英文名人名言and俗语警句

英文名人名言&俗语警句

1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

2.A friend indeed is known by sharing hardships. 患难是朋友的试金石。

3.Plain living and high thinking. 生活要朴素，情操要高尚。

4.What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。

5.Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火。

6.You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓。

7.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。

8.Pay what you owe,and you'll know what's your own. 付清你所欠下的债，方知什么是属于自己的。

9.A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人若无友，犹如只有生命没有太阳。

10.A good friend is my nearest relation. 好友如近亲。

11.A hedge between keeps friendship green. 淡交使友谊长青。（君子之交淡如水）

12.All are not friends that speak us fair. 说我们好话的未必全是朋友。

13.Better an open enemy than a false friend. 虚伪的朋友比公开的朋友更可怕。

14.Better (be) alone than in bad company. 宁可独处，勿交坏友。

15.One never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains to be done. ——Marie Curie 切不要注意已经做了哪些，而只能去考虑还有哪些有待去做。——居里夫人

16.Always aim for achievement and forget about success.——Helen Hayes 永远要争取去做出成就，别去多考虑成功。——海伦

17.Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 久别情深。

18.Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

19.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families. 家规再严，事端难免。

20.All good things must come to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席（好景不长）。

21.All shall be well,and Jack shall have jill. 有情人终成眷属。

22.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。

23.All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。

24.Always prepare for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。

25.As you sow,so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

26.Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。

27.Waste not,want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。

28.What is done cannot be undone. 生米已成熟饭／木已成舟。

29.Where there's a will,there's a way. 有志者事竟成。

30.Where there's smoke,there's fire. 无风不起浪。

家庭篇

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning un-necessary. (D.C,Fisher, American female novelist)

母亲不是赖以依靠的人，而是使依靠成为不必要的人。(美国女小说家菲席尔.D.C.)

All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (Leo

Tolstoy ,Russian writer)

所有幸福的家庭都十分相似;而每个不幸的家庭各有各自的不幸。(俄国文学家托尔斯泰.L.)

All I am , or can be, I owe to my angel mother. (Abraham lincoln, American president)

我之所有，我之所能，都归功于我天使般的母亲。(美国总统林肯)

As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents. (O,Hare Noel, American writer) 作为一个现代的父母，我很清楚重要的不是你给了孩子们多少物质的东西，而是你倾注在他们身上的关心和爱。关心的态度不仅能帮你省下一笔可观的钱，而且甚至能使你感到一份欣慰，因为你花钱不多并且给予了胜过礼物的关怀。(美国作家诺埃尔.O.)

Be it ever so humble , there is no place like home. (John Howard Payne, Averican drmatist and actor)

金窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。(美国剧作家、演员佩恩. J. H.)

Every soil where he is well, is to a valiand man his natural country. (Masinger Phililp, British dramatist) 勇敢的人随遇而安，所到之处都是故乡。(英国剧作家菲利普.M.)

Go where he will, the wise man is at home His harth the earth, his hall the azure dome. (R.W.Emerson, American thinker)

明智者四海为家——地球是他的壁炉，蓝天是他的客厅。(美国思想家爱默生.R.W.)

Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher)

幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。(英国哲学家培根.F.)

He is the happiest ,be he King or peasant , who finds peace in his home. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramstist and poet)

无论是国王还是农夫，家庭和睦是最幸福的。(德国剧作家、诗人歌德. J.W.)

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse. (Grorge Bernard Shaw, British dramstist)

家是姑娘的监狱，女人的教养院。(英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.)

Home is the place where ,when you have to go there , it has to take you in. (Frost Robert, American poet) 无论何时何地家永远是向游子敞开大门的地方。(美国诗人罗伯特.F.)

How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist) 逆子无情甚于蛇蝎。(英国剧作家莎士比亚W.)

