英语的名人名言或谚语

英语名言
Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而后行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。
Light come, light go.
来得容易，去得快。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真交。
Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨过天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限，学问无涯。
Stick to it, and you‘ll succeed.
只要人有恒，万事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
It is good to learn at another man‘s cost.
前车之鉴。
Keeping is harder than winning.
创业不易，守业更难。
Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到桥头自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
No pains, no gains.
不劳则无获。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Where there is life, there is hope.
生命不息，希望常在。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重开日，人无再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再来。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
时间见真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
积少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老，学到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一石双鸟。
It never rains but it pours.
祸不单行。
In doing we learn.
经一事，长一智。
Easier said than done.
说起来容易做起来难。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
一分预防胜似十分治疗。
Industry is fortune‘s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
天才一分来自灵感，九十九分来自勤奋。
He who laughs last laughs best.
谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
谁负担费用，谁加以控制。
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
身体健壮就有希望，有了希望就有了一切。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Action speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Many hands make light work.
人多好办事。
Reading makes a full man.
读书长见识。
The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的马要驯，最伶俐的孩子要教。
Learn young, learn fair.
学习趁年轻，学就要学好。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一次被咬，下次胆小。
Sound in body, sound in mind.
有健全的身体才有健全的精神。
Seeing is believing.
百闻不如一见。
Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.
狗摇尾巴，爱的是你的面包。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。
It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.
无风难驶船。
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.
质重于量。
The on-looker sees most of the game.
旁观者清。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .
为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
与众同乐，其乐更乐。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉日子长。
Time and tide waits for no man.
岁月不等人。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必须刻苦。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.
通百艺而专一长。
From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之间，大有距离。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是无敌的军队。
Habit is a second nature.
习惯成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不会犯错误。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好书千载常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
读书如择友，宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。
It‘s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身重要，教养更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
You can‘t make something out of nothing.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing for nothing.
不费力气，一无所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
无中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯错误者一事无成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
话不中肯，不如不说。
Nothing succeeds like success.
一事如意，万事顺利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比现实更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
劝人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。（蛟龙要在海中游。）
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
节食博士、精心博士、快乐博士，三人都是最好的医生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
骗人一次，受疑一世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空车响声大。
Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口，忠言逆耳。
A friend is best found in adversity.
患难见真友。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名称有什么关系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。——Shakespeare
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。——Napoleon
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
即使所有的专家都一致赞同，他们可能也错了。——Bertrand Russell
Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.
有时候你能做的最紧急重要的事情就是彻底休息。——Ashleigh Brilliant
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
滴滴小水珠，颗颗小沙粒，会形成浩瀚的海洋与宜人的土地。——Julia Carney
Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
即使是最疲惫的河流，历经曲折，也终会安然入海。 ——Swinburne
The history of mankind is the history of ideas.
人类的历史就是思想的历史。——Ludwig Von Mises
To believe with certainty,we must begin with doubting.
要完全相信，我们首先得怀疑。——Stanislaus
1、 life without a friend is a life without a sun.
人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有了太阳。
2、A man who has friends must show himself friendly.
要有朋友，必须以友谊待人。
3、No road is long with good company.
与良友为伴，路遥不觉远。
4、Faith will move mountain.
精诚所至，金石为开。
5、It is better to be alone than in bad company.
与恶友交不如独处。
6、Fine feathers make fine birds.
小鸟需要美丽的羽毛衬托。
7、Judge not according to the appearance.
勿以貌取人。
8、I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
我不能同时是你的朋友又为你的阿谀奉承者。
9、Without confidence there is no friendship.
没有信任就没有友谊。
10、A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
11、A good friend is my nearest relation.
好友即至亲。
12、Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.
没有朋友，世界成了荒野。
13、The best mirror is a friend’s eye.
朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。
14、Success has many friends.
成功者朋友多。
15、Poverty tries friends.
贫穷考验朋友。
16、Better without gold than without friends.
宁可没有金钱，不可没有朋友。
17、A friend to all is a friend to none.
滥交者无友。
18、All are not friends that speak us fair.
说我们好话的未必全是朋友。
19、A man is known by his friends.
视其友可知其人。
20、Better an open enemy than a false friend.
虚假的朋友比公开的敌人更坏。
21、Books and friends should be few but good.
书籍和朋友，在好不在多。
22、Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
单方面的友谊不久长。
23、Friends must part.
送君千里，终须一别。
24、A trouble shared is a trouble halved.
两人分担，困难减半。
25、A friend is easier lost than found.
朋友易失不易得。
26、Every man has his faults.
人都有缺点。
27、True friendship lasts forever.
真正的友谊地久天长。
28、Many hands make light work.
人多好办事。
29、When a friend asks, there is no “tomorrow”.
朋友之求不可怠。
30、Even the best of friends must part.
天下无不散的宴席。
2、 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.)
Don't part with your illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain , American writer)
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。（(美国作家 马克•吐温)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .( Leo Tolstoy , Russian writer)
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。
(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. L .)
If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .（Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist )
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生)
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 . (F. W . Nietzsche , German Philosopher)
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。(德国哲学家 尼采. F. W.)
