一、关于教育的谚语
1.A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (H.B.Adams, American historian)
教师的影响是永恒的;无法估计他的影响会有多深远。(美国历史学家 亚当斯)
2.And gladly would learn, and gladly teach. (Chaucer, British poet)
勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人 乔叟)
3.Better be unboun than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. (Plato, Ancient Greek phiosopher)
与其不受教育，不知不生，因为无知是不幸的根源。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
4.Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education:dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and ,need I add that one must also be able
to dance with the pen? (Friedrich W.Nietzsche, German philosopher)
所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞：用脚跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言语跳舞，不用说，还需用笔跳舞。(德国哲学家 尼采)
5.Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character. (Hosea Ballou British cducator)
教育始于母亲膝下，孩童耳听一言一语，均影响其性格的形成。(英国教育家 巴卢)
6.Educaton does not mean teaching people to kow what they do not know ; it means teachng them to behave as they do not behave. (John Ruskin, British art critic)
教育不在于使人知其所未知，而在于按其所未行而行。(英国艺术评论家 园斯金)
7.Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. (Durant, American historian)
教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。(美国历史学家 杜兰特)
8.Education is a admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)
教育是令人羡慕的东西，但是要不时地记住：凡是值得知道的，没有一个是能够教会的。(英国剧作家 王尔得)
9.Education has for its object the formation of character. (Herbert Spencer, British philosopher)
教育是以造就人的品质为其目标。(英国哲学家 斯宾塞)
10.Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. (George Macaulay Trevelyan British historian)
教育造就了一大批人，他们会读书，但是不会区别什么书值得读。(英国历史学家 特里维廉)
11.Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. (William Butler Yeats, lrish poet)
教育不是注满一桶水，而且点燃一把火。(爱尔兰诗人 叶芝)
12.Education is the chief defence of nations. (Edmund Bruke, British statesman)
教育是国家的主要防御力量。(英国政治家 伯克)
13.Education is the transmission of civilization. (Will Drant, American historian and essayist)
教育传播文明。(美国历史学家、散文家杜兰特)
14.Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive ; easy to govern but imposible to slave. (Brougham, British statesman)
教育使一个民族容易领导，但是难于驱使;容易管理，却不可能奴役。(英国政治家 布罗马汉姆)
15.Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one , more important, which he gives himself. (Edward Gibbon, British historian)
每个人都受两种教育，一种来自别人，另一种更重要的是来自自己。(英国历史学家 吉朋)
二、关于动物的
1.Bird
(1)Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕;一举两得。
(2)A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
(3)Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
(4)It's an ill bird that fouls own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
(5)Fine feathers make fine birds.
人要衣装，马要鞍。
(6)A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
听音识鸟，闻言识人。
(7)Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鸟儿都爱听自己唱。(自我欣赏)
(8)You cannot catch old birds with chaff.
(粗糠)用粗糠捉不住老鸟。(有
(9)Birds in their little nests agree.
同巢之鸟心儿齐。
2.Cat
(1)A cat has nine lives.
猫有九条命;吉人天相。
(2)Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
(3)All cats are grey in the dark.
黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。(人未出名时看起来都差不多。)
(4)A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。)
(5)When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.
黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。
(6)Who will bwll the cat?
谁去给猫系铃?(谁愿意为大家冒风险?)
(7)The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。(掩耳盗铃)
(8)There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter.
杀猫的办法很多。(达到目的的途径很多。)
(9)Care kill a cat.
忧虑愁死猫。
3.Chicken
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。(不要过早乐观。)
4.Crow
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性难移。
5.Dog
(1)He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.
欲加之罪，何患无词。
(2)A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪，何患无词。
(3)Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
(4)Too much pudding will choke a dog.
布丁太多噎死狗。
(5)Every dog has his day.
人人皆有得意时。
(6)Barking dogs don't (seldom) bite.
爱叫的狗很少咬人。
(7)Let sleeping dogs lie.
勿惹事生非。
(8)Dead dogs bite not.
死狗不咬人。
(9)All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。(不要以貌取人。)
(10)Every dog is a lion at home.
狗在家门口就成了狮子。
(11)Don't be a dog (lying) in the manger.
莫学狗占马槽不吃草。(不要占着茅坑不拉屎。)
(12)Dog does not eat dog.
同类不相残。
(13)Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.
狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
(14)A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner's home however
shabby it is.
儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫
三、关于友谊的英语谚语
Set great store by friendship. 情意重千斤。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
Old friends and old wine are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。
The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water. 君子之交淡如水。
A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。
Most men's friendships are too inarticulate. 人的友谊是无法言喻的。
Friendship is like a plant of slow growth. 友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。
I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.
我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。
It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world .
世界上没有不犯错误的人. 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。
It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is. 只有伟大胸怀的.人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
没有朋友的人不会幸福，不处逆境不能识别朋友。
Nothing makes the earth seem to spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. 远方的朋友能使世界变得非常宽阔; 他们组成了经纬度。
Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul. 在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。
The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.
旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的朋友。
The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.
能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them. 对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。
The smell of coin is often the knell of friendship. 铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。
The true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。
To prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。
Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice. 选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。
My friend is not perfect—nor am I—and so we suit each other admirably.
朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。
For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many. 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。
四、关于健康的名言
A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚。 W.)
Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin, American president )
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林。 B.)
Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , Americanpresident)
懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林。 B.)
The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker )
健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生。 R. W.)
五、
All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
Failure is the mother of success. ——Thomas Paine
失败乃成功之母。
For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
The unexamined life is not worth living.——Socrates
混混噩噩的生活不值得过。——苏格拉底
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -Erasmus
只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize
it, not in fear, but in gladness.——R.M. Nixon
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。——尼克松
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.——John Ruskin
生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。——罗斯金
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.——George Eliot
没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。——乔治·埃略特
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.——Lincoln
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。——林肯
六、关于哲理的谚语
1.Be honest rather clever.
诚实比聪明更要紧。
2.Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
随遇而安。
3.Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。
4.Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。
5.Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺，诺必果。
6.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多听少说。
7.Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。
8.Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
9.Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
远亲不如近邻。
10.Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功亏一
11.Between two stools one falls to the ground.
脚踏两头要落空。
12.Beware beginnings.
慎始为上。
13.Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
14.Bind the sack before it be full.
做事应适可而止。
15.Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
it is better to trust to valour than to luck.
*运气不如*勇气。
ignorance is the mother of impudence.
无知是鲁莽之源。
one careless move may lose the whole game.
一步不慎，满盘皆输。
words are like bees, they have honey and a sting.
言语象蜜蜂，有蜜也有刺。
it's only the idle will be tired.
只有闲人才会感到疲倦。
there are two tragedies in life. one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to
gain it.
失去心中所欲的和得到心中所欲的，是人生的两大悲剧。
strong in action, gentle in method.
行动要坚强，方式要温和。
he who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
最不信任别人的人最不应该得到信任。
idleness is the root of all evils.
懒惰是万恶之源。
diligence redeems stupidity.
勤能补拙。
beware beginning.
以谨慎开始。
a friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
it takes two to make a quarrel.
一个巴掌拍不响。
when shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
a single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
one's sin will find one out.
坏事终归要败露。
a good name is better than riches.
声誉胜于财富。
haste trips over its own heels.
忙易出错。
a watched pot never boils.
心急喝不了热粥。
the greater the man, the more restrained his anger.
人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
speech is the image of actions.
语言是行动的反映。
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
each man is the architect of his own fate.
每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.
天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
an open enemy is better than a hollow friend.
宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
a still tongue makes a wise head.
沉默者有智慧。
it is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥。
ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries
to use it.
常人只想如何消磨时间，智者则努力利用时间。
anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance.
愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
all lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
he who commences many things finishes but a few.
样样都搞，完成者少。
courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇气和坚定是美德的精神与灵魂。
fish begins to stink at the head.
上梁不正下梁歪。
first come, first served.
先来先招待。
easy come, easy go.
来得容易去得快。
more haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
no pains, no gains.
不劳无获。
nothing venture, nothing gain.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
once bit, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心不烦。
well fed, well bred.
衣食足而后知廉耻。
in for a penny, in for a pound.
一不作，二不休。
a brave man risks his life, but not his conscience.
勇敢的`人可用生命冒险，但不以良心冒险。
it is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman.
使人成为君子的并不是讲究的衣着。
pride hurts, modesty benefits.
满招损，谦受益。
a man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
害怕痛苦的人其实已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
adversity is a good disciple.
逆境是锻炼人的最好场所。
art is long, life is short.
人生有涯艺无涯。
well begun, half done.
好的开始是成功的一半。
you can't eat your cake and have it also.
世事两难全。
calamity is man's true touchstone.
