可貴

Well begun is half done.良好的開端，是成功的一半

What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫為

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墻倒眾人推

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭聲，一定闖了禍 When in Rome do as the Romans do.入國問禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一個巴掌拍不響

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.貧窮進(jìn)門來，愛情越窗飛 When the cat is away, the mice will play貓兒不在，鼠兒成精.When wine sinks, words swim.美酒一下肚，話匣關(guān)不住 Where there is a will there is a way.有志者，事竟成

Where there is smoke, there is fire.無風(fēng)不起浪（事出有因）Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Will is power.意志就是力量

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.為了求得智慧，代價再高也值得。Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于頭腦，猶如健康之于軀體。Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕

Wise men change their minds;fools never do.智者通權(quán)達(dá)變，愚者剛愎自用 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.智者熱愛真理，愚者回避真理

Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.沒有艱苦勞動就常有科學(xué)創(chuàng)造。Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳聽為虛，眼見為實 Y You are never too old to learn.學(xué)習(xí)不嫌老

You cannot have everything in this life.萬事如意古來難。You can't see the wood for the trees.見樹不見林，問題難看清 You never know till you have tried.不嘗試，不知曉 Youth and age will never agree.老少難相投

Z Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.熱情而無知，猶如無光之火 Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.無知的熱情近乎愚蠢

第二篇：英語格言警句

閱讀英文格言

1、A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.知足是人生在世最大的幸事。

——Joseph Addison（美國作家艾迪生）

2、If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.要想知道錢的價值，就想辦法去借錢試試。——Benjamin Franklin（美國總統(tǒng)富蘭克林）

3、If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend，experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.如果你希望成功，當(dāng)以恒心為良友，以經(jīng)驗為參謀，以謹(jǐn)慎為兄弟，以希望為哨兵。——Thomas Edison（美國發(fā)明家愛迪生）

4、Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.健康當(dāng)然比金錢更為重要，因為我們所賴以獲得金錢的就是健康。——Samuel Johnson（英國作家約翰遜）

5、That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.能處處尋求快樂的人才是最富有的人。——Henry David Thoreau（美國作家梭羅）

6、Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.有時候一個人為不花錢得到的東西付出的代價最高。——Albert Einstein（美國科學(xué)家愛因斯坦）

7、Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。——Louis Pasteur（法國化學(xué)家巴斯勒）

8、All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世間所有的榮華富貴不如一個好朋友。——Voltaire（法國思想家伏爾泰）

9、There is a great different between exposure of the mind and that of the body.表露思想和展露身體之間存在極大的不同。

——William Hazlitt（英國批評家散文家哈滋里特）

10、To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.懷著希望去旅行比抵達(dá)目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在于工作。——Robert Louis Stevenson（英國作家史蒂文森）11、The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.一個人越偉大，對表揚和奉承就越反感。——John Burroughs（美國博物學(xué)家巴勒斯）

12、I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort;second, more effort;third, still more effort.可以說成功要靠三件事才能贏得：努力，努力，再努力。——Thomas Hardy（英國詩人小說家哈代）13、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.成功常常取決于知道需要多久才能成功。

——Charles Montesquieu（法國思想家孟德斯鳩）

14、Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人，才能夠輕而易舉的完成困難的事。——Friedrich Schiller（德國劇作家詩人席勒）

15、You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.你必須相信自己，這是成功的關(guān)鍵。——Charles Chaplin（美國演員卓別林）16、A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.無論何事，只要對它有無限的熱情你就能取得成功。——C.M.Schwab（美國實業(yè)家施瓦布）17、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能的”。——Bonapart Napoleon（法國皇帝拿破侖）

18、Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.進(jìn)步是今天的活動，明天的保證。——Emerson（美國思想家愛默生）

20、Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。——Richard Nixon（美國總統(tǒng)尼克松）

21、Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.奇跡有時候是會發(fā)生的，但是你得為之拼命的努力。——C.Weizmann（愛爾蘭總統(tǒng)魏茨曼）

22、It never will rain roses.（名人名言

www.tmdps.cn）When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.天上不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。——G.Eliot（英國小說家艾略特）

23、If you have great talents, industry will improve them;

if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.如果你很有天賦，勤勉會使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉會補足其缺陷。——Joshuas Reynolds（美國散文家雷諾茲）

24、Great works are performed not by strength , but by perseverance.完成偉大的事業(yè)不在于體力，而在于堅韌不拔的毅力。——Samuel Johnson（英國作家和評論家約翰遜）

25、Genius only means hard-working all one's life.天才只意味著終身不懈的努力。

——Mendeleyev（俄國化學(xué)家門捷列耶夫）26、Few things are impossible in themselves;and it is often for want of will ，rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.事情很少又根本做不成的；其所以做不成，與其說是條件不夠，不如說是由于決心不夠。——（La Racheforcauld（法國作家羅切福考爾德）

27、Dare and the world always yields.If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.大膽挑戰(zhàn)，世界總會讓步。如果有時候你被它打敗了，不斷地挑戰(zhàn)，它總會屈服地。——W.M Thackeray（英國小說家薩克雷）

28、All that you do, do with your might;t hings done by halves are never done right.做一切事情都應(yīng)盡力而為，半途而廢永遠(yuǎn)不行。——R.H.Stoddard（美國詩人斯托達(dá)德）

29、A man can fail many times，but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.一個人可以失敗多次，但是只要他沒有開始責(zé)怪旁人，他還不是一個失敗者。——J.Burroughs（美國博物學(xué)家巴勒斯）

30、You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.從一個國家的廣告可以看出這個國家的理想。——Norman Douglas（英國作家道格拉斯）

31、The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today。

實現(xiàn)明天理想的唯一障礙是今天的疑慮。——Franklin Roosevelt（美國總統(tǒng)羅斯福）

32、The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.具有新想法的人在其想法實現(xiàn)之前是個怪人。——Mark Twain（美國作家馬克？吐溫）33、The important thing in life is to have a great aim,and the determination to attain it.人生重要的事情是確定一個偉大的目標(biāo)，并決心實現(xiàn)它。——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe（德國詩人、劇作家歌德）34、Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.人世間的大多數(shù)煩惱都是由那些想成為重要人物的人惹出來的。——George Eliot（英國小說家艾略特）

35、If you doubt yourself，then indeed you stand on shaky ground.如果你懷疑自己，那么你的立足點確實不穩(wěn)固了。——Ibsen（挪威劇作家易卜生）

36、Ideal is the beacon.Without ideal，there is no secure direction;without direction ,there is no life.理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向；

沒有方向，就沒有生活。——Leo Tolstory（俄國作家托爾斯泰）

37、Ideal are like the stars---we never reach them , but like mariners , we chart our course by them.理想猶如天上的星星，我們猶如水手，雖不能達(dá)到天上，但是我們的航程可憑借它指引。——Carl Schurz（美國政治家舒爾茨）

38、Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.人生應(yīng)該樹立目標(biāo)，否則你的精神會白白浪費。——R.Peters（美國法學(xué)家彼得斯）

39、Don't part with yourxxxs, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.不要放棄你的幻想。當(dāng)幻想沒有了以后，你還可以生存，但是你雖生猶死。——Mark Twain（馬克 吐溫）40、Do not, for one repulse，give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.不要只因一次失敗，就放棄你原來決心想要達(dá)到的目的。——Willian Shakespeare（莎士比亞）

41、Between the ideal and the reality,Between the motion and the act, Fall the shadow.理想與現(xiàn)實之間，動機與行為之間，總有一道陰影。——Thomas Stearns Eliot（T.S.愛略特）

42、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.只要有一個人還有所追求，他就沒有老。直到后悔取代了夢想，一個人才算老。——J.Barrymore（巴里穆爾）

1.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。2.A common danger causes common action.同舟共濟。

3.A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.知足常樂。4.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。

5.A guest should suit the convenience of the host.客隨主便。6.A letter from home is a priceless treasure.家書抵萬金。7.All rivers run into the sea.殊途同歸。

8.All time is no time when it is past.機不可失，時不再來。

9.An applea day keeps the doctor away.一日一個蘋果，身體健康不求醫(yī)。10.As heroesthink, so thought Bruce.英雄所見略同。

11.A young idler, an old beggar.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

12.Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。13.Bad luck often brings good luck.塞翁失馬，安知非福。14.Bread is the stall of life.面包是生命的支柱。(民以食為天。)15.Business is business.公事公辦。

16.Clumsy birds have to start flying early.笨鳥先飛。17.Courtesy costs nothing.禮多人不怪。

18.Custom makes all things easy.習(xí)慣成自然。19.Desire has no rest.人的欲望無止境。

20.Difficult the first time, easy the second.一回生，二回熟。

21.Do not change horses in mid-stream.別在河流中間換馬。22.Do not have too many irons in the fire.貪多嚼不爛。

23.Do not pull all your eggs in one basket.別把所有的蛋都放在一個籃子里。(不要孤注一擲。)24.Do not teach fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。

25.East or west, home is the best.東奔西跑，還是家里好。26.Experience is the best teacher.實踐出真知。

27.Fact is stranger than fiction.事實比虛構(gòu)更離奇。(大千世界，無奇不有。)28.Faith can move mountains.信念能移山。(精誠所至，金石為開。)29.First impressions are half the battle.先入為主。

30.Give as good as one gets.一報還一報。(以德報德，以怨還怨。)31.Give everyone his due.一視同仁。

32.Good wine needs no bush.酒香不怕巷子深。33.Haste makes waste.欲速則不達(dá)。(忙中常出錯。)34.He that promises too much means nothing.輕諾者寡信。35.He who has an art has everywhere a part.一招鮮，吃遍天。

36.He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.千里之行始于足下。37.Home is where the heart is.心在哪里，哪里就是家。

38.If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.不在屋里，不知漏雨。(親身經(jīng)歷才有體會。)39.In peace prepare for war.平時準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)時。(居安思危。)40.It is never too late to mend.亡羊補牢，猶未為晚。41.It six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。42.Just has long arms.天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏。43.Keep something for a rainy day.未雨綢繆。44.Life is a span.人生如朝露。

45.Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天。46.Meet plot with plot.將計就計。

47.Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散。

48.Mind acts upon mind.心有靈犀一點通。

49.Never hit a man when he is down.不要落井下石。50.Never judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。51.No fire without smoke.無風(fēng)不起浪。52.Nurture passes nature.教養(yǎng)勝過天性。

53.One is never too old to learn.活到老，學(xué)到老。

54.One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。(一花獨放不是春。)55.One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.曾經(jīng)滄海難為水。

56.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不煩。57.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

58.Poverty is stranger to industry.勤勞之人不受窮。

59.Rome was not built in a day.羅馬不是一日建成的。(偉業(yè)非一日之功。)60.Sense comes with age.老馬識途。

61.So many men, so many minds.人心各不同。

62.Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.開卷有益。63.Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵。

64.The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.車到山前必有路。65.The heart is seen in wine.酒后吐真言。

66.The older the wiser.人老智多。(姜還是老的辣。)67.The worse luck now, the better another time.風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)。

68.Thoughts are free from toll.思想不用交稅。(人人都可以自由思考。)69.Time tries all things.時間檢驗一切。

70.Use legs and have legs.經(jīng)常用腿，健步如飛。71.Virtue never grows old.美德常青。72.Walls have ears.隔墻有耳。

73.What is done cannot be undone.覆水難收。74.Wine in, truth out.酒后吐真言。

75.You are only young once.青春只有一次。

76.You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蠟燭不可兩頭燃。(魚和熊掌不可兼得。)77.You cannot have your cake and eat it.有得就有失。(事難兩全其美。)78.You never know till you have tried.事非經(jīng)過不知難。79.Youth will be served.青春好作樂。

80.Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.無知的狂熱是脫韁的野馬。A A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠總怪工具差。

A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.勇者可能跌倒，但不會屈服。A burnt child dreads the fire.燒傷過的孩子怕見火。（意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草繩）A constant guest is never welcome.常客招人嫌。A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足長樂。A cracked bell can never sound well.破鐘敲不響。

A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死時稻草也要抓 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。A fox may grow grey, but never good.江山易改，本性難移。A friend in need is a friend in indeed.患難識知已

A friend is easier lost than found.失友容易，交友難。A good beginning is half the battle.良好的開端是成功一半

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好書如摯友，情誼永不渝 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善則妻賢

A good name is sooner lost than won.美名易失，不易得 A good wife is a good prize.賢妻賽寶石

A good winter brings a good summer.好冬必有好夏

A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭不睦，萬事不興

A lazy youth, a lousy age.少時懶惰，老來虱咬（意指：少壯不努力，老大徒悲傷）A little help is worth a deal of pity.一點幫助勝于一車同情。A little is better than none.聊勝于無

A little learning is a dangerous thing.淺學(xué)誤人 A little pot is soon hot.壺小易熱，量小易怒

A living dog is better than a dead lion.死獅不如活狗 A man can only die once.人生只有一回死

A man is known by his friends.視其友，知其人

A man who has friends must show himself friendly.要想交朋友，就得有誠意 A merry heart goes all the way.心情愉快，萬事順利 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火

A penny saved is a penny earned.省一文就得一文 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔

A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知,天下曉

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平靜的大海不能造就出熟練的水手。A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言為智 A stitch in time saves nine.一針及時省九針

A straw will show which way the wind blows.草動知風(fēng)向 A tale never loses in the telling.故事越傳越長

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物，回味無窮 A thing you don't want is dear at any price.不需要的東西最貴 A true jest is no jest.真笑話并非笑話

A useful trade is amine of gold.一技在身猶如金礦在手 A willful man must have his way.只要人有恒，萬事皆可成 A woman's work is never done.婦女的家務(wù)事永遠(yuǎn)也做不完 A wonder lasts but nine days.什么新奇的事，也新不了幾天 A word to the wise is enough.聰明人一點即明

A work ill done must be twice done.馬虎干活，準(zhǔn)得返工 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.別離情更深

Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.業(yè)精于勤，荒于嬉。Actions speak louder than words.百說不如一干。

Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增財富 After a storm comes a calm.雨過天晴（意指：否極泰來）

After dinner sit a while;after supper walk a mile.飯后百步，延年益壽 All are not friends that speak us fair.當(dāng)面說好話的并不都是朋友。All his geese are swans.敝帚自珍

All is not gain that is got into the purse.裝進(jìn)錢包里的不一定都是收益。All lay loads on a willing horse.好馬重負(fù) All roads lead to Rome.條條道路通羅馬

All that glitters is not gold.閃光的東西不一定是金子 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事起頭難

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只用功，不玩耍，聰明的孩子也變傻 All's well that ends well.結(jié)果好，一切都好

Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.盲人國里，獨眼稱王。（意同：山中無老虎，猴子稱大王）

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一蘋果勝過找醫(yī)生 An empty sack cannot stand upright.空袋子，立不直

An Englishman's house is his castle.英國人的家是獨立王國。（意指：非經(jīng)許可，不得進(jìn)入）An evil lesson is soon learned.惡習(xí)易染

An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙 As good lost as found.有得必有失。B Bad excuses are worse than none.狡辯比不辯護(hù)還糟 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人

Be just before you are generous.先還債，后慷慨

Beauty and folly are often companions.美貌和愚蠢常結(jié)伴 Beauty is but skin-deep.美麗只是外表罷了 Beggars' bags are bottomless.乞丐不知足

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.雖眼見亦不能全信，道聽途說更不足信。Best is cheapest.好貨最便宜

Better buy than borrow.買比借好 Better early than late.寧早勿晚

Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.寧可空而有志，不可富而失節(jié) Better late than never.遲做總比不做好

Better lose the saddle than the horse.寧可丟鞍，不可失馬

Better the last smile than the first laughter.寧可最后笑，不要首先狂喜。Better to wear out than rust out.與其銹壞，不如用壞 Between two stools you fall to the ground.腳踩兩條凳，早晚要墜地（意同：腳踏兩條船，兩頭要落空）

Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分 Birth is much, but breeding is more.教養(yǎng)重于出身。

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.無奢望者有福，因其永不失望。

Blood is thicker than water.血比水濃（意指：親人總比外人親）

Books and friends should be few but good.買書如交友應(yīng)少而精（書與友，貴精不貴多）Brevity is the soul of wit.言以簡潔為貴 C Cheats never prosper.靠欺騙，難發(fā)財

Children and fools tell the truth.孩子和傻子，口中無詐語

Children should be seen but not be heard.大人在講話，小孩別插嘴 Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.擇妻靠耳，不靠眼 Circumstances alter cases.具體情況具體分析 Cleanliness is next to godliness.整潔近于美德

Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.早晨云遮日，晚上星滿天 Comfort is better than pride.舒適勝于虛榮

Coming events cast their shadows before.未來之事必有前兆 Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石 Content is better than riches.知足勝于財富

Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有則改之，無則加勉

Courtesy costs nothing.彬彬有禮，惠而不費

Cowards die many times before their deaths.膽小鬼在真正斷氣之前要死許多次。Custom rules the law.風(fēng)俗左右法律

Cut your coat according to your cloth.量布裁衣。（意指：量入為出）D Dead men tell no tales.死人不會告密

Death is the great leveler.死亡面前人人平等 Death pays all debts.一死了百債 Delays are dangerous.事怕延誤

Diamond cut diamond.棋逢對手，將遇良才

Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤力佳運之母

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.雞蛋尚未孵，別先數(shù)雞雛（意指：不要過早打如意算盤）

Do not cry for the moon.海底撈月辦不到

Do not cry out before you are hurt.沒受傷，別亂喊 Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一擲 Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要挖肉補瘡

Do not try to teach your grandmother to such eggs.不要班門弄斧 Dog does not eat dog.同類不相殘

Doing nothing is doing ill.無所事事，必干壞事

Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shade.遮蔭之樹不可砍 Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.不要做害人害已的事 Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.不要砸自己的“飯碗” Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置 Dreams go by contraries.夢與現(xiàn)實常相反 Dumb dogs are dangerous.啞巴狗最危險 Dying is as natural as living.有生必有死 E Early sow, early mow.早種早收

Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早，起得早，聰明、富裕、身體好

Easier said than done.;說來容易，做來難

East or west, home is best.東也好，西也好，還是家最好 Easy come, easy go.來得容易去得快

Eat to live, but not live to eat.人為生而食，不為食而生 Empty vessels make the most noise.滿瓶子不響,半瓶子晃蕩 Envy never enriched any man.妒忌決不會致富 Even a worm will turn.人急造反，狗急跳墻 Every bean hath its black.人孰無過

Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窩銀窩不如自己的草窩 Every cook praises his own broth.王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸 Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日

Every little helps.涓涓細(xì)流匯成河，粒粒稻菽堆滿籮 Every little makes a mickle.積少成多，滴水成流 Every man hath his weak side.人皆有弱點 Every man is his won enemy.自貽伊戚 Every why has a where fore.凡事必有因

Everybody's business is nobody's business.眾人的事兒沒人管 Everything comes to him who waits.耐心等待，萬事皆成

Everything is good when new, but friends when old.物莫如新，友莫如故 Example is better than precept.身教勝過言教 Experience is the best teacher.經(jīng)驗是良師

Experience is the father of wisdom.經(jīng)驗是智慧之父 Experience must be bought.要取得經(jīng)驗，須付出代價 Extremes are dangerous.凡事走向極端是危險的 F Face to face, the truth comes out.面對面，真相白 Facts speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯 Failure teaches success.失敗是成功之母 False friends are worse than bitter（open）enemies.口蜜腹劍的朋友比不共戴天的敵人還壞。（意同：明槍易躲，暗箭難防）

Far from eye, far from heart.眼不見，心不念

Far water does not put out near fire.遠(yuǎn)水救不了近火 Fast bind, fast find.藏得好，丟不了

Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金裝，人要衣裝 Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆，也能成災(zāi)主 First come, first served.先到先招待

First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最深刻

Fools build houses and wise men live in them.愚者造房,智才租房 Fool's haste is no speed.欲速則不達(dá) Forbidden fruit is sweetest.禁果格外甜 Fortune favours the brave.天佑勇者

Fortune favours those who use their judgement.智才天助 Fortune knocks once at everyone's door.人人都有走運的一天 Four eyes see more than two.四只眼睛總比兩只眼睛看得清 Fourtune favours fools.傻子有傻福

Friendship should not be all on one side.友誼靠雙方 G Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只總味著終身不懈的努力。Give him an inch and he will take a yard.得寸進(jìn)尺

Give him the dose of his own medicine以其人之道還治其人之身 Go while the going is good.此時不走，更待何時？ God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助 Gold will not buy everything.金錢并非萬能 Good advice is beyond price.忠言是無價之寶 Good advice is harsh to the ear.忠言逆耳 Good counsel has no price.忠言無價

Good health is above wealth.健康勝過財富

Good words are worth much and cost little.好話不花錢，一句值千金 Grasp all, lose all.欲盡得，必盡失 Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同

Great trees keep down the little ones.大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米 H Habit is second nature.習(xí)慣是第二天性

Half a loaf is better than no bread半個面包總比沒有好（意同：聊勝于無）.Handsome is that handsome does.以美貌亦美。Harm watch, harm catch.害人反害已 Haste makes waste.忙中有錯

He is happy that he thinks himself so.自樂者常樂

He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的光彩。He is rich that has few wants.無欲者為富 He knows most who speaks least.博學(xué)者寡言

He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最后，誰笑得最好 He that begins many things , finishes but few.貪多嚼不爛

He that falls today may rise tomorrow.今天跌倒的人，明天可能會站起來。He that is full of himself is very empty.妄自尊大，腹中空空 He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登

He that travels far knows much.遠(yuǎn)行者，見識廣（廣游者見識多）

He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.想要打狗，找棍何愁 He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.恥于問即恥于學(xué) He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.He who plays with fire gets burnt.玩火者必自焚

He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.騎虎難下 Health is better than wealth健康勝于財富.Hear all parties.兼聽則明，偏聽則暗

Hedges have eyes and walls have ears.籬笆有眼，墻壁長耳 Home is where the heart is.哪里最歡樂，那里就是家 Honesty is the best policy.誠實乃上策

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望，作最壞的準(zhǔn)備 Humour must have its background of seriousness.幽默必須以嚴(yán)肅為背景。Hunger is the best sauce.饑者口中盡佳肴 I Idleness is the root of all evil.懶惰是萬惡之源

If a man once fall, all will tread on him.人倒眾人踩

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.人若無希望，心碎肝腸斷

If we can’t do as we would, we must do as we can.如不能如愿而行，定須盡力而為。If we dream, everything is possible.敢于夢想，一切都將成為可能

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同時追兩兔，全都抓不住。If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.要想真正做一件事，就得親手去做。Ill news flies apace.惡事傳千里

In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts.古今偉大思想均載于書籍之中。In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做，二不休

In our expenditure the item that costs most is time.在我們的消費中時間是最昂貴的一項。In the deepest water is the best fishing.水深好釣魚 In the end, things will mend.車到山前必有路

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.蠢羊才向狼懺悔 It is better to be alone than in bad company.寧可孤獨，不交惡友 It is better to do well than to say well.與其夸夸其談，不如埋頭苦干 It is easier to get money than to keep it..掙錢容易，積錢難 It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水好摸魚

It is good to have friends in trouble.患難得友是幸事。It is never too late to learn.活到老，學(xué)到老 It is never too late to mend.改過不嫌晚

It is no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶打潑，哭也無用（意同：覆水難收）It is the first step that is troublesome.萬事起頭難

It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.失馬鎖慨，為時已晚 It never rains but it pours.不下則已，一下傾盆 It takes two to make a quarrel.一個巴掌拍不響 J Jack of all trades, master of none.樣樣皆通，樣樣稀松 Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.樂極生悲

Judge not a book by its cover.評價一本書，不能憑封面 Judge not from appearance.人不可貌相 Judge not of men and things at first sight.初次印象,難得真相 Justice has long arms.天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏 K Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.少說為佳,多聽為妙 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.殺雞取蛋，愚蠢荒唐 Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕 Kiss and be friends.吵嘴后，和為貴

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.少時有知識，老來有智慧

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知識是寶庫，實踐是鑰匙 Knowledge is no burden.知識再多不壓身。Knowledge is power.知識就是力量

Knowledge is the food of the soul.知識是精神食糧。

Knowledge makes humble;ignorance make proud.知識使人謙虛，無知使人驕傲

Knowledge requires repeated explorations, and farmland needs intensive cultivation.知識需要反復(fù)探索,土地需要辛勤耕耘。L Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.歡笑，整個世界伴你歡笑。哭泣，只有你獨自向隅而泣

Lay things by, they many come to use蓄物必有其用。Learning is the eye of the mind.知識是心靈的慧眼。

Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.好人越學(xué)越好，壞人越學(xué)越糟 Learn not, and know not.不學(xué)則無術(shù)

Learn to say before you sing.先學(xué)說，后學(xué)唱 Least said, soonest mended.少說為佳

Let beggars match with beggars.龍配龍，鳳配鳳 Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎 Lies have short legs.謊言終究要敗露

Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并非盡是樂事 Lightly come, lightly go.來得容易，去得快 Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子

Little and often fills the purse.小錢積成萬，粒糧堆成山 Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.涓滴之水匯成洋 Long absent, soon forgotten.別久情疏 Look at the bright side.滿懷信心 Look before you leap.三思而后行

Lookers-on see most of the game.旁觀者清，當(dāng)局者迷 Lost time is never found again.光陰一去不復(fù)返

Love can neither be bought nor sold;its only prices is love.愛情不能買和賣，只能以愛來報答

Love is blind.愛情是盲目的

Love me little, love me long.細(xì)水長流，淡交長久 Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏

Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.夫妻無隔宿之仇

Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.鄰居無論多好，圍籬不可推倒 M Make hay while the sun shines.趁晴曬草（意同：趁熱打鐵）Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天

Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高出走，水往低處流。Manners make the man.觀其待人而知其人

Many drops make a shower.涓涓清泉匯成流，滴滴水珠聚成雨 Many hands make light work.人多好辦事

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.結(jié)婚太急，后悔莫及（意指：草率結(jié)婚必后悔）Men learn while they reach.教學(xué)相長。

Men make houses, women make homes.男人蓋房，女人持家 Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散

Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.災(zāi)來如山倒，災(zāi)去如抽絲 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患難識知交

Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.禍來如飛行，禍去似步行 Misfortunes never come singly.禍不單行 Money breeds money.錢生錢，利滾利

Money is the root of all evil.金錢是萬惡之源 More haste, less speed.欲速則不達(dá) N Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是發(fā)明之母 Need makes the old wife trot.事急老嫗跑

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.別借債，莫放債 Never buy a pig in a poke.東西沒看清，不要急著買

Never cross a bridge till you come to it.還沒到橋頭，別為過橋愁 Never do things by halves.凡事不可半途而廢 Never hit a man when he's down.不要落井下石 Never judge from appearances.人不可貌相

Never light your candle at both ends.蠟燭切莫兩頭點（意指：不可過分消耗體力）Never make a mountain of a molehill.切勿小題大做

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能夠做的事，切莫拖延到明天 Never say “die”;up, man, and try.千難萬險不灰心，昂首闊步向前進(jìn) New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火

No bees, no honey;no work, no money.無蜂則無蜜，不勞則無酬 No cross, no crown.沒有苦難，就沒有快樂 No fool like an old fool.老糊涂，最糊涂 No gains without pains.不勞則無獲

No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之，乃學(xué)而知之 No news is good news.沒有消息就是好消息 No pains, no gains.不勞則無獲

No road is long with good company.旅途有好伴,千里不覺長 No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前，無路不通 Nobody's enemy but his own.自尋苦惱

Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.不要的東西,再便宜也貴

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上無難事，只怕有心人 Nothing seek, nothing find.無所求則無所獲。

Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子 O Observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師 Of nothing comes nothing.巧婦難為無米之炊 Of two evils choose the less.兩害相權(quán)取其輕

Once a thief, always a thief.一次做賊，永遠(yuǎn)做賊 Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬，下次膽小

One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.人竭其力，汝享其成 One flower makes no garland.一朵鮮花，難做花環(huán)

One man's fault is another man's lesson.前車之覆，后車之鑒

One should eat to live, not live to eat.人應(yīng)為生而食，不應(yīng)為食而生。One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏

One today is worth two tomorrow.把握一個今天，勝似兩個明天 Other times, other manners.時移俗易 Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不念 P Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利，痛苦便忘記 Pain past is pleasure.苦盡甘來

Pardon all men, but never thyself.嚴(yán)以律已，寬以待人

Penny wise, pound foolish.小事聰明，大事糊涂（意同：抓了芝麻，丟了西瓜）Plenty is no plague.多多益善

Poverty is the mother of health.貧窮是健康之母 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧

Practise what you preach.躬行已說，身體力行

Prevention is better than cure.與其補救于已然，不如防止于未然 R Ragged colts may make fine horses.別看小狗現(xiàn)在丑，長大可能成駿馬

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.閱讀使人淵博，會談使 人機敏，寫作使人嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。

Reason is the guide and light of life.理智是人生的燈塔

Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.老樹移栽活不了，老人遷居命不長 Rome was not build in a day羅馬非朝夕建成.Roses have thorns.玫瑰好看卻有刺 S Sadness and gladness succeed one another.樂極生悲,苦盡甘來 Satan always finds work for idle hands.魔鬼專坑懶鬼 Saving is getting.節(jié)約等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more.多思寡言

Saying and doing are two things.說是一回事，做又是一回事 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.你幫我，我?guī)湍?Second thoughts are best.三思而后行 Seeing is believing.眼見為實 Self do, self have.自作自受 Share and share alike.有福同享，有難同當(dāng)

Short pleasure, long lament.痛快一時，痛苦一世 Silence gives consent.沉默不許，就是默許 Slow and steady wins the race.慢而穩(wěn)，賽必勝

So many countries, so many customs.國家不一，風(fēng)俗各異 So many men, so many minds.人心不同，各如其面

Soft fire makes sweet malt.文火煮飴糖，香甜又可口（意指：慢工出細(xì)活）Something attempted, something done.有所嘗試，就等于有所作為。Soon got, soon spent.來得容易，去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten.學(xué)得快，忘得快

Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器

Speech is silver;silence is golden.雄辯是銀，沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind.言為心聲

Standers-by see more than gamesters.當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清 Still waters run deep.流靜水深，人靜心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest.偷來的果子分外甜 Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵

Sweet are the uses of adversity.禍兮福之所倚

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.話若投機嫌日短 T “The grapes are sour”, as the fox said when he could not reach them.狐貍吃不到葡萄，就說葡萄酸

Take away my good name, take away my life.奪去了美名也就奪去了生命 Take honour from me and my life is done.沒有了名譽也就沒有了生命

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.用槍打蝴蝶，小題大做（意同：殺雞焉用牛刀）Talk of the devil and he will appear.說曹操，曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind.樹大招風(fēng)

Teaching others teaches yourself.教學(xué)相長 The bait hides the hook.餌中必有詐

The best mirror is an old friend.老友是明鏡 The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜無好貨.The course of true love never did run smooth.愛情之路，崎嶇不平The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知，除非已莫為 The early bird catches the worm.鳥兒起得早，蚯蚓吃得到 The end makes all equal.死神面前，人人平等

The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong men.烈火煉真金，逆境煉壯士（火對金子是考驗；逆境對人是磨煉。）

The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以為智，智者自知其愚。

The fox may grow grey, but never good.;江山易改，本性難移

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.井底之蛙，所見不廣

The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要為之奮斗，未來就會變成現(xiàn)在。The great thieves punish the little ones.大賊罰小賊（意同：大魚吃小魚）The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得越高，跌得越重 The lazy man's the beggar's brother.懶鬼是乞丐的兄弟 The leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改，本性難移 The longest day must have an end.天雖長，必有盡

The love of money is the root of all evil.貪財是萬惡之源

The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.知識越廣博，越感已無知 The more haste, the less speed.欲速則不達(dá)。

The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.傻瓜越富越蠢

The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.書讀得越多，越感到學(xué)識之不足。The more you have, the more you want.越有錢，越貪心

The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最寶貴的財富是明智而忠實的朋友。

The nearer the church, the farther from God.離教堂越近，離上帝越遠(yuǎn) The proof of the pudding is in the eating.實踐出真知

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正確功能是生活，而不是生存。

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.痛苦的秘密在于有閑功夫為自己是否幸福而煩惱。

The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神財富才是惟一的財富。The world is his who enjoys it.世界屬于熱愛世界的人。

The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件東西，才知道這的可貴。The years teach much which the days never know.學(xué)問積年而成，而每日不自知。There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。Time gives good advice.時間給予金玉良言。Time works wonders.時間能創(chuàng)造奇跡。

Two heads are better than one.兩人智慧勝一人。U Under water, famine;under snow, bread.洪水造饑饉，瑞雪兆豐年 Union is strength.團結(jié)就是力量 Use makes perfectness.熟能生巧 V Venture a small fish to catch a great one.欲釣大魚，先舍小魚

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改變自己往往比改變環(huán)境更為需要。

Virtue is a jewel of great price.美德是無價之寶 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德遠(yuǎn)勝于美貌

Virtue is its own reward.善有善報（意指：德行的酬報就是德行本身）W Walls have ears.隔墻有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外揚.Waste not, want not.儉則不匱

Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪費時間就是掠奪自己。

Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea;experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge.水滴匯集成大海，經(jīng)歷匯集成學(xué)問。

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判斷一個人，不聽言語看行動 We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可貴 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年華沒虛度，一生也足矣。Weak things united become strong.一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵 Wealth is best known by want.人窮方知錢可貴

Well begun is half done.良好的開端，是成功的一半

What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫為

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墻倒眾人推

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭聲，一定闖了禍 When in Rome do as the Romans do.入國問禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一個巴掌拍不響

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.貧窮進(jìn)門來，愛情越窗飛 When the cat is away, the mice will play貓兒不在，鼠兒成精.When wine sinks, words swim.美酒一下肚，話匣關(guān)不住 Where there is a will there is a way.有志者，事竟成

Where there is smoke, there is fire.無風(fēng)不起浪（事出有因）Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Will is power.意志就是力量

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.為了求得智慧，代價再高也值得。Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于頭腦，猶如健康之于軀體。Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕

Wise men change their minds;fools never do.智者通權(quán)達(dá)變，愚者剛愎自用 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.智者熱愛真理，愚者回避真理

Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.沒有艱苦勞動就常有科學(xué)創(chuàng)造。Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳聽為虛，眼見為實 Y You are never too old to learn.學(xué)習(xí)不嫌老

You cannot have everything in this life.萬事如意古來難。You can't see the wood for the trees.見樹不見林，問題難看清 You never know till you have tried.不嘗試，不知曉 Youth and age will never agree.老少難相投 Z Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.熱情而無知，猶如無光之火 Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.無知的熱情近乎愚蠢

第三篇：英語格言警句

勵志格言

1.Give a dog a bad name and hang him.----眾口鑠金，積毀銷骨。

2.Gold will not buy anything.----黃金并非萬能

3.Good health is over wealth.----健康是最大的財富。

4.Good watch prevents misfortune.----謹(jǐn)慎消災(zāi)。

5.Great hopes make great man.----偉大的抱負(fù)造就偉大的人物。

6.Great men have great faults.----英雄犯大錯誤。

7.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.----背后說好話，才是真朋友。

8.He is lifeless that is faultless.----只有死人才不犯錯誤。

9.He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.----自嘲者不會讓人見笑。

10.He knows most who speaks least.----大智若愚。

11.He that climbs high falls heavily.----爬得越高，摔得越重。

12.He who does not advance loses ground.----逆水行舟，不進(jìn)則退。

13.You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.--Charles Chaplin

----人必須有自信，這是成功的秘密(卓別林)

14.Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.----不管追求什么目標(biāo)，都應(yīng)堅持不懈。

15.We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.--Mattin Luther King

--我們必須接受失望，因為它是有限的，但千萬不可失去希望，因為它是無窮的。--馬丁 · 路德 · 金

16.Energy and persistence conquer all things.--Benjamin Franklin

-----能量加毅力可以征服一切。--富蘭克林

17.Nothing seek, nothing find.-----無所求則無所獲。

18.Cease to struggle and you cease to live.--Thomas Carlyle

----生命不止，奮斗不息。--卡萊爾

19.A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.----千里之行，始于足下。

20.Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.--Swetchine

--只有強者才懂得斗爭；弱者甚至失敗都不夠資格，而是生來就是被征服的。--斯威特切尼

21.The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.--Bernara Shaw

在這個世界上取得成就的人，都努力去尋找他們想要的機會，如果找不到機會，他們便自己創(chuàng)造機會。--蕭伯納

22.A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.--Thomas Addison

----強者能同命運的風(fēng)暴抗?fàn)帯?-愛迪生

23.He who seize the right moment, is the right man.--Goethe

----誰把握機遇，誰就心想事成。--歌德

24.Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.--M.Moore

----勝利是不會向我們走來的，我必須自己走向勝利。--穆爾

25.Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.----人往高處走，水往低處流。

26.Man errs as long as he strives.--Goethe

----失誤是進(jìn)取的代價。--歌德

27.The failures and reverses which await menadd a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.--Henry David Thoreau

盡管失敗和挫折等待著人們，一次次地奪走青春的容顏，但卻給人生的前景增添了一份尊嚴(yán)，這是任何順利的成功都不能做到的。--梭羅

28.A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.--J.Burroughs

---一個人可以失敗很多次，但是只要他沒有開始責(zé)怪旁人，他還不是一個失敗者。--巴勒斯

29.All things in their being are good for something.---天生我才必有用。

30.Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.---困難坎坷是人們的生活教科書。

31.Failure is the mother of success.--Thomas Paine

英文諺語與英語座右銘

1.A watched pot is long in boiling.----心急水不沸。

2.A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.----一本壞書危害無窮。

3.A wilful man will have his way.----有志者是竟成。

4.A wise head makes a close mouth.----智者寡言。

5.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.----智者不作非凡之想。

6.A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.----智者通權(quán)達(dá)變，愚者剛愎自用。

7.A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose.----智者不恥于改變初衷。

8.A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.----智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。

9.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.-----聰明的人能隨機應(yīng)變。

10.A woman's work is never at an end.----婦女的活計做不完。

11.A useful trade is a mine of gold.----一樣有用的手藝是取之不盡的財富。

12.A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.----勇士的神色勝過懦夫的刀劍。

13.A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.-----決心趕到目的地，浪漢何懼雨來淋。

14.The lanscope belongs to the man who looks at it.(Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker)

----風(fēng)景屬于看風(fēng)景的人。(美國思想家 愛默生 R W)

15.Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face their own.----諷刺是一面鏡子，觀看者通常從中看到每一個人的面容卻看不到自己。(英國作家 斯威夫特 J)

16.Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.----吃不到葡萄的人說葡萄酸。(古希臘寓言作家 伊索)

17.Speech is a mirror of the soul;as a man speaks, so is he.語言是心靈的鏡子；一個人只要說話，他說的話就是他的心靈的鏡子。(美國作家 塞拉斯 E)

關(guān)于幸福快樂的英語名人名言

1.One of the greatest pleasure in life is conversation.2.Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.---完全的理解有時幾乎會使樂趣消失。

3.Never less idle than when wholly idle, nor less alone than when wholly alone.--要清閑就完全清閑，要清靜就完全清靜。

4.People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.---騰不出時間娛樂的人，早晚會被迫騰出時間生病。

5.Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.----快樂不過是痛苦的間歇，享受之前要進(jìn)行艱苦的努力。

6.Praise is ilde sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.---對于人的精神來說，贊揚就像陽光一樣，沒有它我們便不能開花生長。

7.Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.---休息是件好事情，無聊卻是其兄弟。

8.A good laugh is sunshine in a house.-----令人愉快的歡笑是房間里的陽光。

9.A man who is never satisfied with himself and whom therefore nobody can please.----人要是從來不滿意自己，就不會有人能夠使他滿意。

10.A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it.What is the dawn without its dew? The tear, by the smile is made precious above the smile itself.笑容帶上淚珠總是最鮮艷、最嬌美的。正如沒有露水，還算什么清晨？而淚珠帶上了笑容，就變得甚至比笑容還珍貴。

11.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.----只工作不娛樂使人愚鈍。

12.Anticipating pleasure is also a pleasure.-----預(yù)期快樂本身也是一種快樂。

13.Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.-----笑一笑而忘掉，比愁眉苦臉地記住要好得多。

friend A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.真正的朋友是一個可以援手幫助并感動你心扉的人。

There's always going to be people that hurt you, so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.別人經(jīng)常傷害你，所以你該繼續(xù)付出信任，并小心挑選你下次信任的人。Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.在你想了解別人也想讓別人了解你之前，先完善并了解自己。

Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a reason.要記住：任何事情的發(fā)生都有因有起。

How many people actually have 8 true friends? Hardly anyone I know.But some of us have all right friends and good friends.有多少人可以擁有八個真正的朋友？就我所知少之又少。但我們會有泛泛之交和好友。

Love 愛情

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.我愛你，不是因為你是一個怎樣的人，而是因為我喜歡與你在一起時的感覺。

No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is ,won't make you cry.沒有人值得你流淚，值得讓你這么做的人不會讓你哭泣。

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.失去某人，最糟糕的莫過于，他近在身旁，卻如同遠(yuǎn)在天邊。

Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.縱然傷心，也不要悉眉不展，因為你不知是誰會愛上你的笑臉。