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.( Mark Twain , American writer )
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。(美国作家 马克•吐温)
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)
生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 (法国作家 大仲马. A.)
The important thing in life is to have a great aim , and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German Poet and dramatist)
人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。(德国诗人、戏剧家 歌德 . J . M .)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds .(Mark Twain , American writer)
具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 (美国作家 马克•吐温)
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 (美国总统 罗斯福. F .)
Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)
我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . W.)
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 (德国诗人、剧作家 歌德. J. W.)
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President )
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统 尼克松 . R.)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. J. J.)
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow .
(Emerson, American thinker )
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 家默生)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
(Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)
To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom .(Ronald Reagan , American President )
为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。(美国总统 里根. R.)
We cannot always build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来，但我们能够为未来造就我们的青年一代。 (美国总统 罗斯福. F.)
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor)
有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T. )
But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president )
但是难道败局已定，胜利已经无望？不，不能这样说！ (法国总统 戴高乐. C.)
I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).
只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.)
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)
实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)
Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)
成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)
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 , American president)
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.)
All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire , French thinker)
人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。 (法国思想家 伏尔泰)
Creditors 4 have better memories than debtors . (Benjamin Franklin , American president )
放债的比借债的记忆好。( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some .
(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
IMoney is a good servant and a bad master .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
金钱是善仆，也是恶主。( 英国哲学家 培根. F. )
Money is like muck , not good except it be spread .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)
金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。(英国哲学家 培根. F.)
No country , however rich , can afford the waste of its human resources .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。(美国总统 罗斯富. F.)
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。(美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A.)
A lifetime of happiness ! No man alive could bear it ; it would be hell on earth .(G. Bernard Shaw ,British dramatist )
终身幸福！这是任何活着的人都无法忍受的，那将是人间地狱。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
Happiness is form courage .( H. Jackson , British writer )
幸福是勇气的一种形式。 (英国作家 杰克逊. H.)
Happy is the man who is living by his hobby .(G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved .(
Victor Hugo , French novelist )
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。( 法国小说家 雨果. V .)
There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence .(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker )
人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无暇。( 法国思想家 卢梭. J . J. )
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)
At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。(美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)
Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
Each moment in history is a fleeting time , precious and unique .(
Richard Nixon , American president )
历史巨轮飞转，分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵，也独具意义。(美国总统 尼克松. R.)
Fish and visitors smell three days .( Franklin Benjamin , American president )
鱼放三天发臭，客住三天讨嫌。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
I am a slow walker , but I never walk backwards .(Abraham Lincoln , American president)
我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。 (美国总统 林肯. A.)
If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday .(
Pearl Buck , American female writer )
想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠)
In delay there lies no plenty , Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty , Youth's a stuff that will not endure . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist)
迁延蹉跎，来日无多，二十丽姝，请来吻我，衰草枯杨，青春易过。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)

life is not a bed of roses.(人生并不是到处鸟语花香)
All things are difficult before they are easy.(凡事必先难而后易)
Business before pleasure.(事业在先,享乐在后)
Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.(今日事今日了)
Every man is fool sometimes, but none at all times.(每个人都有愚蠢的时候但是没有一个人永远愚蠢)

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
'After you' is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。
A little body often harbors a great soul.
浓缩的都是精品。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，自欺欺人。
A little pot is soon hot.
狗肚子盛不得四两油。
All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
All that ends well is well.
结果好，就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的不一定都是金子。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事总是由难而易。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能有学问。
A man can do no more than he can.
凡事都应量力而行。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
A man is known by his friends.
什么人交什么朋友。
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
A man without money is no man at all.
一分钱难倒英雄汉。
A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千里。
A mother's love never changes.
母爱永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一苹果，不用请医生。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
聪明才智，不如运气。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
预防为主，治疗为辅。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
A sound mind in a sound body.
健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
寡言者智。
A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
身正不怕影子斜。
A wise head makes a close mouth.
真人不露相，露相非真人。
A word spoken is past recalling.
一言既出，驷马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.
一年之计在于春。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Bad news has wings.
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Beauty lies in the love's eyes.
情人眼里出西施。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。
Better late than never.
不怕慢，单怕站。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Blood will have blood.
血债血偿。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
Business is business.
公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.
事业是人生的第一需要。
By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.
读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
Cannot see the wood for the trees.
一叶障目，不见泰山。
Care and diligence bring luck.
谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
Caution is the parent of safety.
小心驶得万年船。
Cheats never prosper.
骗人发不了财。
Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染，身教言传。
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
择书如择友。
Come what may, heaven won't fall.
做你的吧，天塌不下来。
Complacency is the enemy of study.
学习的敌人是自己的满足。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功的第一步。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Content is better than riches.
知足者常乐。
Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
蛋未孵先数雏。
Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
Cry for the moon.
海底捞月。
Custom is a second nature.
习惯是后天养成的。
Custom makes all things easy.
有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
Diamond cuts diamond.
强中自有强中手。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
Do it now.
机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事过多。
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.
今日事，今日毕。
Don't put the cart before the horse.
不要本末倒置。
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
不要自找麻烦。
Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Do well and have well.