患难是人的试金石。
who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近墨者黑。
constant dropping wears away a stone.
滴水穿石。
the supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。
the first step is as good as half over.
第一步是最关键的一步。
you never know your luck.
命运好坏不由己。
sow nothing, reap nothing.
春不播，秋不收。
the wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
精神的财富是唯一的财富。
you can't judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
clothes do not make the man.
人不在衣装。
to be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
既当演说家，又做实干家。
variety is the spice of life.
变化是生活的调味品。
little goods, little care.
钱财少，不烦恼。
man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。
a little pot is soon hot.
壶小易沸，量小易怒。
no sweet without sweat.
幸福来自汗水。
better the last smile than the first laughter.
宁可最后微笑，不要首先狂喜。
one for all, all for one.
我为人人，人人为我。
truth needs no color.
真理不需要打扮。
every why has a wherefore.
凡事必有因。
keeping is harder than winning.
创业难，守业更难。
never do things by halves.
做事不可半途而废。
no cross, no crown.
未经苦难，得不到荣冠。
the fire is the test of gold; adversity is the test of a strong man.
火对金子是考验，逆境对人是磨练。
bad times make a good man.
艰难困苦出能人。
there is no royal road to learning.
求知无坦途。
doubt is the key to knowledge.
怀疑是知识的钥匙。
sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事，必先利其器。
wasting time is robbing oneself.
浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
nurture passes nature.
教养胜过天性。
there is no garden without its weeds.
没有不长杂草的花园。
a man is only as good as what he loves.
一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来衡量。
wealth is the test of a man's character.
财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
the best hearts are always the bravest.
心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
礼貌和美貌是分不开的伴侣。
plain living and high thinking.
生活要朴素，情操要高尚。
good is good, but better carries it.
精益求精，善益求善。
honesty is the best policy.
诚实为上策。
gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
感恩是精神高尚的标志。
it is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
判断自己比判断别人要难得多。
an optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn.
乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到它的刺。
delays are dangerous.
因拖出危险。
let bygones be bygones.
既往宜不咎。
look on both sides of the shield.
看问题要从两面看。
you cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点。
all men can't be first.
不可能人人得冠军。
never is a long word.
不要轻易说“决不”。
the overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind.
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
spare the rod and spoil the child.
不打不成器。
too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨师太多烧坏汤。
standers-by see more than gamesters.
旁观者清，当局者迷。
self-praise is no recommendation.
自夸不足为自荐。
they brag most who can do least.
本领最小的人最会吹牛。
the good is the enemy of the best.
过得去是精益求精的敌人。
politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。
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。
conceit is the quicksand of success.
自负是成功的流沙。
he that makes a good war makes a good peace.
正义的战争创造持久的和平。
there is no disputing about tastes.
人各有所好。
it is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮容易当。
patience is the ability to put up with people you'd like to put down.
能容忍你想羞辱的人，便是忍耐。
be able to be alone. lose not the advantage of solitude.
要有单独自处的能力，不要放过孤寂的好处。
great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
伟大的思想需要起落架，也需要双翼。
fair words make fools fain.
甜言蜜语会使愚者得意忘形。
please all and you please none.
要面面俱到者，面面不到。
the noblest vengeance is to forgive.
最高尚的复仇是宽容。
a soft answer turneth away wrath.
温和的回答可以息怒。
advice when most needed is least heeded.
最容易忽视的建议往往是最重要的。
be just before you are generous.
要慷慨必先求公正。
make the best of a bad bargain.
已知吃亏，尽力而为。
he that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
做事过于苛求，反把事情弄坏。
when all else is lost the future still remains.
就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。
the world is his who enjoys it.
活着感到快乐，世界就属于你。
a little labor, much health.
适量的劳动有益于健康。
laugh and grow fat.
心宽体胖。
work won't kill but worry will.
劳动无害，忧愁伤身。
he is rich that has few wants.
寡欲者富。
every man at forty is a fool or a physician.
人到四十，如果不是傻子，就该知道保养身体。
a bow long bent grows weak.
常拉满弓无力。
1、Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
2、Don’t part with your illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live.
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。
3、I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man . I don"t know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world .
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的`短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。
4、Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。
5、If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
6、If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。
7、If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads .
如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。
8、It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.
就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。
9、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。
10、The ideals which have lighted my way , and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness , beauty and truth .
有些理想曾为我们引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是--真、善、美。