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.對于世界而言，你是一個人；但是對于某人，你是他的整個世界。

Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.不要為那些不愿在你身上花費時間的人而浪費你的時間。

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.愛你的人假如沒有按你所希望的方式愛你，那并不代表他們沒有全心全意地愛你。

Don't try to hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.不要著急，最好的總會在最不經(jīng)意的時候出現(xiàn)。

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.在碰到夢中人之前，上天也許會安排我們先碰到別人；在我們終于遇見心儀的人 時，便應(yīng)當(dāng)心存感激。

Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.不要因為結(jié)束而哭泣，微笑吧，為你的曾經(jīng)擁有。

Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.-------Sir Thomas Browne “生命是束純凈的火焰，我們依靠自己內(nèi)心看不見的太陽而存在。”--------托馬斯。布朗爵士

Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.不要因為峭壁是高的，便讓你的愛情坐在峭壁上。

Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can.錯誤經(jīng)不起失敗，但是真理卻不怕失敗。

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.使生如夏花之絢爛，死如秋葉之靜美。

the best does not come alone.it comes with the company of the all.最好的東西不是獨來的，它伴了所有的東西同來。

第四篇：英語格言警句

英語

English Proverbs and Old Sayings

If you want to know your past life，look into your present condition;if you want to know your future, look into your present action.It is not the wind that is moving;it is not the flag that is moving;it is mind that is moving.There are no holy places and no holy people，only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.英語格言警句 1 A A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠總怪工具差。A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.勇者可能跌倒，但不會屈服。

A burnt child dreads the fire.燒傷過的孩子怕見火。（意同：一朝被蛇咬，三年怕草繩）

A constant guest is never welcome.常客招人嫌。A contented mind is a perpetual feast.知足長樂。A cracked bell can never sound well.破鐘敲不響。

A drowning man will catch at a straw.人快淹死時稻草也要抓 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。A fox may grow grey, but never good.江山易改，本性難移。A friend in need is a friend in indeed.患難識知已

A friend is easier lost than found.失友容易，交友難。A good beginning is half the battle.良好的開端是成功一半 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.好書如摯友，情誼永不渝

A good husband makes a good wife.夫善則妻賢

A good name is sooner lost than won.美名易失，不易得 A good wife is a good prize.賢妻賽寶石

A good winter brings a good summer.好冬必有好夏 A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭不睦，萬事不興

A lazy youth, a lousy age.少時懶惰，老來虱咬（意指：少壯英語格言警句 2 不努力，老大徒悲傷）

A little help is worth a deal of pity.一點幫助勝于一車同情。A little is better than none.聊勝于無

A little learning is a dangerous thing.淺學(xué)誤人 A little pot is soon hot.壺小易熱，量小易怒

A living dog is better than a dead lion.死獅不如活狗 A man can only die once.人生只有一回死

A man is known by his friends.視其友，知其人

A man who has friends must show himself friendly.要想交朋友，就得有誠意

A merry heart goes all the way.心情愉快，萬事順利 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火

A penny saved is a penny earned.省一文就得一文 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔

A secret between more than two is no secret.三人知,天下曉 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平靜的大海不能造就出熟練的水手。

A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言為智 A stitch in time saves nine.一針及時省九針

A straw will show which way the wind blows.草動知風(fēng)向 A tale never loses in the telling.故事越傳越長

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.美好的事物，回味無窮 A thing you don't want is dear at any price.不需要的東西最貴 A true jest is no jest.真笑話并非笑話

A useful trade is amine of gold.一技在身猶如金礦在手 英語格言警句 3 A willful man must have his way.只要人有恒，萬事皆可成 A woman's work is never done.婦女的家務(wù)事永遠(yuǎn)也做不完 A wonder lasts but nine days.什么新奇的事，也新不了幾天 A word to the wise is enough.聰明人一點即明

A work ill done must be twice done.馬虎干活，準(zhǔn)得返工 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.別離情更深

Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.業(yè)精于勤，荒于嬉。

Actions speak louder than words.百說不如一干。

Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境增才干不增財富 After a storm comes a calm.雨過天晴（意指：否極泰來）After dinner sit a while;after supper walk a mile.飯后百步，延年益壽

All are not friends that speak us fair.當(dāng)面說好話的并不都是朋友。

All his geese are swans.敝帚自珍

All is not gain that is got into the purse.裝進(jìn)錢包里的不一定都是收益。

All lay loads on a willing horse.好馬重負(fù) All roads lead to Rome.條條道路通羅馬

All that glitters is not gold.閃光的東西不一定是金子 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事起頭難 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只用功，不玩耍，聰明的孩子也變傻

All's well that ends well.結(jié)果好，一切都好

Among the blinds the one-eyed man is king.盲人國里，獨眼英語格言警句 4 稱王。（意同：山中無老虎，猴子稱大王）

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一蘋果勝過找醫(yī)生 An empty sack cannot stand upright.空袋子，立不直

An Englishman's house is his castle.英國人的家是獨立王國。（意指：非經(jīng)許可，不得進(jìn)入）An evil lesson is soon learned.惡習(xí)易染

An eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼還眼，以牙還牙 As good lost as found.有得必有失。

B Bad excuses are worse than none.狡辯比不辯護(hù)還糟 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人

Be just before you are generous.先還債，后慷慨

Beauty and folly are often companions.美貌和愚蠢常結(jié)伴 Beauty is but skin-deep.美麗只是外表罷了 Beggars' bags are bottomless.乞丐不知足

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.雖眼見亦不能全信，道聽途說更不足信。Best is cheapest.好貨最便宜 Better buy than borrow.買比借好 Better early than late.寧早勿晚

Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.寧可空而有志，不可富而失節(jié)

Better late than never.遲做總比不做好

Better lose the saddle than the horse.寧可丟鞍，不可失馬 英語格言警句 5 Better the last smile than the first laughter.寧可最后笑，不要首先狂喜。

Better to wear out than rust out.與其銹壞，不如用壞

Between two stools you fall to the ground.腳踩兩條凳，早晚要墜地（意同：腳踏兩條船，兩頭要落空）

Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分 Birth is much, but breeding is more.教養(yǎng)重于出身。Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.無奢望者有福，因其永不失望。

Blood is thicker than water.血比水濃（意指：親人總比外人親）

Books and friends should be few but good.買書如交友應(yīng)少而精（書與友，貴精不貴多）

Brevity is the soul of wit.言以簡潔為貴

C Cheats never prosper.靠欺騙，難發(fā)財

Children and fools tell the truth.孩子和傻子，口中無詐語 Children should be seen but not be heard.大人在講話，小孩別插嘴

Choose a wife by your ear rather than by your eye.擇妻靠耳，不靠眼

Circumstances alter cases.具體情況具體分析 Cleanliness is next to godliness.整潔近于美德

Cloudy mornings give way to clear evenings.早晨云遮日，晚英語格言警句 6 上星滿天

Comfort is better than pride.舒適勝于虛榮

Coming events cast their shadows before.未來之事必有前兆 Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水穿石 Content is better than riches.知足勝于財富

Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有則改之，無則加勉 Courtesy costs nothing.彬彬有禮，惠而不費

Cowards die many times before their deaths.膽小鬼在真正斷氣之前要死許多次。

Custom rules the law.風(fēng)俗左右法律

Cut your coat according to your cloth.量布裁衣。（意指：量入為出）

D Dead men tell no tales.死人不會告密

Death is the great leveler.死亡面前人人平等 Death pays all debts.一死了百債 Delays are dangerous.事怕延誤

Diamond cut diamond.棋逢對手，將遇良才

Diligence is the mother of good luck.勤力佳運之母

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.雞蛋尚未孵，別先數(shù)雞雛（意指：不要過早打如意算盤）Do not cry for the moon.海底撈月辦不到

Do not cry out before you are hurt.沒受傷，別亂喊 英語格言警句 7 Do not keep all the eggs in one basket.不要孤注一擲 Do not rob Peter to pay Paul.不要挖肉補瘡

Do not try to teach your grandmother to such eggs.不要班門弄斧

Dog does not eat dog.同類不相殘

Doing nothing is doing ill.無所事事，必干壞事

Don’t cut down the tree that gives you shade.遮蔭之樹不可砍 Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.不要做害人害已的事

Don’t quarrel with your bread and butter.不要砸自己的“飯碗” Don't put the cart before the horse.勿本末倒置 Dreams go by contraries.夢與現(xiàn)實常相反 Dumb dogs are dangerous.啞巴狗最危險 Dying is as natural as living.有生必有死

E Early sow, early mow.早種早收

Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早，起得早，聰明、富裕、身體好 Easier said than done.;說來容易，做來難

East or west, home is best.東也好，西也好，還是家最好 Easy come, easy go.來得容易去得快

Eat to live, but not live to eat.人為生而食，不為食而生 Empty vessels make the most noise.滿瓶子不響,半瓶子晃蕩 Envy never enriched any man.妒忌決不會致富 英語格言警句 8 Even a worm will turn.人急造反，狗急跳墻 Every bean hath its black.人孰無過

Every bird likes its own nest the best.金窩銀窩不如自己的草窩

Every cook praises his own broth.王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸 Every dog has its day.凡人皆有得意日

Every little helps.涓涓細(xì)流匯成河，粒粒稻菽堆滿籮 Every little makes a mickle.積少成多，滴水成流 Every man hath his weak side.人皆有弱點 Every man is his won enemy.自貽伊戚 Every why has a where fore.凡事必有因

Everybody's business is nobody's business.眾人的事兒沒人管 Everything comes to him who waits.耐心等待，萬事皆成 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.物莫如新，友莫如故

Example is better than precept.身教勝過言教 Experience is the best teacher.經(jīng)驗是良師

Experience is the father of wisdom.經(jīng)驗是智慧之父 Experience must be bought.要取得經(jīng)驗，須付出代價 Extremes are dangerous.凡事走向極端是危險的

F Face to face, the truth comes out.面對面，真相白 Facts speak louder than words.事實勝于雄辯 Failure teaches success.失敗是成功之母 英語格言警句 9 False friends are worse than bitter（open）enemies.口蜜腹劍的朋友比不共戴天的敵人還壞。（意同：明槍易躲，暗箭難防）

Far from eye, far from heart.眼不見，心不念

Far water does not put out near fire.遠(yuǎn)水救不了近火 Fast bind, fast find.藏得好，丟不了

Fine feathers make fine birds.佛要金裝，人要衣裝

Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水火是忠仆，也能成災(zāi)主

First come, first served.先到先招待

First impressions are most lasting.最初的印象最深刻

Fools build houses and wise men live in them.愚者造房,智才租房

Fool's haste is no speed.欲速則不達(dá) Forbidden fruit is sweetest.禁果格外甜 Fortune favours the brave.天佑勇者

Fortune favours those who use their judgement.智才天助 Fortune knocks once at everyone's door.人人都有走運的一天 Four eyes see more than two.四只眼睛總比兩只眼睛看得清 Fourtune favours fools.傻子有傻福

Friendship should not be all on one side.友誼靠雙方

G Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只總味著終身不懈的努力。英語格言警句 10 Give him an inch and he will take a yard.得寸進(jìn)尺

Give him the dose of his own medicine以其人之道還治其人之身

Go while the going is good.此時不走，更待何時？ God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助 Gold will not buy everything.金錢并非萬能 Good advice is beyond price.忠言是無價之寶 Good advice is harsh to the ear.忠言逆耳 Good counsel has no price.忠言無價

Good health is above wealth.健康勝過財富

Good words are worth much and cost little.好話不花錢，一句值千金

Grasp all, lose all.欲盡得，必盡失 Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同

Great trees keep down the little ones.大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米

H Habit is second nature.習(xí)慣是第二天性

Half a loaf is better than no bread半個面包總比沒有好（意同：聊勝于無）.Handsome is that handsome does.以美貌亦美。Harm watch, harm catch.害人反害已 Haste makes waste.忙中有錯

He is happy that he thinks himself so.自樂者常樂

He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的英語格言警句 11 光彩。

He is rich that has few wants.無欲者為富 He knows most who speaks least.博學(xué)者寡言

He laughs best who laughs last.誰笑在最后，誰笑得最好 He that begins many things , finishes but few.貪多嚼不爛 He that falls today may rise tomorrow.今天跌倒的人，明天可能會站起來。

He that is full of himself is very empty.妄自尊大，腹中空空 He that runs fastest gets the ring.捷足先登

He that travels far knows much.遠(yuǎn)行者，見識廣（廣游者見識多）

He who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick.想要打狗，找棍何愁

He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.恥于問即恥于學(xué)

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.He who plays with fire gets burnt.玩火者必自焚

He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.騎虎難下 Health is better than wealth健康勝于財富.Hear all parties.兼聽則明，偏聽則暗

Hedges have eyes and walls have ears.籬笆有眼，墻壁長耳 Home is where the heart is.哪里最歡樂，那里就是家 Honesty is the best policy.誠實乃上策

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望，作最壞的準(zhǔn)備

Humour must have its background of seriousness.幽默必須以英語格言警句 12 嚴(yán)肅為背景。

Hunger is the best sauce.饑者口中盡佳肴

I Idleness is the root of all evil.懶惰是萬惡之源

If a man once fall, all will tread on him.人倒眾人踩

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.人若無希望，心碎肝腸斷

If we can’t do as we would,we must do as we can.如不能如愿而行，定須盡力而為。

If we dream, everything is possible.敢于夢想，一切都將成為可能

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.同時追兩兔，全都抓不住。

If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.要想真正做一件事，就得親手去做。

Ill news flies apace.惡事傳千里

In books are embalmed the greatest thoughts.古今偉大思想均載于書籍之中。

In for a penny, in for a pound.一不做，二不休

In our expenditure the item that costs most is time.在我們的消費中時間是最昂貴的一項。

In the deepest water is the best fishing.水深好釣魚 In the end, things will mend.車到山前必有路