善有善报。
Each bird love to hear himself sing.
孤芳自赏。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起身体好。
Easier said than done.
说得容易，做得难。
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆，去也匆匆。
Eat to live, but not live to eat.
人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。
Envy has no holidays.
忌妒之人无宁日。
Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑，必有一失。
Even reckoning makes long friends.
亲兄弟，明算账。
Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
人人负责，等于没人负责。
Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
Every dog has his day.
谁都有得意的时候。
Every door may be shut, but death's door.
人生在世，唯死难逃。
Every heart has its own sorrow.
各人有各人的苦恼。
Every little helps a mickle.
聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.
人不为己，天诛地灭。
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
Every man has his weak side.
人人都有弱点。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Every mother's child is handsome.
孩子是自己的好。
Every potter praises hit pot.
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Example is better then percept.
说一遍，不如做一遍。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
Fact speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Far from eye, far from heart.
眼不见，心不烦。
Far water does not put out near fire.
远水救不了近火。
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
火是一把双刃剑。
First come, first served.
先来后到。
First impressions are half the battle.
初次见面，印象最深。
First think and then speak.
先想后说。
Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
Fool's haste is no speed.
欲速则不达。
Fools has fortune.
呆人有呆福。
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果格外香。
Fortune favors those who use their judgement.
机遇偏爱善断之人。
Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
风水轮流转。
Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
Friends agree best at distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
Friends are thieves of time.
朋友是时间的窃贼。
Friends must part.
再好的朋友也有分手的时候。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不过是勤奋而已。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金，积毁销骨。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者天助。
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.
以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
Good health is over wealth.
健康是最大的财富。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利于病。
Good watch prevents misfortune.
谨慎消灾。
Great barkers are no biters.
好狗不挡道。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great men have great faults.
英雄犯大错误。
Great men's sons seldom do well.
富不过三代。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树底下好乘凉。
Great wits have short memories.
贵人多忘事。
Greedy folks have long arms.
心贪手长。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
做贼心虚。
Habit cures habit.
心病还需心药医。
Handsome is he who does handsomely.
行为漂亮才算美。
Happiness takes no account of time.
欢乐不觉时光过。
Happy is he who owes nothing.
要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
Harm set, harm get.
害人害己。
Hasty love, soon cold.
一见钟情难维久。
Health is better than wealth.
健康胜过财富。
Health is happiness.
健康就是幸福。
Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
自己不动，叫天何用。
He is a fool that forgets himself.
愚者忘乎所以。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说好话，才是真朋友。
He is a wise man who speaks little.
聪明不是挂在嘴上。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才不犯错误。
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
正人先正己。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
自嘲者不会让人见笑。
He is wise that is honest.
诚实者最明智。
He knows most who speaks least.
大智若愚。
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He sets the fox to keep the geese.
引狼入室。
He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得越高，摔得越重。
He that will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
He who does not advance loses ground.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
经常诉苦，没人同情。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother, like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Make hay while the sun shines.
良机勿失。
Make your enemy your friend.
化敌为友。
Man is the soul of the universe.
人是万物之灵。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。
Measure for measure.
针锋相对。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
患难见真情。
Money isn't everything.
钱不是万能的。
Murder will out.
纸包不住火。
My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。
Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力。
Never fish in trouble water.
不要混水摸鱼。
Never judge from appearances.
不可以貌取人。
Never say die.
永不言败。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.
亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。
No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
No garden without its weeds.
没有不长草的园子。
No living man all things can.
世上没有万事通。
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用。
No man is born wise or learned.
没有生而知之者。
No man is content.
人心不足蛇吞象。
No man is wise at all times.
聪明一世，糊涂一时。
None are so blind as those who won't see.
视而不见。
None are so deaf as those who won't hear.
充耳不闻。
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨日不会重现。
No pains, no gains.
没有付出就没有收获。
No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。
No rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。
No smoke without fire.
无风不起浪。
Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
眼泪干得最快。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯登攀。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
没有追求就没有收获。
Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.
外出旅行，语言最要紧。
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
Not to advance is to go back.
不进则退。
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
No way is impossible to courage.
勇者无惧。
Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.
军人以服从命令为天职。
Observation is the best teacher.
观察是最好的老师。
Offense is the best defense.
进攻是最好的防御。
Old friends and old wines are best.
陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Old sin makes new shame.
一失足成千古恨。
Once a man and twice a child.
一次老，两次小。
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次，做贼一世。
Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
百闻不如一见。
One false move may lose the game.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One good turn deserves another.
行善积德。
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
争分夺秒效率高。
One man's fault is other man's lesson.
前车之鉴。
One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
One's words reflect one's thinking.
言为心声。
Out of debt, out of danger.
无债一身轻。
Out of office, out of danger.
无官一身轻。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心为静。
Patience is the best remedy.
忍耐是良药。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
贪小便宜吃大亏。
Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.
正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
Please the eye and plague the heart.
贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
Pleasure comes through

Step by step one goes for.
Little by little and bit by bit.
Never do things by havles.Pride goes before a fall.
Practice makes perfect.
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
Second thoughts are best.
You may go futher and fare worse.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.