a generation without a cause in its youth has no legacy in its old age.
一代人如年轻时没有事业 ,老了就不会有遗产可以传下去.
e.kennedy 肯尼迪
a glass at supper is not amiss.
晚酌一杯也无妨。
a good anvil does not fear the hammer.
好砧不怕铁锤砸
a good archer is not known by his arrows but his aim.
神箭手因其射中靶子而非因其箭而闻名。
john lyly 约翰 黎里
a good beginning is half the battle.
好的开端等于成功了一半
a good beginning makes a good ending.
欲善其终 ,先善其始.
a good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.
好书如好友 ,友情永不渝.
m.tupper 塔珀(英国诗人)
a good conscience is a continual feast.
问心无愧天天乐。
a good deed is never lost.
好心一定有好报。
a good face is a letter of recommendation.
漂亮的面孔就是推荐书。
a good face needs no band, and a pretty wench no land.
英俊的.小伙子无需吹鼓手 ,漂亮的村姑无需田地.
a good friend is my nearest relation.
好友即至亲
英语格言
a good horse cannot be of a bad color.
好马无劣色
a good horse should be seldom spurred.
好马无需用鞭抽。
a good husband makes a good wife. a good jack makes a good jill.
丈夫好 ,妻子也好.
英语谚语
a good man can no more harm than a sheep.
好人像绵羊，为恶不在行。
a good man terminates a friendship with out rancor.
君子绝交不记仇
a good marksman may miss.
好射手也有失手的时候
a good marriage is like an incredible retirement fund. you put everything you have into it during your productive life, and over the years it turns from silver to gold to platinum.
美满婚姻就像一笔丰厚得难以置信的退休金盛年时你将一切所得放入其中,经过积年累月,它便会从白银变成黄金,再从黄金变成白金.
a good name is better than riches.
美名胜过金钱。
a good name is sooner lost than won.
美名难得而易失
a good neighbor, a good morrow.
邻居好 ,日子好.
a good newspaper, i suppose, is a nation talking to itself.
我认为，一份好的报纸是一个民族在同自己谈话。
a.miller 米勒(美国剧作家)
a good reputation sits still; a bad one runs about.
好名不出门，恶名传四方。
a good shift may serve long, but it will not serve ever.
好的推诿之词或许长期有用，但不会永远有用。
a good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
一个好外科医生要有鹰的眼、狮子的胆和女性的手。
a good tale ill told is marred in the telling.
好故事还要讲得好。
a good tale is none the worse for being told twice.
好戏不厌两回看。
/好故事百听不厌。
a good thing is soon snatched up.
好货卖得快。
a good tongue is a good weapon.
会说话的舌头是一件精良的武器。
a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
好树不会结坏果子，坏树不会结好果子。
西方箴言
a good tree is a good shelter.
枝叶茂盛的大树是躲避风雨的好去处 /大树底下好乘凉.
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。)
be a rascal among rascals.
—— plautus
近墨者黑。
—— 普劳图斯
man is the only animal that blushes. or needs to.
—— mark twain.
人是惟一会脸红的动物，或者说是惟一需要脸红的动物。
—— 马克·吐温
to a few,rashness brings luck, to most misfortune.
—— phaedrus
鲁莽也许给少数人带来运气， 但给大多数人带来的是不幸。
—— 费德鲁斯
eat to please yourself, but dress to please others.
—— benjamin franklin
吃为了满足自己，穿则为了取悦他人。
—— 本杰明·富兰克林
everything passes-even regret.
—— james huneker
一切都会成为过去-遗憾也是如此。
—— 詹姆斯·亨内克
time partially reconciles us to anything.
—— charles lamb
时间在一定程度上让我们对任何事都习以为常。
—— 查尔斯·兰姆
my honor is my life, both grow in one; take honor from me, and my life is done.
——shakespeare
我的荣誉就是我的生命，两者共长一体；若取走我的荣誉， 我的生命也就结束了。
——莎士比亚
nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
——andre gide (1869-1951)
没有什么比回忆幸福更令人痛苦的了。
——安德烈·纪德
we have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
——george bernard shaw (1856-1950)
不创造幸福的人无权享用幸福，正如不创造财富的人无权享用财富一样。
——萧伯纳
if a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
—— benjamin franklin
如果一个人倾其所有以
—— 本杰明·富兰克林
a fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
——william blake
智者见到树木，和蠢者看到的是不一样的。
——威廉·布莱克
everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
——will rogers
所有人只是在某些方面无知。
——威尔·罗杰斯
nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.
——francis bacon
谦恭的外表最易使人上当。
——培根
content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
——benjamin franklin.
知足使贫穷的人富有；而贪婪使富足的人贫穷。
——本杰明·富兰克林
all books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
—— john ruskin
一切书籍都可以分为两类，即：一时之书与永久之书。
—— 约翰·罗斯金