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.蠢羊才英語格言警句 13 向狼懺悔

It is better to be alone than in bad company.寧可孤獨，不交惡友

It is better to do well than to say well.與其夸夸其談，不如埋頭苦干

It is easier to get money than to keep it..掙錢容易，積錢難 It is good fishing in troubled waters.混水好摸魚

It is good to have friends in trouble.患難得友是幸事。It is never too late to learn.活到老，學(xué)到老 It is never too late to mend.改過不嫌晚

It is no use crying over spilt milk.牛奶打潑，哭也無用（意同：覆水難收）

It is the first step that is troublesome.萬事起頭難

It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.失馬鎖慨，為時已晚

It never rains but it pours.不下則已，一下傾盆 It takes two to make a quarrel.一個巴掌拍不響

J Jack of all trades, master of none.樣樣皆通，樣樣稀松 Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.樂極生悲

Judge not a book by its cover.評價一本書，不能憑封面 Judge not from appearance.人不可貌相

Judge not of men and things at first sight.初次印象,難得真相 Justice has long arms.天網(wǎng)恢恢，疏而不漏 英語格言警句 14 K Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.少說為佳,多聽為妙 Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.殺雞取蛋，愚蠢荒唐

Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕 Kiss and be friends.吵嘴后，和為貴

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.少時有知識，老來有智慧

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.知識是寶庫，實踐是鑰匙

Knowledge is no burden.知識再多不壓身。Knowledge is power.知識就是力量

Knowledge is the food of the soul.知識是精神食糧。

Knowledge makes humble;ignorance make proud.知識使人謙虛，無知使人驕傲

Knowledge requires repeated explorations, and farmland needs intensive cultivation.知識需要反復(fù)探索,土地需要辛勤耕耘。

L Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.歡笑，整個世界伴你歡笑。哭泣，只有你獨自向隅而泣

Lay things by, they many come to use蓄物必有其用。英語格言警句 15 Learning is the eye of the mind.知識是心靈的慧眼。

Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.好人越學(xué)越好，壞人越學(xué)越糟

Learn not, and know not.不學(xué)則無術(shù)

Learn to say before you sing.先學(xué)說，后學(xué)唱 Least said, soonest mended.少說為佳

Let beggars match with beggars.龍配龍，鳳配鳳 Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎 Lies have short legs.謊言終究要敗露

Life is not all beer and skittles.人生并非盡是樂事 Lightly come, lightly go.來得容易，去得快 Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子

Little and often fills the purse.小錢積成萬，粒糧堆成山 Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.涓滴之水匯成洋 Long absent, soon forgotten.別久情疏 Look at the bright side.滿懷信心 Look before you leap.三思而后行

Lookers-on see most of the game.旁觀者清，當(dāng)局者迷 Lost time is never found again.光陰一去不復(fù)返

Love can neither be bought nor sold;its only prices is love.愛情不能買和賣，只能以愛來報答 Love is blind.愛情是盲目的

Love me little, love me long.細(xì)水長流，淡交長久 Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏

Lovers' quarrels are soon mended.夫妻無隔宿之仇

Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.鄰居無論多英語格言警句 16 好，圍籬不可推倒

M Make hay while the sun shines.趁晴曬草（意同：趁熱打鐵）Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人，成事在天

Man struggles upwards;water flows downwards.人往高出走，水往低處流。

Manners make the man.觀其待人而知其人

Many drops make a shower.涓涓清泉匯成流，滴滴水珠聚成雨

Many hands make light work.人多好辦事 Marry in haste, repent at leisure.結(jié)婚太急，后悔莫及（意指：草率結(jié)婚必后悔）

Men learn while they reach.教學(xué)相長。

Men make houses, women make homes.男人蓋房，女人持家 Merry meet, merry part.好聚好散

Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.災(zāi)來如山倒，災(zāi)去如抽絲

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患難識知交

Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.禍來如飛行，禍去似步行

Misfortunes never come singly.禍不單行 Money breeds money.錢生錢，利滾利

Money is the root of all evil.金錢是萬惡之源 More haste, less speed.欲速則不達(dá) 英語格言警句 17 N Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是發(fā)明之母 Need makes the old wife trot.事急老嫗跑

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.別借債，莫放債 Never buy a pig in a poke.東西沒看清，不要急著買

Never cross a bridge till you come to it.還沒到橋頭，別為過橋愁

Never do things by halves.凡事不可半途而廢 Never hit a man when he's down.不要落井下石 Never judge from appearances.人不可貌相

Never light your candle at both ends.蠟燭切莫兩頭點（意指：不可過分消耗體力）

Never make a mountain of a molehill.切勿小題大做

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能夠做的事，切莫拖延到明天

Never say “die”;up, man, and try.千難萬險不灰心，昂首闊步向前進(jìn)

New brooms sweep clean.新官上任三把火

No bees, no honey;no work, no money.無蜂則無蜜，不勞則無酬

No cross, no crown.沒有苦難，就沒有快樂 No fool like an old fool.老糊涂，最糊涂 No gains without pains.不勞則無獲

No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之，乃學(xué)而知之 英語格言警句 18 No news is good news.沒有消息就是好消息 No pains, no gains.不勞則無獲

No road is long with good company.旅途有好伴,千里不覺長 No way is impossible to courage.勇士面前，無路不通 Nobody's enemy but his own.自尋苦惱

Nothing is cheap if you don't want it.不要的東西,再便宜也貴 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上無難事，只怕有心人

Nothing seek, nothing find.無所求則無所獲。

Nothing venture, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子

O Observation is the best teacher.觀察是最好的老師 Of nothing comes nothing.巧婦難為無米之炊 Of two evils choose the less.兩害相權(quán)取其輕 Once a thief, always a thief.一次做賊，永遠(yuǎn)做賊 Once bitten, twice shy.一次被咬，下次膽小

One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.人竭其力，汝享其成

One flower makes no garland.一朵鮮花，難做花環(huán)

One man's fault is another man's lesson.前車之覆，后車之鑒 One should eat to live, not live to eat.人應(yīng)為生而食，不應(yīng)為食而生。

One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏

One today is worth two tomorrow.把握一個今天，勝似兩個英語格言警句 19 明天

Other times, other manners.時移俗易

Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不念

P Pain is forgotten where gain follows.一朝得了利，痛苦便忘記 Pain past is pleasure.苦盡甘來

Pardon all men, but never thyself.嚴(yán)以律已，寬以待人

Penny wise, pound foolish.小事聰明，大事糊涂（意同：抓了芝麻，丟了西瓜）

Plenty is no plague.多多益善

Poverty is the mother of health.貧窮是健康之母 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧

Practise what you preach.躬行已說，身體力行

Prevention is better than cure.與其補救于已然，不如防止于未然

R Ragged colts may make fine horses.別看小狗現(xiàn)在丑，長大可能成駿馬

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.閱讀使人淵博，會談使

人機敏，寫作使人嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。英語格言警句 20 Reason is the guide and light of life.理智是人生的燈塔

Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.老樹移栽活不了，老人遷居命不長

Rome was not build in a day羅馬非朝夕建成.Roses have thorns.玫瑰好看卻有刺

S Sadness and gladness succeed one another.樂極生悲,苦盡甘來 Satan always finds work for idle hands.魔鬼專坑懶鬼 Saving is getting.節(jié)約等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more.多思寡言

Saying and doing are two things.說是一回事，做又是一回事 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.你幫我，我?guī)湍?Second thoughts are best.三思而后行 Seeing is believing.眼見為實 Self do, self have.自作自受

Share and share alike.有福同享，有難同當(dāng)

Short pleasure, long lament.痛快一時，痛苦一世 Silence gives consent.沉默不許，就是默許 Slow and steady wins the race.慢而穩(wěn)，賽必勝

So many countries, so many customs.國家不一，風(fēng)俗各異 So many men, so many minds.人心不同，各如其面 Soft fire makes sweet malt.文火煮飴糖，香甜又可口（意指：慢工出細(xì)活）

Something attempted, something done.有所嘗試，就等于有所英語格言警句 21 作為。

Soon got, soon spent.來得容易，去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten.學(xué)得快，忘得快

Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器

Speech is silver;silence is golden.雄辯是銀，沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind.言為心聲

Standers-by see more than gamesters.當(dāng)局者迷，旁觀者清 Still waters run deep.流靜水深，人靜心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest.偷來的果子分外甜 Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵

Sweet are the uses of adversity.禍兮福之所倚

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.話若投機嫌日短

T “The grapes are sour”, as the fox said when he could not reach them.狐貍吃不到葡萄，就說葡萄酸

Take away my good name, take away my life.奪去了美名也就奪去了生命

Take honour from me and my life is done.沒有了名譽也就沒有了生命

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.用槍打蝴蝶，小題大做（意同：殺雞焉用牛刀）

Talk of the devil and he will appear.說曹操，曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind.樹大招風(fēng)

Teaching others teaches yourself.教學(xué)相長 英語格言警句 22 The bait hides the hook.餌中必有詐

The best mirror is an old friend.老友是明鏡 The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜無好貨.The course of true love never did run smooth.愛情之路，崎嶇不平

The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知，除非已莫為 The early bird catches the worm.鳥兒起得早，蚯蚓吃得到 The end makes all equal.死神面前，人人平等

The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong men.烈火煉真金，逆境煉壯士（火對金子是考驗；逆境對人是磨煉。）The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以為智，智者自知其愚。The fox may grow grey, but never good.;江山易改，本性難移 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.井底之蛙，所見不廣

The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要為之奮斗，未來就會變成現(xiàn)在。

The great thieves punish the little ones.大賊罰小賊（意同：大魚吃小魚）

The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得越高，跌得越重 The lazy man's the beggar's brother.懶鬼是乞丐的兄弟 The leopard cannot change its spots.江山易改，本性難移 The longest day must have an end.天雖長，必有盡

The love of money is the root of all evil.貪財是萬惡之源 The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.知識越廣博，越感已無知 英語格言警句 23 The more haste, the less speed.欲速則不達(dá)。

The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.傻瓜越富越蠢

The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.書讀得越多，越感到學(xué)識之不足。

The more you have, the more you want.越有錢，越貪心 The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最寶貴的財富是明智而忠實的朋友。

The nearer the church, the farther from God.離教堂越近，離上帝越遠(yuǎn)

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.實踐出真知

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正確功能是生活，而不是生存。

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.痛苦的秘密在于有閑功夫為自己是否幸福而煩惱。

The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神財富才是惟一的財富。

The world is his who enjoys it.世界屬于熱愛世界的人。The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件東西，才知道這的可貴。

The years teach much which the days never know.學(xué)問積年而成，而每日不自知。

There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。Time gives good advice.時間給予金玉良言。Time works wonders.時間能創(chuàng)造奇跡。英語格言警句 24 Two heads are better than one.兩人智慧勝一人。

U Under water, famine;under snow, bread.洪水造饑饉，瑞雪兆豐年

Union is strength.團結(jié)就是力量 Use makes perfectness.熟能生巧

V Venture a small fish to catch a great one.欲釣大魚，先舍小魚 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改變自己往往比改變環(huán)境更為需要。Virtue is a jewel of great price.美德是無價之寶 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德遠(yuǎn)勝于美貌

Virtue is its own reward.善有善報（意指：德行的酬報就是德行本身）

W Walls have ears.隔墻有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外揚.Waste not, want not.儉則不匱 英語格言警句 25 Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪費時間就是掠奪自己。Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea;experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge.水滴匯集成大海，經(jīng)歷匯集成學(xué)問。

We can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判斷一個人，不聽言語看行動

We never know the value of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可貴

We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.年華沒虛度，一生也足矣。

Weak things united become strong.一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵

Wealth is best known by want.人窮方知錢可貴

Well begun is half done.良好的開端，是成功的一半

What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫為 When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.墻倒眾人推

When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.孩子不吭聲，一定闖了禍

When in Rome do as the Romans do.入國問禁，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel.一個巴掌拍不響

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.貧窮進(jìn)門來，愛情越窗飛

When the cat is away, the mice will play貓兒不在，鼠兒成精.When wine sinks, words swim.美酒一下肚，話匣關(guān)不住 Where there is a will there is a way.有志者，事竟成 英語格言警句 26 Where there is smoke, there is fire.無風(fēng)不起浪（事出有因）Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Will is power.意志就是力量

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.為了求得智慧，代價再高也值得。

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于頭腦，猶如健康之于軀體。

Wise men are silent;fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕 Wise men change their minds;fools never do.智者通權(quán)達(dá)變，愚者剛愎自用

Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.智者熱愛真理，愚者回避真理

Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.沒有艱苦勞動就常有科學(xué)創(chuàng)造。

Words are but wind, but seeing is believing.耳聽為虛，眼見為實

Y You are never too old to learn.學(xué)習(xí)不嫌老

You cannot have everything in this life.萬事如意古來難。You can't see the wood for the trees.見樹不見林，問題難看清 You never know till you have tried.不嘗試，不知曉 Youth and age will never agree.老少難相投 英語格言警句 27 Z Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.熱情而無知，猶如無光之火

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.無知的熱情近乎愚蠢

第五篇：精選英語格言警句

精選英語格言警句(英漢對照)：

bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.聞其歌知其鳥，聽其言知其人。

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it's the boundary of the world.坐井觀天。

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚愛益切，離別情更深。

A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

Accidents will happen.天有不測風(fēng)云。

A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.問心無愧，高枕無憂。

A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，勝券在握。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.寧為清貧，不為濁富。

A close mouth catches no flies.病從口入，禍從口出。

A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。

A common danger causes common action.同仇敵愾。

A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常樂。

Actions speak louder than words.事實勝於雄辯。

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。

A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。

A faithful friend is hard to find.益友難得。

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹，長一智。

After a storm comes a calm.否極泰來。

After black clouds, clear weather.否極泰來。

After death, the doctor.放馬后炮。

A good appetite is a good sauce.饑不擇食。

A good example is the best sermon.身教勝似言教。

A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推薦的介紹信。

A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望勝於好的相貌。

A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近親。

A good marksman may miss.智者千慮，必有一失。

A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不會過時。

A good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。

A good winter brings a good summer.瑞雪兆豐年。

A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐顏開。

A hero is known in the time of misfortune.時勢造英雄。

A lazy youth, a lousy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

Ale will make a cat speak.酒后吐真言。

A little is better than none.聊勝於無。

A little leak will sink a great ship.千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。