Husbands and wives in the process of divorce (and those in the throes of another argument )easily fall into the trap of denigraging the other, publicly if possible, and as often as possible. (Howards Mel, American writer) 正在闹离婚的(包括那些处于吵闹不停的痛楚中的)夫妻们很容易陷在对方的泥沼中不能自拔，这种诋毁是尽可能公开的，尽量频繁地进行。(美国作家梅尔.H.)

I don'nt know who my grandfather was. I' m much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. (Abraham Lincoln, American president)

我不知道我爷爷是什么样的人，我更关心的是，他的孙子会成为什么样的人。(美国总统林肯.A.) If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shouldres. (Joh Brnyan Btitish ssayist)

你若希望你的孩子总是脚踏实地，就要让他们负些责任。(英国散文家班扬，J.)

It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. (Irvng Washington, Father of literature of the United States.)

让孩子感到家庭是世界上最幸福的地方，这是以往有涵养的大人明智的做法。这种美妙的家庭情感，在我看来，和大人赠给孩子们的那些最精致的礼物一样珍贵。(美国文学之父华盛顿. I.) Mariage may be compared to a cage:the birds outside deapair to get in and those within despair to get out. (Michel de Montaigne, French thinker and ssayist)

婚姻好比鸟笼，外面的鸟想进进不去;里面的鸟儿想出出不来。(法国思想家、散文家蒙田.M.D.) My father had always said that there are four things a child needs plenty of love, nourishing food, fegular sleep , and lots of soap and water---and after those, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect. (Ivy Baker Priest, American officer of government)

我父亲总是说，一个孩子需要四样东西--充分的爱、富于营养的食物、有规律的睡眠、大量的肥皂和水——这些完了呢，他最需要的是一些明智的放任。(美国政府官员普里斯特.I.B.)

The brotherly spirit of science , which unites into one family all its votaries of whatever grade ,and however widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe. (Franklin Rosevelt, American president) 科学的博爱精神把分散在世界各地、各种热心科学的人联结成一个大家庭。(美国总统罗斯。.F.) The family is one of nature's masterpieses. (George Santayana, American Philosopher and poet)

家庭是大自然创造的杰作之一。(美国哲学家、诗人桑塔亚那.G.)

The family you came from isn't as important as the family you are going to have. (D.Herbert Lawrence, British writer)

你将拥有的家庭比你出身的那个家庭重要。(英国作家劳伦斯.D.H.)

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them. (Bretrand Rrssell, British philosopher)

父亲们最根本的缺点在于想要自己的孩子为自己争光。(英国哲学家罗素.B.)

The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress. (E.Coke, British jutist)

每个人的家对他自己都像是城堡和要塞。(英国法学家科克.E.)

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. (William John Locke, British novelist) 越早把你的儿子当成男人，他就越早成为男人。(英国小说家洛克.W.J.)

There is a skeleton in every house. (William Makepeace Thackeray, Bdritish novelist)

家家都有一本难念的经。(英国小说家萨克雷.W.M.)

To make a lasting marriage we have to overcome self-centeredness. (Grorge Goreon Byron, Nritish poet) 要使婚姻长久，就需克服自我中心意识。(英国诗人拜伦,G.G.)

We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves. (Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and orator)

不养儿不知父母恩(美国牧师、演说家比沏.H.W.)

工作篇

Behavioral research discloses that human relations at work are just easier, perhaps because they are more regular and predictable and thus simpler to adjust to than the sporadic, the more intense and less regular relationship in the community. (R.Sayles Leonard, British writer)

行为科学研究提示，工作中人与人之间较好相处。这或许是因为工作上的人际关系较有规律，而在社会上，人与人之间的关系是断断续续的，比较紧张，而且也较少有规律可循。(英国作家伦纳德.R.S.) Don't gild the lily. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)

不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。(英国剧作家莎士比亚.W.)

