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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1. A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。
2. What makes life dreary is the want of motive.没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。
3. The first step is as good as half over.第一步是最关键的一步。
4. The secret of success is constancy to purpose.成功的秘诀在于对目标的忠实。
5. The good seaman is known in bad weather.惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
6. A man can't ride your back unless it is bent.你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你的背上。
7. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
8. Do one thing at a time, and do well.一次只做一件事，做到最好!
9. If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson.如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训。
10. Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。
11. Although again sweet candy, also has a bitter day.即使再甜的糖，也有苦的一天。
12. While there is life there is hope.一息若存，希望不灭。
13. You have to believe in yourself . That''s the secret of success.人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。
14. Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
15. Never underestimate your power to change yourself!永远不要低估你改变自我的能力!
16. I am a slow walker,but I never walk backwards.我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。
17. Believe that god is fair.相信上帝是公平的。
18. Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.今日事今日毕!
英语励志格言大全
1. There is but one secret to sucess---never give up!成功只有一个秘诀--永不放弃!
2. Cease to struggle and you cease to live. 生命不止，奋斗不息。
3. Sow nothing, reap nothing.春不播，秋不收。
4. Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。
5. Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。
6. A man's best friends are his ten fingers.人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指。
7. The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.做许多事情的捷径就是一次只做一件事。
8. You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future. Once time is wasted, life is wasted.你不能改变你的过去，但你可以让你的未来变得更美好。一旦时间浪费了，生命就浪费了。
9. Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.只有在日常生活中尽责的人才会在重大时刻尽责。
10. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.对明天做好的准备就是今天做到最好!
11. Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.如果你想要成功，不要去追求成功;尽管做你自己热爱的事情并且相信它，成功自然到来。
12. The best hearts are always the bravest.心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
13. Wealth is the test of a man's character.财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
14. Nothing is impossible!没有什么不可能!
15. The reason why a great man is great is that he resolves to be a great man.伟人之所以伟大，是因为他立志要成为伟大的人。
16. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。
英语励志格言集锦
1. Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
2. Keep on going never give up.勇往直前， 决不放弃!
3. There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.这个宇宙中只有一个角落你肯定可以改进，那就是你自己。
4. The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.精神的财富是唯一的财富。
5. For man is man and master of his fate.人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
6. Do what you say,say what you do.做你说过的，说你能做的。
7. When all else is lost the future still remains.就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。
8. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。
9. There is no garden without its weeds.没有不长杂草的花园。
10. Never say die.永不气馁!
11. All things come to those who wait.苍天不负有心人。
12. Victory won''t come to me unless I go to it.胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。
13. Gods determine what you're going to be.人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。
14. All things in their being are good for something.天生我才必有用。
15. Sharp tools make good work.工欲善其事，必先利其器。
16. Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.苦难是人生最伟大的老师。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。)
The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。)
A great ship asks for deep waters.(大船要走深水。)
While there is life, there is hope.(有生命便有希望/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧)
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。)
Wise men learn by other mens 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。)
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。)
All for one, one for all.
人人为我，我为人人。 [法] Dumas pre大仲马
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 Socrates 苏格拉底
Easy come, easy go.
易得者亦易失。 Hazlitt赫斯特
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。 Herbert 赫伯特
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。 Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。 Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。 Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。 J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。 Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。 Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。 Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat ones cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。 Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。 Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。 Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。 Smedley 斯密莱
It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的'人所组成的。)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。)
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。)
It is never too late to learn. (活到老，学到老。)
It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。)
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.(成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。)
Misfortunes never come alone/single.(祸不单行。)
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。)
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。)
To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。)
Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)
A good medicine tasks bitter.(良药苦口。)
Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同。)
Storms make trees take deeper roots.(风暴使树木深深扎根。)
Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。)
Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。)
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。 Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。 Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory wont come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。 R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 Julius Caesar 凯撒
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 Jules Verne 凡尔纳
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。 Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。 T. Fuller 富勒
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。 Julius Erving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 等待和希望。 Alexandre Dumas Pre大仲马(法国作家)
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。 H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. Thats the secret of success.
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 Charles Chaplin卓别林
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。)
Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
Experience is the mother of wisdom.(经验是智慧之母。)
Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。)
Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。)
Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。)
From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。)