A little neglect may breed great mischief.小不忍則亂大謀。

A little spark kindles a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原。

A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.適可而止，過猶不及。

All covet, all lose.貪多必失。

All is fair in war.兵不厭詐。

All is not gold that glitters.閃光的東西并不都是黃金。

All roads lead to Rome.條條道路通羅馬。

All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.有情人終成眷屬。

All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回。

All things are easy that are done willingly.做事樂意，諸事容易。

All things are obedient to money.有錢能使鬼推磨。

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的一個。

A man apt to promise is apt to forget.輕諾者易忘。

A man can not spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.一心不能二用。

A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.人有兩只耳朵一張嘴，就是為了多聽少說話。

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.路遙知馬力，日久見人心。

A man may dig his grave with his teeth.禍從口出。

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難。

A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.有寶何必人前夸。

A match will set fire to a large building.星星之火，可以燎原。

Ambition never dies until there is no way out.不到黃河心不死

A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰。

An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

An evil chance seldom comes alone.禍不單行。

A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之計在於晨。

An old physician, and a young lawyer.醫(yī)生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity;a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.樂觀的人在災(zāi)難中看到希望；悲觀的人在希望中看到災(zāi)難。

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.預(yù)防勝於治療。

Answer a fool according to his folly.以其人之道，還治其人之身。

A penny saved is a penny earned.省錢就是賺錢。

Apparel makes the man.馬靠鞍裝，人靠衣裝。

Appearances are deceitful.人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。

A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.千里之行始於足下。

A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不生苔，轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)不聚財。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

A secret between more than two is no secret.兩人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。

A servant is known by his master's absence.主人不在可以看出仆人的品行來。

A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.緘默的嘴，真誠的心，是世界上最令人贊美的東西。

A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火，可以燎原。

A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.人要衣裝，佛要金裝。

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.平靜的海洋練不出熟練的水手。

A sow, when washed;returns to the muck.江山易改，本性難移。

As the old cock crows, so doth the young.有其父必有其子。

As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.試金石可以試金，正如黃金可以試人。As the tree falls, so shall it lie.自作自受。

As they sow, so let them reap.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言。

A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不補，大洞吃苦。

A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。

A straw shows which way the wind blows.一葉便知秋。

A stumble may prevent a fall.小懲大誡。

As you make your bed so you must lie on it.自食其果。

As you sow you shall mow.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

A tall tree catches the wind.樹大招風(fēng)。

A tree is known by its fruit.觀其行而知其人。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity.疾風(fēng)知勁草，患難知友情。

Avarice blinds our eyes.財迷心竅。

Avarice increases with wealth.越富越貪。

A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain.決心趕到目的地，浪漢何懼雨來淋。

A watched pot is long in boiling.心急水不沸。

A wilful man will have his way.有志者是竟成。

A word spoken is an arrow let fly.一言既出，駟馬難追。

A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，駟馬難追。

Bad workmen often blame their tools.拙匠常怪工具差。

Beauty is but skin-deep.紅顏易變。

Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lover's eyes.情人眼里出西施。

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.口蜜腹劍。

Before gold, even kings take off their hats.有錢能使鬼推磨。

Beggars cannot be choosers.饑不擇食。

Beggars must be no choosers.饑不擇食。

Behind bad luck comes good luck.塞翁失馬，焉知非福。

Be honest rather clever.誠實比聰明更要緊。

Being on sea, sail;being on land, settle.隨遇而安。

Be just to all, but trust not all.要公正對待所有的人，但不要輕信所有的人。

Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。

Be slow to promise and quick to perform.不輕諾，諾必果。

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.多聽少說。

Better an empty purse than an empty head.寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.明槍易躲，暗箭難防。

Better good neighbours near than relations far away.遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰。

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.功虧一簣。

Between two stools one falls to the ground.腳踏兩頭要落空。

Beware beginnings.慎始為上。

Big mouthfuls ofter choke.貪多嚼不爛。

Bind the sack before it be full.做事應(yīng)適可而止。

Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。

Birth is much, but breeding is more.出身固然重要，教養(yǎng)更且重要。Bite off more than one can chew.貪多咽不下。

Bite the hand that feeds one.恩將仇報。

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良藥苦口利於病。

Blind men can judge no colours.不宜問道於盲。

Blood is thicker than water.血濃於水。

Bread is the staff of life.民以食為天。

Brevity is the soul of wit.言以簡潔為貴。

Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.養(yǎng)虎貽患。

Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.投鼠忌器。

Burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

Business before pleasure.事業(yè)在先，享樂在后。

Business is business.公事公辦。

By doing we learn.經(jīng)一事，長一智。

By falling we learn to go safely.吃一塹，長一智。

By other's faults, wise men correct their own.他山之石，可以攻玉。

By reading we enrich the mind;by conversation we polish it.讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美。

英語格言之一

001 The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.指責(zé)帶給你刺痛，正是它的忠實之處。2002-02-12 002 Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher.美德和幸福猶如母女。2002-02-12 003 TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.行善者，人人銘記之。2002-02-12 004 It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.自欺是世上最易之事。2002-02-12 005 ’Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them.防止染上惡習(xí)遠(yuǎn)比消除惡習(xí)容易。2002-02-12 006 An old man in a house is a good sign.家中有老是一個好跡象。2002-02-12 007 Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting.別用言詞貶低任何人，無論國王還是奴隸。最卑戝的蜜蜂也 2002-02-12 008 Beware,beware!he’ll cheat’ithout scruple,who can without fear.當(dāng)心，當(dāng)心！行騙而無所畏懼者，也將無所顧慮。2002-02-12 009 How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them!承認(rèn)并改正錯誤，需要有足夠的勇氣和決心 2002-02-12 010 If thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains.你若作惡，消失的是快樂而非痛苦；你若行善，消失的 2002-02-12 011 Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest.傻瓜習(xí)慣于詭計和背判的伎倆，他們還沒聰明到學(xué)會真誠待人 2002-02-12 012 Great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all.貌美，力大，有錢，實無大益；一 2002-02-12 013 Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness,ourselves for our own.讓父親和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊重，讓我們因我們自己的 2002-02-12 014 Thirst after desert,not reward.渴求美德而非獎賞。2002-02-12 015 If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee.傷害良心，將受到良心的嚴(yán)懲。2002-02-12 016 If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life.若欲求長壽，生活須行善，因為蠢行和邪惡會把生命縮短。2002-02-12 017 Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout.每年根除一惡習(xí)，惡根亦會成完人。2002-02-12 018 None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error.唯有有教養(yǎng)者方知如何承認(rèn)錯誤，或意識到自己行為 2002-02-12 019 If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not.若做了不應(yīng)做之事，則必然會聽見不愿聽之語。2002-02-12 020 Let thy vices die before thee.讓惡習(xí)先你死去。2002-02-12

021 Act uprightly,and despise calumny.Dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish’d marble.為人正直的就不懼誹謗：污物可以沾到泥墻上，卻附不 2002-02-12 022 An honest man will receive neither money nor praise,that is not his due.正直的人既不收受他人的錢財，也不接受他人的奉承，這些都不是他應(yīng)得的 2002-02-12 023 The honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains.正直的人先經(jīng)歷痛苦，然后享受歡樂；無賴 2002-02-12 024 He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not.若做了不應(yīng)該做的事，則將產(chǎn)生自己所不希望有的感覺。2002-02-12 025 The goodwill of the governed will be starv’d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.被統(tǒng)治者的良好愿望，若無統(tǒng)治者的善待，亦會餓死 2002-02-12 026 The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.勇者和智者均有同情諒解之心，而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之 2002-02-12 027 Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。2002-02-12 028 Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 誰能最恰當(dāng)?shù)卦u價一個人，他的敵人還是他自己？ 2002-02-12 029 Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.狡詐出自于能力的缺乏。2002-02-12 030 You may be too cunning for one,but not for all.蒙騙得了一人，但蒙騙不了所有的人。2002-02-12 031 Clean your finger,before you point at my spots.先洗浄你的手指，再指出我的污跡。2002-02-12 032 He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so.能承受責(zé)備并據(jù)此改過者，若不算是智者，也距之不遠(yuǎn) 2002-02-12 033 Tis hard to be poor and honest:An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,’tis a stout one!要做到貧窮而又誠實實在不容易 2002-02-12 034 Keep conscience clear,then never fear.問心無愧，永無畏懼。2002-02-12 035 When you’re good to others,you are best to yourself.善待他人，即是最善待自己。2002-02-12 036 What is serving God?’Tis doing good to man.什么才算是為上帝奉獻(xiàn)？即對人行善。2002-02-12 037 A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder.平靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡，而安寧和負(fù)罪則無法毗鄰。2002-02-12 038 There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good.再壞的人都會暗自敬重好人。2002-02-12 039 A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.真正的偉人既不大肆踐踏小人物，也不會在皇帝面前奴顏卑膝。

040 Do me the favour to deny me at once.立即把我拒絕，以此給我恩惠。

041 You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.如果你能多做善事，你會比王子還要幸福。2002-02-12 042 Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? 欺騙你的莫過于自己。

043 Nothing so popular as goodness.最的歡迎的是善行。

044 Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.別向醫(yī)生和律師提供錯誤的消息。2002-02-12 045 A good lawyar a bad neighbour.好律師壞鄰居。

046 The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue.豬的優(yōu)點在于肥壯，人的優(yōu)點在于美德。

047 Don’t throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass.假如你家的窗戶是玻璃做的，別用石頭打你的鄰居。

048 Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.亞麻遠(yuǎn)離火苗，青年遠(yuǎn)離賭博。2002-02-12 049 One mend-fault is worth two find-faults,but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.一個改正之錯相當(dāng)于兩個發(fā)現(xiàn)之錯，但一個發(fā)現(xiàn)之錯好 2002-02-12 050 The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence.太陽絕不為它所做的善事后悔，也從不指望任何報酬。英語格言之二 輸入日期

001 An innocent plowman is more worthy than a vicious prince.一個邪惡的王子還不如一個清白的莊稼漢有價值。2002-02-12 002 There have been as great souls souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.有的人雖不出名，卻有著名人般高尚的靈魂。2002-02-12 003 Don’t value a man for the quality he is of,but for the qualities he possesses.地位不要緊，著重在人品。2002-02-12 004 Who pleasure gives,shall joy receive.予人以快樂者，自己會獲得快樂。2002-02-12 005 If you ride a horse,sit close and tight;if you ride a man,sit easy and light.騎馬時應(yīng)緊貼馬背，待人則應(yīng)平和可親。2002-02-12 006 Without justice,courage is weak.假如無正義，勇氣也無力。2002-02-12 007 Innocence is its own defence.清白自衛(wèi)。2002-02-12 008 He is ill cloth’d,who is bare of virtue.人無美德,好比衣衫襤褸。2002-02-12 009 A false friend and a shadow,attend only while the sun shines.虛假的朋友就像影子，只有當(dāng)太陽照耀時才伴隨在你身邊。2002-02-12 010 If you would be loved,love and be loveable.若欲被人愛，需愛人且又可愛。2002-02-12 011 Friendship cannot live with ceremony,nor without civility.友誼不能有客套，但也少不了禮貌。2002-02-12 012 A brother may not be a friend,but a friend will always be a brother.兄弟可能不是朋友，但朋友總是兄弟。2002-02-12 013 Tis great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults,greater to tell him his.告訴朋友自己的錯是對他很大的信任，而告訴朋友他的錯是對 2002-02-12 014 love and toothache have many cures,but none infallible,except possession and dispossession.愛情和牙痛有多種療法，但無一可靠，除非要么留著 2002-02-12 015 You can bear your own faults,and why not a fault in your wife.既然能容忍自己的許多錯誤，為何不能容忍妻子的一個錯誤。2002-02-12 016 If Jack’s in love,he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.情人眼里出西施。2002-02-12 017 A father’s treasure;a brother’s a comfort;a friend is both.父親是珍寶，兄弟是安慰，朋友兩齊備。2002-02-12 018 Who daintier love,shall beggars prove.對愛挑剔，終將乞之不得。2002-02-12 019 A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.好爭吵者無好鄰居。2002-02-12 020 A good wife and health,is a man’s best wealth.賢妻健體，是男人所能擁有的最好財富。2002-02-12 021 Wars bring scars.戰(zhàn)爭給人帶來創(chuàng)傷 2002-02-12 022 A true friend is the best possession.真誠的朋友是最寶貴的財富。2002-02-12 023 The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer.朋友與奉承者不會是同一個人。2002-02-12 024 Tart words make to friends:a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than gallon of vinegar.尖酸的話交不到朋友；一匙蜂蜜比一加侖醋能引來 2002-02-12 025 He that has not got a wife,is not yet a compleat man.無妻不算完人。2002-02-12 026 Ill company is like a dog who dirts those most,that he loves best.壞朋友就像狗一樣，把人最喜愛的東西弄得骯臟不堪。2002-02-12 027 When befriended,remember it;when you befriend,forget it.當(dāng)你被別人善待時，請記住這一切；當(dāng)你善待別人時，請忘記這一切。2002-02-12 028 Promises may get thee friends,but nonperformance will turn them into enemies.許諾會贏得朋友，但食言則會化友為敵。2002-02-12 029 An open foe may prove a curse;but a pretended friend is worse.公開的敵人是禍害，但虛假的朋友比之更壞。2002-02-12 030 Love,and be loved.愛，然后被愛。2002-02-12 031 No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.最好的親屬莫過于謹(jǐn)慎忠誠的朋友。2002-02-12 032 Love and lordship hate companions.愛情與權(quán)力都不喜歡伴侶。2002-02-12 033 Love and lordship hate companions.愛情與權(quán)力都不喜歡伴侶。2002-02-12 034 Be slow in chusing a friend,slower in changing.選擇朋友要慎重,更換朋友更應(yīng)慎重。2002-02-12 035 Do good to thy friend to keep him,to thy enemy to gain him.對朋友行善以留住他，對敵人行善以爭取他。2002-02-12 036 Beware of meat twice boil’d and an old foe recondil’d.肉久燉會爛，長久善待頑敵也能被化解。2002-02-12 037 Love well,whip well.愛之深，恨之切。2002-02-12 038 Ne’er take a wife till thou hast a house(and s fire)to put her in.勿聚老婆，直到有房（和爐火）讓她安身。2002-02-12 039 A house without woman and firelight,is like a body without soul or sprite.無女人與爐火之房屋，猶如無靈魂或精神之身體。2002-02-12 040 Spare and have is better than spend and crave.節(jié)約與擁有勝過浪費與奢求。2002-02-12 041 The borrower is a slave to the lender;the security to both.借入者受制于借出者；擔(dān)保人受制這兩者。2002-02-12 042 For age and want save while you may.No morning sun lasts a whole day.盡可能地積蓄金錢以備貧困和老年時之需。早晨的太陽絕不會照耀整整一天。2002-02-12 043 If you’d know the value if money,go and borrow some.欲知錢的價值，不妨出去借借。2002-02-12 044 Haste makes waste.草率行事浪費多。2002-02-12 045 Great estates may venture more;little boats must keep near shore.大資產(chǎn)可以多冒險，而小船則不能離岸太遠(yuǎn)。2002-02-12 046 Many a man would have been worse,if his eatate had been better 2002-02-12 047 Pay what you owe,and what you’re worth you’ll know.付清你所欠的債,你將會明白自身的價值所在。2002-02-12 048 Having been poor is no shame,but being ashamed if it,is.一度貧窮并不可恥，可恥的是為之感到丟臉。2002-02-12 049 Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat.善花一便土，節(jié)約四便土。2002-02-12 050 Wealth and content are not always bedfellows.財富和滿足并非總是友好共處。2002-02-12 英語格言之三 輸入日期