Every man's work, whether it be literature of music of pictures or architecture of anything else, is always a portrait of himself. (Samuel Brtler, Averican educator)

每个人的工作，不管是文学、音乐、美术、建筑还是其他工作，都是自己的一幅画像。(美国教育家勃特勒.S.)

Growth and change are the law of all life. Yesterday's answers are inadequate for today's problems ----just as the solutions of today will not fill the needs of tomorrow. (Franklin Roosevelt, Averican president) 生长与变化是一切生命的法则。昨日的答案不适用于今日的问题——正如今天的方法不能解决明天的需求。(美国总统罗斯福.F.)

Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work. (David Grayson, American journalkist)

我发现，辛勤工作的报酬几乎总是幸福。(美国记者格雷森.D.)

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)

I do not like work ---no man does --but I like what is in the work -----the chance to find your self. (Conrad Joseph, British novelist)

我不喜欢工作——没有人会喜欢工作。但是我喜欢在所从事的工作中——找到发现自己的机会。(英国小说家约瑟夫.C.)

In order that people may be happy in their work, these things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. (John Ruskin, British writer)

为了使人们在工作的时感到快乐，必须做到以下三点;他们一定要胜任自己的工作，他们不可做得太多;他们必须对自己的工作有成就感。(英国作家罗斯金.J.)

In our efforts to adjust differences of opinion we should be free from intolerance of passion, and our judgements should be unmoved by alluring phrases and unvexed by selfish interests. (Grover Cleveland, American president)

在我们努力协调意见的分歧时，应当抛弃偏执与意气用事;我们的判断不应当被花言巧语蒙骗，也不应被个人私利扰乱。(美国总统克利夫兰.G.)

In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by him-delf, add observation to observation, patient of neglect, patient of reproach , and bide his own time , happy enough if he can satisfy himself alone that thia day he has seen something truly. (Ralph Waldo Emersom, American thihker)

学者应该高度集中精力，坚定信仰与追求，坚持缄默，继续观察。他要忍耐人们的忽视与责备，等待自己因为发现了某些真理而满怀欣喜的时机。(美国思想家爱默生.R.W.)

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome Klapka Jerome, British humorist)

除非有大量的工(英国幽默家杰罗姆.J.K.)

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。(英国首相丘吉尔.W.)

My philosophy of life is work. (Thomas Alva Edison, Averican inventor)

我的人生哲学就是工作。(美国发明家爱迪生.T.A.)

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief thatone's .work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster, If I were a medical man , I should precribe a holiday to many patient who consicered his work important. (Bernard Russell, British philosopher)

神经即将崩溃的症状之一是相信自己的工作极端重要，休假将会带来种种灾难。如果我是医生，我给这样的病人开的药方是:休假。(英国哲学家罗素.B.)

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. (Elbert Hubbard, Bitish writer) 为把明天的工作做好，最好的准备是把今天的工作做好。(英国作家哈伯德.E.)

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker)

学者的工作就是通过向大众提示存在于现象中的事实来鼓舞大众、教育大众、引导大众。(美国思想家爱默生.R.W.)

To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. (Samuel Bubler, American educator) 要从事伟大的工作，一个人必须既非常勤劳又非常空闲。(美国教育家勃特勒.S.)

To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay. (Johm Erskine, American educator)

我感激他使我发现即使是很短的时刻，只要我分秒必争的一头钻进工作，积累起来就成为我需要的特别有用的几个钟头。(美国教育家厄斯金.J.)

To youth I have three words of counsel ---work, work and work. (Otto Btismarck, Greman statesman)

对于青年，我的忠告只有三个词——工作，工作，工作。(德国政治家俾斯麦.O.)

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine cases out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. (John Lubbock , British banker)

我们常常听人说，人们因工作过度而垮下来，但是实际上十有八九是因为饱受担忧或焦虑的折磨。(英国银行家卢伯克.J.)

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.

