1、Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
2、Experience is the mother of wisdom.(经验是智慧之母。)
3、Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。)
4、Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。)
5、Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。)
6、From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。)
7、Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。)
8、Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。)
9、The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。)
10、A great ship asks for deep waters.(大船要走深水。)
11、While there is life, there is hope.(有生命便有希望/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧)
12、Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠,胜个过一个诸葛亮。)
13、Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。)
14、Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。)
15、It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。)
16、If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.(如果事情值得做,就值得好好做。)
17、Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。)
18、Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。)
19、It is never too late to learn. (活到老,学到老。)
20、It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢,犹时未晚。)
21、The secret of success is constancy of purpose.(成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。)
22、Misfortunes never come alone/single.(祸不单行。)
23、Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。)
24、Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。)
25、To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。)
26、Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)
27、A good medicine tasks bitter.(良药苦口。)
28、Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同。)
29、Storms make trees take deeper roots.(风暴使树木深深扎根。)
30、Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。)
31、Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。)
32、A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。)
33、All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。)
34、What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.(得之不费力,弃之不可惜。)
35、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.(只要有一颗意志坚强的心,没事不成。)
36、Work makes the workman.(勤工出巧匠。)
37、Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
38、He that can have patience, can have what he will.(唯坚韧者始能遂其志。)
39、Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.(我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。)
40、The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.(成功之路没它,唯全力投入工作,而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。)
41、To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.(读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。)
42、The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.(人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。)
43、One of these days is none of these days.(有这么一天就是没有这么一天。/吾生待明日,万事成蹉跎。)
44、Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.(每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。)
45、Nothing down, nothing up. (无下则无上。/不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹?)
46、A good book is your best friend. (好书如挚友。)
47、Asking costs nothing. (问人不费分文。)
48、Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.(你不问我,我就不会说谎话。)
49、The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. (舌无骨却折断骨。)
50、A good name is easier lost than won.(名誉失之易,而得之难。)
51、Every profession produces its own best(行行出状元。)
52、Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. (今日事今日毕。)
We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西,失去了才明白。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始,是成功的一半。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差,不用交代。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快,忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快,烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银,沉默是金。
Still water run deep.
静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
Succebelongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.
既来之,则安之。
Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹操,曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten.
过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old.
老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast.
木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当,可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前,人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢,不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金,艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。
The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿性命。
The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。
The grais greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。
The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高,摔得惨。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚,越谦虚。
The more wit, the lecourage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
There are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。
There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
There is kindneto be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。
There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。
There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。
The style is the man.
字如其人。
The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清,浊者自浊。
The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后。
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯,有人上有人下。
The world is but a little place, after all.
海内存知己,天涯若比邻。
Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。
Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
Time flies.
光阴似箭。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝,不可复得。
Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。
Time tries all.
路遥知马力,日久见人心。
Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。
To err is human.
人非圣贤,孰能无过。
To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。
To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任,一事无成。
Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖,反成负担。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋。
Troubles never come singly.
福无双至,祸不单行。
Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面,改过自新。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。
Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了,不等于你对了。
Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康,钱再多也没用。
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What is serving God'Tis doing good to man. 什么才算是为上帝奉献?即对人行善。
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 行路有良伴就是捷径。
You may be too cunning for one,but not for all. 蒙骗得了一人,但蒙骗不了所有的人。
Every man is his own worst enemy.一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。
Do me the favour to deny me at once. 立即把我拒绝,以此给我恩惠。
Clean your finger,before you point at my spots. 先洗浄你的手指,再指出我的污迹。
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.遭祸容易脱祸难。
TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者,人人铭记之。
Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity. 不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石。
While there is life, there is hope.有生命便有希望/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧
Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验是智慧之母。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 智力投资绝不会白花。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout. 每年根除一恶习,恶根亦会成完人。
Make haste in doing good, restrain your mind from evil. Whosoever is slow in doing well, his mind delights in evil?
On earth there is nothing at but man; in the man there is nothing at but mind. 地球上唯一伟大的是人,人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。
If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life. 若欲求长寿,生活须行善,因为蠢行和邪恶会把生命缩短。
There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good. 再坏的人都会暗自敬重好人。
When you're good to others,you are best to yourself. 善待他人,即是最善待自己。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。
Saying and doing are two different things. 说和做是迥然不同的两回事。
Beware,beware!he'll cheat'ithout scruple,who can without fear. 当心,当心!行骗而无所畏惧者,也将无所顾虑。
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。
If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not. 若做了不应做之事,则必然会听见不愿听之语。
Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself 谁能最恰当地评价一个人,他的敌人还是他自己?
To an optimist every change is a change for the better.对于乐观者总是越变越好。
If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee. 伤害良心,将受到良心的严惩。
You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous. 如果你能多做善事,你会比王子还要幸福。
A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder. 平静的良心能在雷声中入睡,而安宁和负罪则无法毗邻。
Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. 生活是一张白纸,每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。
A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor. 真正的伟人既不大肆践踏小人物,也不会在皇帝面前奴顔卑膝。
Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own. 聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。