001 The second vice is lying;the first is running in debt.欠債比說謊的罪過更大。2002-02-12 002 For one poor man there are and hundred indigent.窮人總有無數(shù)貧困潦倒之處。2002-02-12 003 The generous mind least regards money,and yet most feels the want of it.慷慨者最不看重金錢，又最覺得其欠缺。2002-02-12 004 Women and wine,game and deceit,make the wealth small and the wants great.女人與美酒，賭博與欺詐，使財富變少，貧窮加深。2002-02-12 005 Interest which blinds some peple,enlightens others.利益讓一些人瞎了眼睛，卻讓另外一些人心明眼亮。2002-02-12 006 Beware of little expences,a small leak will sink a great ship.小小開支不可隨意，小小漏洞會沉大船。2002-02-12 007 He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.聚財亦聚憂。2002-02-12 008 Light gains heavy purses.少少積累，錢袋沉墜。2002-02-12 009 Industry,perseverance,and prugality,make fortune yield.勤勞、堅韌和節(jié)儉，會給你帶來財富。2002-02-12 010 Content and riches seldom meet together,riches take thou,contentment I had rather.滿意和財富難以兼得，讓財富占有你，我寧可要滿意。2002-02-12 011 Money and man a mutual friendship show:Man makes false money,money makes man so.錢和人相互為友：人讓錢假，錢讓人虛。2002-02-12 012 Money and good manners make the gentleman.有錢且有修養(yǎng)方為紳士。2002-02-12 013 Lend money to an enemy,and thou’lt gain him,to a friend and thou’lt lose him.借錢給敵人能拉攏他，借錢給朋友會失去他。2002-02-12 014 Avoid dishonest gain:No price can recompense the pangs of vice.拒絕不正當(dāng)?shù)睦妫蛐皭核鶐淼耐纯酂o法用金錢補嘗。2002-02-12 015 Pay what you owe,and you’ll know what’s your own.付清你所欠下的債，方知什么是自己的。2002-02-12 016 Wish a miser long life,and you wish him no good.祝守財奴長壽，對他并無好處。2002-02-12 017 Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges,than to stoop to petty getting.節(jié)省一絲一毫金錢，不會比為小小的收入而屈尊丟臉。2002-02-12 018 By what thou hast no need of；and e’er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.買不需之物，不久將把必需之物賣出。2002-02-12 019 The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.有錢的好處，盡在用錢中。2002-02-12 020 IF you desire many things,many things will seem but a few.如果你想得到很多，那么你將只能見到其中很少的一些。2002-02-12 021 Bargaining has neither friends nor relations.交易面前無親友。2002-02-12 022 Wealth is not his that has it,but his that enjoys it.財富并非供人擁有，而是供人享受。2002-02-12 023 If you know how to spend less than you get,you have the Philosophers’Stone.知量入為出者，好比有了點金石。2002-02-12 024 Poverty wants some things,luxury many things,avarice all things.貧窮需要一些，奢侈需要許多，而貪婪則什么都要。2002-02-12 025 Save all the money they can touch.節(jié)省一切到手的金錢。2002-02-12 026 He does not possess wealth,it possesses him.他并非擁有財富，而是被財富占有。2002-02-12 027 He that is rich need not live sparingly,and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.有錢人不必吝嗇，吝嗇者不必有錢。2002-02-12 028 All things are cheap to the saving,dear to the wasteful.節(jié)約的不值錢，浪費的金難換。2002-02-12 029 He that lives carnally,won’t live eternally.好肉欲者，難以永生。2002-02-12 030 A fat kitchia,a lean will.大大的灶間，小小的心愿。2002-02-12 031 He’s gone,and forgot nothing but to say farewel to his creditors.他走了，只忘記和債權(quán)人告別。2002-02-12 032 Light purse,heavy heart.癟癟錢包,沉沉心情。2002-02-12 033 Great alms-giving.lessens no man’s living.慷慨的施舍，并不能緩解人的生計。2002-02-12 034 He that would rise at court,must begin by creeping.高位始于足下。2002-02-12 035 laziness travels so slowly,that poverty soon overtakes him.懶惰走得太慢，很快就被貪窮追上。2002-02-12 036 Trouble springs from idleness,toil from ease.麻煩源于懶散，勞累源于悠閑。2002-02-12 037 Bad gains are truly losses.不正當(dāng)?shù)乃貌攀钦嬲膿p失。2002-02-12 038 Diligence overcomes difficulties,sloth makes them.勤奮克服困難，懶惰制造困難。2002-02-12 039 God gives all things to industry.上帝對于勤勞無所不賜。2002-02-12 040 Being ignorant is not so much a shame,as being unwilling to learn.無知并不可恥，可恥的是不肯學(xué)習(xí)。2002-02-12 041 Ask and have,is sometimes dear buying.求人給予，有時代價不菲。2002-02-12 042 Speak little,do much.少說多做。2002-02-12 043 Little strokes,fell great oaks.斧子小砍，大樹伐斷。2002-02-12 044 What can be done,with care perform today.能做之事，今天認(rèn)真去做。2002-02-12 045 Useful attainments in your minonity will procure riches in maturity,of which writing and accountns are not the meanest.不要輕視寫作和?/td> 2002-02-12 046 Words may shew a man’s wit,but actions his meaning.語言可以顯示人的才智，但行動可以顯示其真實用意。2002-02-12 047 Life with fools consists in drinking;with the wise man living’s thinking.傻瓜的生活在于飲酒取樂;智者的生活在于不斷思索。2002-02-12 048 An ounce of wit that is bought,is worth a pound that is taught.花代價所換來的一點才智，抵過別人傳授的數(shù)倍不止。2002-02-12 049 Idleness is the greatest prodigality.懶惰是最大的消費。2002-02-12 050 No gains without pains.不勞則無獲。

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001 Sloth(like rust)consumes faster than ladour wears:the used key is always bright.懶惰（你鐵銹）比勞動消耗得更快：使用中的鑰匙總是發(fā)? 2002-02-12 002 The sleeping fox catches no poulty.Up!up!睡覺的狐貍捉不到家禽。起來！起來！2002-02-12 003 ’Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution,but hard is the task that concerns esecution.作出大膽的好決定容易，可實施起來卻非常困難。2002-02-12 004 Industry pays debts,despair increases them.勤勞可讓你償清債務(wù)，則絕望只會使欠債更多。2002-02-12 005 He that rises late,must trot all day,and shall scarce overtake his business at night.晚起之人，須整日匆忙，而且即使到了晚上也很難把事 2002-02-12 006 Be always asham’d to catch thy self idle.隨時為自己的懶散而羞慚。2002-02-12 007 There are lazy minds as will as lazy bodies.心既懶，身亦惰。2002-02-12 008 Lazy bones!Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs,if the had not design’d thou should’st use them? 懶骨頭！如果上帝 2002-02-12 009 Industry need not wish.勤勞毋須請求。2002-02-12 010 Grace thou thy house,and let not that grace thee.為你的家增光，別讓家為你添彩。2002-02-12 011 At the working man’s house hunger looks in but dares not enter.饑餓只能在勞動者的屋外張望，卻不敢進(jìn)去。2002-02-12 012 Will done is better than well said.說得好不如做得好。2002-02-12 013 None preaches better than the ant,and she says nothing.最善說教者莫過于螞蟻，但它卻只做不說。2002-02-12 014 He that can have patience,can have what he will.有恒心者事竟成。2002-02-12 015 Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.羨慕為無知之女。2002-02-12 016 He that lives upon hope,dies farting.一味靠希望活著的人，死時不值一文。2002-02-12 017 Diligence is the mother of goodluck.勤奮為幸運之母。2002-02-12 018 By diligence and patience,the mouse bit in two the cable.若干再加恒心，老鼠也能把鋼索咬斷。2002-02-12 019 Look before,or you’ll find yourself behind.抬頭向前看，否則落后邊。2002-02-12 020 All things are easy to industry,all thing diffcult to sloth.勤勞面前萬事易，懶散面前萬事難。2002-02-12 021 No man e’er was glorious,who was not laborious.人若不勤勞，一定無榮耀。2002-02-12 022 Be temperate im wine,in eating,girls,and sloth;or the gout will seize you and plague you both.姑娘，別縱酒，別貪吃懶做，否則痛風(fēng)會折磨你。2002-02-12 023 Great talkers,little doers.吹噓者，行動少。

A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命。(英國迷信, 指貓的生命力強)

A cat in gloves catches no mice.(=Muffled cats catch no mice.)帶手套的貓捉不到耗子;四肢不勤, 一事無成;怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。

A cat may look at a king.貓也可以看國王(指小人物也應(yīng)有些權(quán)利)A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.A fool and his money are soon parted.A fool may give a wise man counsel A friend in need is a friend indeed.A good dog deserves a good bone.好狗應(yīng)該啃好骨頭, 有功者受賞。

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.少量的常識，當(dāng)?shù)么罅康膶W(xué)問。A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.淺學(xué)誤人。A living dog is better than a dead lion.死獅不如活狗。A man is known by his friends.A man is known by the company he keeps.A man's home is his castle.A rolling stone gathers no moss.A sheep among wolves 落入狼群;落在一群惡漢手中的善良人

A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪, 何患無辭。A stitch in time saves nine.A wolf in sheep's clothing 披著羊皮的狼, 口蜜腹劍的人 A woman's place is in the home.A woman's work is never done.A word spoken is past recalling.A work ill done must be twice done.首次做不好，必須重新搞。A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。

A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.于助人者總是主動幫助別人。Absence makes the heart grow fonder.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行動是知識之佳果。

Actions speak louder than words.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班，事情很快就做完。After a storm comes a calm.After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.Agree like cats and dogs [口]像貓和狗一樣合不來, 完全合不來

All cats are grey in the dark.(=At night all cats are grey;when candles are out, all cats are grey.)貓在暗中都是灰色;黑暗中難分丑妍

All good things must come to an end.All is fair in love and war.All is over but the shouting.All lay load on the willing horse.All roads lead to Rome.All that glitters is not gold.All the world loves a lover.All time is no time when it is past.光陰一去不復(fù)返。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。All roads lead to Rome.條條大路通羅馬。All's well that ends well.Among the blind the oneeyed man is the king.山中無老虎猴子稱大王。An apple a day keeps the doctor away.An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.An idle brain is the devil's workshop.懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。An idle youth,a needy age.少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不亂吠;老狗 一吠, 就得小心。

An old dog will learn no new tricks.(=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)老狗學(xué)不了新把戲;老年人很難適應(yīng)新事物。Anger and haste hinder good counsel.Appearances are deceptive.April showers brings may flowers.Art is long, life is short.As [like] a dog with two tails 非常開心[高興] As a sheep among the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的綿羊

As poor as a church mouse

As weak as a cat(=as weak as water)身體非常虛弱

As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨絞刑;一不做二不休 As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.As you sow, so shall you reap.As you have made the bed, you must lie on it.自作自受。Ask no questions and hear no lies.At the eleventh hour在最后時刻表（誤：在十一點鐘）Bad news travels fast.Barking dogs seldom bite.愛叫的狗 不咬人;咬人的狗不露齒。Barking dogs seldom bite.愛叫的狗不咬人。Be(old)dog at(a thing)對...有經(jīng)驗;對...很內(nèi)行 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Beauty is only skin-deep.Beggars can't be choosers.Better be safe than sorry.Better die with honor than live with shame.Better late than never.遲做總比不做好。