不管是谁，匆匆忙忙只能说明他不能从事他从事的工作。

We should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction.A good share of the answer rest in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job , by the activity of accomplishing. (Leonard R.Sayles, British writer)

为什么工作竟然是人们获得满足的如此重要的源泉呢?最主要的答案就在于，工作和通过工作所取得的成就，能激起一种自豪感。(英国作家塞尔斯.L.R.)

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。(法国哲学家伏尔泰)

Work is more that a necessary for most human beings; it is the focus of their lives , the souece of their identity and creativity. (Leonard R.Sayles, British writer)

对大多数人来说，工作不仅仅是一种必需，它还是人们生活的焦点，是他们的个性和创造性的源泉。(英国作家塞尔斯.L.R.)

Work is the grand cure for all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. (Thoas Carlyle, British historian)

工作是良药，能医治一切困扰人的疾苦。(英国历史学家卡莱尔.T.)

Work is worth doing of worth doing well. (Thomas Carlyle, British historan)

一件事如果值得做好，就值得去做。(英国历史学爱卡莱尔.T.)

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)

WEALTH财富

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.)

If your Riches are yours , why don't you take them with you to the other world ?(Benjamin Franklin , American president )

如果财富是你的，那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢?(美国总统富兰克林. B.) Money 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.)

TIME时间

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.) Never leave that until tomorrow , which you can do today . (Benjamin Franklin , American president)

今天的事不要拖到明天。(美国总统富兰克林. B.)

Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; a man of talent tries to use it . (Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher)

普通人只想到如何度过时间，有才能的人设法利用时间。(德国哲学家叔本华. A.)

The golden age is before us , not behind us . (Mark Twain , American writer)

黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。(美国作家马克·吐温)

The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist)

人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。(英国剧作家莎士比亚. W.)

Time is money .( Benjamin Franklin , American president)

时间就是金钱。(美国总统富兰克林. B.)

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.)

We always have time enough , if we will but use it aright. (Johan Wolfgang

von Goethe , German poet)

只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。(德国诗人歌德. J.W.)

Weep no more , no sigh , nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that's gone.(John Fletcher , British dramatist)

别哭泣，别叹息，别呻吟;悲伤唤不回流逝的时光。(英国剧作家弗莱沏. J.)

SUCCESS成功

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)

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.)

If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. (Thomas Edison , American inventor)

如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。(美国发明家爱迪生. T.)

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.)

STUDY学习

Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

E永恒的真理如果不在新的社会形势下赋予新的意义,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。(美国总统罗斯福. F.)

Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;伦理使人庄重;逻辑修辞学使人善辨。(英国哲学家培根. F.)

If you don't learn to think when you are young , you may never learn.(Thomas Edison , American inventor) 如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。(美国发明家爱迪生. T.)

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.(Francis Bacon , British philosopher) 天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。(英国哲学家培根.F.)

生活Life

Something attempted, something done. (Longfellow)

有所尝试，就等于有所作为。(朗费罗)

Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. (M. Moore)

胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。(穆尔)

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, make them. (Bernard Shaw)

在这个世界上取得成功的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到时，他们就自己创造机会。(萧伯纳)

A great man is always willing to be little. (R. W. Emerson)

伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。(爱默生)

Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion. (D. H. Lawrence)

死是伟大的激情的唯一的纯洁、美丽的终结。(劳伦斯)

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. (T. W. Higginson)

伟人很少是突兀的山峰;它们是众山中的最高峰。(希金森)

The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.(T. Carlyle)

即使整个太阳系和星系崩溃，你也只死一次。(卡莱尔)

Many people's tombstones should read: " Died at 30, buried at 60." (N. M. Butler)

许多人的墓碑上应该刻上:"三十而死，六旬而葬。"(巴特勒)

To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of content. (G. Woodberry)

如果感觉到自己在生活中有了一个位置，满足的问题就解决了一半。(伍德贝利)

We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress.(H. W. Beecher)

