Don't gild the lily.
不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚 . W .)
I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer)
只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克·吐温)
It is no use doing what you like ; you have got to like what you do .
(Winston Churchill , British prime minister)
不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.)
My philosophy of life is work . (Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor)
我的人生哲学就是工作。 (美国发明家 爱迪生 . T . A .)
When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is slavery .(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer )
工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。
(俄国作家 高尔基. M.)
Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice, and poverty.
(Voltaire , French philosopher )
工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。 (法国哲学家 伏尔基泰)
KNOWLEDGE 知识篇
Activity is the only road to knowledge .
(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)
行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books .
(Thomas Jefferson , American president)
一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(
美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.)
A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way .(Adams Franklin , American humorist )
我的大部分知识都是这样获得的'：在寻找某个
(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.)
If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest .
(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
Imagination is more important than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )
想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. )
Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)
The empty vessels make the greatest sound . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)
All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人。 ——[法] Dumas pére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
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
Victory won’t 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
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ? 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 Pére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. That’s the secret of success. 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 ——Charles Chaplin卓别林
Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom. 没有什么比独立自由更可宝贵的了。 ——[越南] Ho Chi Minh胡志明
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. 我不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的梦想。 ——T. Jefferson杰弗逊(美国第3任总统)
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. 我们要尽可能为生活增加一些东西，而不是从中索取什么。 ——William Osler奥斯勒
Activity is the only road to knowedge. Ceorge Bernard shaw, British dramalist 行动是通往知识的唯一道路。 --英国剧作家 肖伯纳
关于人生的英语名人名言
beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。—— heywood 希伍德
we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
我们要尽可能为生活增加一些东西，而不是从中索取什么。—— william osler 奥斯勒
life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
没有学院和大学的帮助，人生本身也正在变成一所高等学府。 —— thomas alva edison 爱迪生
all for one, one for all.
人人为我，我为人人。—— [法] dumas pére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
经典的英文名人名言最新
1. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world对于世界而言，你是一个人;但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
2. To choose time is to save time ( Francis Bacon , British philosopher .合理安排时间就是节约时间。(英国哲学家 培根F.
3. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well任何值得做的，就把它做好。
4. Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect (William Shakespeare , British dramatist.不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚W.
5. Whatever you do in life, remember: Think higher and feel deeper. It cannot be bad if you do that无论你生活中做任何事情，记住：要想得更远，考虑得更深。如果你这样做是绝对不会有坏处的。
6. It is often said that time changes things, but you actually have to change them on your own人们总说时间会改变一切，但是实际上你需要自己努力去改变。
7. Give up worrying about what others think of you What they think isn’t important What is important is how you feel about yourself不要为别人怎么看你而烦恼。别人的看法并不重要，重要的是你怎么看待你自己。
8. You must create and look for opportunities Opportunities rarely ever come knocking on the door of someone who’s not seeking them机会要靠自己去创造找寻。机会不会去敲那些找都不去找它的那些人的门。
9. If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view如果你觉得心有余力不足，觉得缺乏前进的动力，有时候你只需要改变思维的角度。
10. No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life as not to receive new information from age and experience在生活中没有人一直能对什么都应付自如，除非他不断从年龄和经历中吸取知识。
11. However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names不论你的生活如何卑微，你都要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。
12. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。
13. Don't try so hard, the best things often come when you leaset expect them to不要太刻意去追求，最美好的事情往往在你最不经意的时候出现。
14. Whether happiness and sorrow in life would finally become memories,why not face them with smile一生中无论快乐与悲伤，到最后都将成为回忆，不妨学着一笑置之的胸怀。
15. Be happy Be yourself If others don’t like it, then let them be Happiness is a choice Life isn’t pleasing everybody开心点，做你自己。如果有人不喜欢你这样，让它去吧!幸福是种选择，生活不是为了讨每个人的欢心。
英语名人名言
1. Money doesn't grow on trees.
钱不是从天上掉下来的。
2. I know that my future is not just a dream.
我知道我的未来不是梦。
3. To convert defeat into victory.
反败为胜。
4. Youth means limitless possibilities.
年轻就是无限的可能。
5. Leave behind a clean world for future generations.
留给下一代一个清洁的地球。
6. You can do it too!
你也做得到!
7. Get to another summit in your career.
开创职业生涯的另一个高峰。
8. Pursue breakthroughs in your life.
追求自我的突破。
9. Never say die.
永不放弃。
10. Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
11. Never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
12. Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
13. Go for it! = Just do it!
加油!向前冲!做了再说!
14. No pain, no gain.
天下事没有不劳而获的东西。
15. Everyday and in every way I'm getting better.
每天每个方面我的生活都正在好转。
16. Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
17. Man can conquer nature.
人定胜天。
18. Better late than never.
只要开始，虽晚不迟。
19. No excuses for failure, only to find grounds for success.
莫找借口失败，只找理由成功。
20. One developed by those who have faith in the power, greater than 99 is only interested in.
一个有信念者所开发出的力量，大于99个只有兴趣者。