Better master one than engage with ten.會十事，不如精一事。Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.Better to be alone than in bad company.Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.Beware of a silent dog and still water.提防不吠的狗, 小心 靜止的水。Birds of a feather flock together.Blood is thicker than water.Blood, toil, tears and sweat.Boys will be boys.Bring down the house博得滿堂喝彩，引起哄堂大笑（誤：把房子弄塌?br> Business before pleasure.事業(yè)在先，享樂在后。

Business is business.公事公辦。

Business is the salt of life.事業(yè)是生命之鹽。

Business makes a man as well as tries him.事業(yè)可以考驗人，也可以造就人。

Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.事業(yè)雖擾人，懶惰害更大。Business neglected is business lost.忽視職業(yè)便是放棄職業(yè)。Calamity is man true touchstone.Call somebody names辱罵某人（誤：喊某人的名字）Care and diligence bring luck.謹(jǐn)慎和勤奮帶來好運。Catch as catch can.Charity begins at home.Christmas comes but once a year.圣誕一年只一度。Clean conscience laughs at false accusation.Come like a dog at a whistle 一呼即來 Crime does not pay.Cry over spilt milk.Curiosity killed the cat.Dead men have no friends.Dead men tell no tales.Death is the great leveler.Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量，快快行動。Dexterity comes by experience.熟練來自經(jīng)驗。Diamond cut diamond.Diligence is the mother of success.勤奮是成功之母。Diligence is the mother of good fortune.勤勉是好運之母。Discretion is the better part of valor.Divide and rule.Do as I say, and not as I do.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.照大多數(shù)人那樣干，人們會把你稱贊。Do business,but be not a slave to it.要做事，但不要做事務(wù)的奴隸。Do not wear out your welcome.Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.Doing everything is doing nothing.樣樣都做等于不做。Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.Don't meet trouble half-way.Don't put all your eggs in one basket.Don't ride the high horse.Don't wash your dirty linen in public.Doubt is the key of knowledge.懷疑是知識之鑰。

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起，使人健康、富裕和聰穎。

Easier said than done.East or west, home is best.出門五里，不如家里。Easy come, easy go.來得容易去得快。

Eat no fish做忠實可靠的人（誤：不吃魚）

Enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 極其可笑;讓人笑掉大牙

Enough to make a cat speak [口]令人驚訝;事情太出奇

Entertain an angel unawares.Every bird loves to hear himself sing.Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日。

Every dog is a lion at home.[Every dog is valiant at his own door.] 狗是百步王, 只在門前兇。Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.Every man has his faults.Every man has his price.Every man is his own worst enemy.Every picture tells a story.Every potter praises his own pot.Every tide hath its ebb.潮漲必有潮落時。

Everybody's business is nobodys business.三個和尚沒水吃

Everyone to his taste.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.萬物皆有時，時來不可失。

Experience is the best teacher.經(jīng)驗是最好的教師。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.經(jīng)驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.經(jīng)驗學(xué)校學(xué)費高，愚人旁處學(xué)不到。Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.有經(jīng)驗而無學(xué)問，勝于有學(xué)問而無經(jīng)驗。

Failure teaches success.Faith will move mountains.精誠所至，金石為開。Familiarity breeds contempt.Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.Fat cat 美國政治運動的出資人, 捐獻(xiàn)大宗政治款項的富人;安于現(xiàn)狀的懶漢;以權(quán)謀私的人, 享受特權(quán)的人 Fear is stronger than love.Fear of death is worse than death itself.Fight dog, fight bear.打個青紅皂白, 一決雌雄。Fight fire with fire.Finders keepers, losers weepers.Fine feathers make fine birds.Finished labours are pleasant.完成工作是一樂。

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是忠實的朋友，卻是殘酷的主人。First come, first served.First things first.First think, and then speak.Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.Friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見真情。Garbage in, garbage out.Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).一旦給人加一個壞名聲, 他就永遠(yuǎn)洗刷不掉;人言可畏。

Give credit where credit is due.Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.Give the devil his due.Give him an inch and he will take an ell（a yard）.得寸進(jìn)尺。God helps them that help themselves.Good fences make good neighbors.Goodness is better than beauty.Grasp all, lose all.Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同。

Happiness takes no account of time.歡娛不惜時光逝。

Has the cat got your tongue? [口]貓把你的舌頭叼去了嗎?為什么不吭聲? Haste makes waste.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.明天如有事，今天就去做。He is a lucky dog.他是個幸運兒。

He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.He laughs best who laughs last.He that doth most at once doth least.什么都想一次做完，結(jié)果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不爛。He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others.He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.He that plants a tree plants for posterity.He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。

He that will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。He who hesitates is lost.He who does not advance loses ground.不進(jìn)則退。

He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到長城非好漢。He who laughs last, laughs best.誰笑到最后誰笑得最好。He who rides on a tiger can never dismount.騎虎難下。Health is not valued till sickness comes.有病方知無病福。

Honesty is the best policy.Idle people(folks)have the most labour(take the most pains).懶人做工作，越懶越費力。Idleness is the key of beggary.懶惰出乞丐。Idleness is the root of all evil.懶惰乃萬惡之源。

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.若要求知識，須從勤苦得。

If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.想把事情來做好，就得親自動手搞。Ignorance is bliss.Ignorance of the law excuses no man.Ill news travels fast.惡事傳千里。

In for a penny,in for a pound.做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。

Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。It is good to learn at another man's cost.前車可鑒。

It is ill to waken sleeping dogs.[let sleeping dogs lie;don't wake a sleeping dog.] 別多事, 別惹麻煩。

It is in to be on the safe side.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。It is no use crying best spilt milk.It is not work that kills,but worry.工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。It is right to put everything in its proper use.凡事都應(yīng)用得其所。It never rains, but it pours.It rains cats and dogs.下傾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱

It takes two to tango.It is no good crying over the spilt milk.覆水難收。It takes two to make a quarrel.一只碗不響。Jack of all trades, master of none.Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕。

Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知識只能循序漸進(jìn)，不能躍進(jìn)。Knowledge is power.知識就是力量。Laughter is the best medicine.Lead a dog's life 過著牛馬不如的生活 Lead a dog's life 過窮困潦倒的日子

Learn wisdom by the follies of others.從旁人的愚行中學(xué)到聰明。Let bygones be bygones.Let sleeping dogs lie.Let the buyer beware.Let the cat out of the bag 說走了嘴,(無意中)泄露秘密

Let the dead bury their dead.Let sleeping dog lie.不要惹是生非。Let's call a spade a spade.直言不諱。Life is just a bowl of cherries.Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如熱鍋上的螞蟻

Like father, like son.Like mother, like daughter.Live and learn.Live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架

Live a cat and dog life（夫妻）過著不和諧的生活（誤：過著貓和狗一般的生活）

Living without an aim is liking sailing without a compass.生活沒有目標(biāo)等于航行沒有指南針。Look after number one.Look on the bright side.Look before you leap.三思而后行。

Lookers-on see most of the game.旁觀者清。Love conquers all.Love is blind.Love makes the world go round.Love me, love my dog.你若把我當(dāng)朋友, 也要把我的朋友當(dāng)朋友;愛屋及烏。Love sees no faults.Love will find a way.Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏

Make hay while the sun shines.曬草要趁太陽好。Man cannot live by bread alone.Many hands make light work.眾擎易舉。Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。Many a little makes a mickle.積少成多。

Many hands makes light work.人多好辦事。Marriages are made in heaven.May As soon as man is born he begins to die.Might is right.Mind your own business.Money is the root of all evil.Money isn't everything.More haste, less speed.欲速則不達(dá)。

Move heaven and earth想盡一切辦法；竭盡全力（誤：翻天覆地）

Necessity is the mother of invention.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.今日事須今日畢，切勿拖延到明天。Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而廢。Never judge from appearances.Never look a gift horse in the mouth.Never mix your liquor.Never say die.Never speak ill of the dead.Never think yourself above business.勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠(yuǎn)不要認(rèn)為自己是大才小用。

Never too late to repent.Never too late to mend.亡羊補牢未為晚也。No Bad news travels fast.No man can serve two masters.No man is indispensable.No news is good news.No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.昨日不復(fù)來。No pain, no gain.No root,no fruit.無根就無果。

No one is wise at all time.智者千慮，必有一失。Not have a dog's chance 毫無機會

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.Nothing succeeds like success.Nothing ventured, thing gained.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it.世上無難事，只怕有心人。Old habits die hard.Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.Once Cleanliness is next to godliness.One good turn deserves another.One man's loss is another man's gain.One scabbed sheep infects the whole flock.一只羊生瘡整群羊遭殃。One today is worth two tomorrows.一個今天勝似兩個明天。

One's life is limited, but learning is endless.生命有限，學(xué)海無涯。Opportunity seldom knocks twice.Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見，心不煩。Patience is a virtue.Penny wise, pound foolish.Pleasant hours fly past.快樂時光去如飛。Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。Practice what you preach.Prepare for a rainy day.未雨綢繆。

Prevention is better than cure.Procrastination is the thief of time.因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。Pull somebody's leg戲弄某人；開某人的玩笑（誤：拖某人的后腿）Pull up one's socks振作起來；鼓起勇氣（誤：提起襪子）Punctuality is the soul of business.守時為立業(yè)之要素。Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.Rats desert a sinking ship.Reading makes a full man and writing an exact man.讀書使人充實，寫作使人嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。Return to one's sheep [muttons] 回到本題 Revenge is sweet.Robbing Peter to pay Paul.Saving is getting.節(jié)省就是獲得。

Saying is one thing, doing another.說是一回事，做是另一回事。

Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.人到危急時,平時所不屑做的也要做;急不暇擇, 饑不擇食。

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.See [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps(=wait for the cat to jump)觀望形勢然后行動;看風(fēng)使舵, 隨機應(yīng)變

See Naples and die.不到黃河心不死。

Speak little,do much.少說多做

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.寫得很好的生活和過得很好的生活幾乎一樣少。

The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.指責(zé)帶給你刺痛，正是它的忠實之處。Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher.美德和幸福猶如母女。

TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.行善者，人人銘記之。It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.自欺是世上最易之事。’Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them.防止染上惡習(xí)遠(yuǎn)比消除惡習(xí)容易。An old man in a house is a good sign.家中有老是一個好跡象。

Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting.別用言詞貶低任何人，無論國王還是奴隸。最卑戝的蜜蜂也

Beware,beware!he’ll cheat’ithout scruple,who can without fear.當(dāng)心，當(dāng)心！行騙而無所畏懼者，也將無所顧慮。

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them!承認(rèn)并改正錯誤，需要有足夠的勇氣和決心

If thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains.你若作惡，消失的是快樂而非痛苦；你若行善，消失的

Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest.傻瓜習(xí)慣于詭計和背判的伎倆，他們還沒聰明到學(xué)會真誠待人

Great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all.貌美，力大，有錢，實無大益；一

Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness,ourselves for our own.讓父親和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊重，讓我們因我們自己的 Thirst after desert,not reward.渴求美德而非獎賞。

If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee.傷害良心，將受到良心的嚴(yán)懲。If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life.若欲求長壽，生活須行善，因為蠢行和邪惡會把生命縮短。

Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout.每年根除一惡習(xí)，惡根亦會成完人。

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error.唯有有教養(yǎng)者方知如何承認(rèn)錯誤，或意識到自己行為

If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not.若做了不應(yīng)做之事，則必然會聽見不愿聽之語。

Let thy vices die before thee.讓惡習(xí)先你死去。

Act uprightly,and despise calumny.Dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish’d marble.為人正直的就不懼誹謗：污物可以沾到泥墻上，卻附不

An honest man will receive neither money nor praise,that is not his due.正直的人既不收受他人的錢財，也不接受他人的奉承，這些都不是他應(yīng)得的

The honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains.正直的人先經(jīng)歷痛苦，然后享受歡樂；無賴

He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not.若做了不應(yīng)該做的事，則將產(chǎn)生自己所不希望有的感覺。

The goodwill of the governed will be starv’d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.被統(tǒng)治者的良好愿望，若無統(tǒng)治者的善待，亦會餓死

The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.勇者和智者均有同情諒解之心，而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之

Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。

Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 誰能最恰當(dāng)?shù)卦u價一個人，他的敵人還是他自己？

Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.狡詐出自于能力的缺乏。

You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.蒙騙得了一人，但蒙騙不了所有的人。Clean your finger, before you point at my spots.先洗浄你的手指，再指出我的污跡。

He that can bear a reproof, and mend by it, if he is not wise, is in a fair way of being so.能承受責(zé)備并據(jù)此改過者，若不算是智者，也距之不遠(yuǎn)

Tis hard to be poor and honest: An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,’tis a stout one!要做到貧窮而又誠實實在不容易

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.問心無愧，永無畏懼。

When you’re good to others, you are best to yourself.善待他人，即是最善待自己。

What is serving God?’ Tis doing good to man.什么才算是為上帝奉獻(xiàn)？即對人行善。

A quite conscience sleeps in thunder, but rest and guilt live far adunder.平靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡，而安寧和負(fù)罪則無法毗鄰。

There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good.再壞的人都會暗自敬重好人。

A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.真正的偉人既不大肆踐踏小人物，也不會在皇帝面前奴顏卑膝。

Do me the favour to deny me at once.立即把我拒絕，以此給我恩惠。

You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.如果你能多做善事，你會比王子還要幸福。

Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? 欺騙你的莫過于自己。Nothing so popular as goodness.最的歡迎的是善行。

Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.別向醫(yī)生和律師提供錯誤的消息。A good lawyar a bad neighbour.好律師壞鄰居。

The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue.豬的優(yōu)點在于肥壯，人的優(yōu)點在于美德。Don’t throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass.假如你家的窗戶是玻璃做的，別用石頭打你的鄰居。

Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.亞麻遠(yuǎn)離火苗，青年遠(yuǎn)離賭博。

One mend-fault is worth two find-faults,but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.一個改正之錯相當(dāng)于兩個發(fā)現(xiàn)之錯，但一個發(fā)現(xiàn)之錯好

The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence.太陽絕不為它所做的善事后悔，也從不指望任何報酬。