我们一生应该这样地生活和劳动，使给予我们的种子能在下一代开花，使给予我们的花朵能在下一代结果，这就是我们所说的进步的意义。(比彻)

What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief: To be himself. (Ibsen)

人的第一天职是什么?答案很简单:不伪饰自己。(易卜生)

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. (P. Brooks)

在你耐心地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的伟大意义和形象。(布鲁克斯)

Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. (W. M. Thackeray)

大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。(萨克雷)

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime, and a fool's excuse for failure. (A. Bierce)

命运是暴君施虐的权威，傻瓜失败的借口。(比尔斯)

Have no fear of perfection ---- you'll never reach it. (S. Dali)

不要为十全十美担心--你永远作不到十全十美。(达里)

The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others. (F. Bacon)

人的行为准则是，维护自己的尊严，不妨碍他人的自由。(培根)

One may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor.(Nehru) 一个人能在战场上制胜千军，但只有战胜自己才是最伟大的胜利者。(尼赫鲁)

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. (George Eliot)

我从不怜惜自负的人们，因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。(艾略特)

Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. (Bernard Shaw)

人可以爬到最高峰，但他不能在那儿久住。(萧伯纳)

The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (Kierkegaard)

暴君死了，他的统治就结束了;烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。(克尔凯郭尔)

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. (T. S. Eliot)

世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。(艾略特)

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing.(Lady Astor)

生活中的主要危险来自那些想要改变一切或什么也不想改变的人。(阿斯特子爵夫人)

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. (Mark Twain)

习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下楼。(马克吐温)

Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. (C. K. Chesterton)

可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义:没有观点的人的愤怒。(切斯特顿)

Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. (W. Winchell)

乐观主义者:被狮子逼上了树但仍能欣赏风景的人。(温切尔)

You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. (A. Camus)

你知道什么是魅力:一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。(加谬)

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. (J. Cocteau)

对于诗人来说，最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。(科克托)

The essence of language is human activity. (O. Jesperson)

语言的本质是人类活动。(耶斯佩森)

Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. (George Eliot)

动物是极容易相处的，它们从不提问，也从不会批评。(艾略特)

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. (W. Durant)

教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。(杜兰特)

In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.(W. A. White) 教育不是为了教会青年人谋生，而是教会他们创造生活。(怀特)

I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. (M. P. Cato)

我宁可看到青年人脸红，也不愿看到它脸色变得苍白。(加图)

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. (W. G. McAdoo)

在争论中是无法击败无知者的。(麦卡杜)

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. (Voltaire)

持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。(伏尔泰)

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. (Chesterton)

通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。(切斯特顿)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. (Bernard Shaw)

明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。(萧伯钠)

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. (C. G. Jung)

任何形式的瘾都是不好的，不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是唯心主义。(荣格)

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

(C. Darrow)

只要世界还存在，就会有错误，如果没有人反叛，这些错误将永远存在下去。(达罗)

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. (Voltaire)

我不同意你说的话，但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。(伏尔泰)

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. (J. Renard)

唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。(勒纳尔)

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.(Mark Twain)

具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。(马克吐温)

The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. (Ovid)

人越伟大，越能克制怒火。(奥维德)

It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.(A. E. Stevenson)

为原则而斗争容易，按原则的要求活着难。(史蒂文森)

There is nothing permanent except change. (Heracleitus)

惟有变化才是永恒的。(赫拉克利特)

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. (T. Paine) 想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。(潘恩)

No road of flowers lead to glory. (La Fontaine)

没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。(拉封丹)

Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. (Shakespeare)

不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚)

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".(Napoleon)

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能"的。(拿破仑)

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. (C. Weizmann)

奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。(魏茨曼)

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. (Muggeridge)

没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。(马格里奇)

It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. (G. Eliot)

天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。(艾略特)

Time is a bird for ever on the wing. (T. W. Robertson)

时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。(罗伯逊)

If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. (Edison)

如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。(爱迪生)

A day is a miniature of eternity. (Emerson)

一天是永恒的缩影。(爱默生)

The course of true love never did run smooth. (Shakespeare)

真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。(莎士比亚)

Love is stronger than death.

爱的力量大于死亡。(《圣经》)

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. (A. J. Heschel)

少时喜欢聪明人，老来喜欢仁厚人。(赫歇尔)

All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear.(H. D. Thoreau)

一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。(梭罗)

Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind. (Andy J. Sklivis)

耐心等待!风车从不跑去找风。(斯克利维斯)

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (L. Blum)

品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。(布鲁斯)

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. (O. W. Holmes)

通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。(霍姆斯)

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. (W. Penn)

妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。(佩恩)

If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in

the world. (O. Wilde)

如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德)

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. (E. Hubbard)

许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。(哈伯德)

Don't waste life in doubts and fears. (Emerson)

不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。(爱默生)

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. (A. M. Lindbergh)

生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。(林德伯格)

It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. (N. Coward)

令人沮丧的是，有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊，而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。(科沃德) Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. (Marie Curie)

生活中没有什么可怕的东西，只有需要理解的东西。(居里夫人)

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore)

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。(巴里摩尔)

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. (C. M. Schwab)

只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。(施瓦布)

One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. (A. Schweizer)

有一点我是知道的:在你们之中，只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人，才是真正幸福的。(施韦策)

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Goethe)

人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标，并有决心使其实现。(歌德)

To live is to function. That is all there is in living. (Holmes)

活着就要发挥作用，这就是生活的全部内容。(霍姆斯)

Man can only be free through mastery of himself. (S. E. Morison)

只有通过掌握自己，才能使自己得到解放。(莫里森)

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. (J. H. Newman) 不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不曾真正开始。(纽曼)

Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. (C. Nepos)

要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。(内波斯)

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. (R. Browning)

当一个人内心开始斗争时，他就有了价值。(布郎宁)

There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way. (C. Morley)

只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。(莫利)

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。(马丁。路德。金) We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves.

(M. L. Becker)随着年龄的增长，我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏，而是变得更象我们自己。(贝克尔) If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered. (AL Jaber)

宝石即使落在泥潭里，仍是一样可贵;尘土纵然扬到天上，还是没有价值。(贾比尔)

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. (Strong)

与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。(斯特郎)

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. (J. Burroughs)

一个人可以失败许多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪别人，他还不是一个失败者。(巴勒斯)

Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. (Carlyle)

工作是医治人间一切病痛和疾苦的万应良药。(卡莱尔)

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. (B. Franklin)

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。(富兰克林)

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.

(T. Carlyle)生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。(卡莱尔)

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. (J. W. Gardner)

对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。(加德纳)

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life. (Goethe)

天才形成于平静中，性格来自于生活的激流。(歌德)

Wherever valour true is found, true modesty will there abound. (W. S. Gilbert)

真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。(吉尔伯特)

We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. (W. Roger)

我们不可能都成为英雄。总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌。(罗杰)

Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad. (Euripides)

上帝要谁灭亡，必先让他疯狂。(欧里比德斯)

Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. (A. Lowell)

生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。(洛威尔)

On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind. (A. Hamilton)

地球上唯一伟大的是人，人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。(哈密尔顿)

Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. (Chekhov)

人的一切--面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。(契诃夫)

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.(T. Fuller)

生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。(富勒)

Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limit less. (S. Bernhardt) 要这样生活，仿佛你寿命永恒;要这样工作，仿佛你精力无穷。(波恩哈特)

Other man live to eat, while I eat to live. (Socrates)

别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。(苏格拉底)

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. (S. Butler)

生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。(巴特勒)

Life is not all beer and skittles. (T. Hughes)

人生并非只是吃喝玩乐。(休斯)

For man is man and master of his fate. (A. Tennyson)

人就是人，是自己命运的主人。(丁尼生)

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. (V. Hugo)

生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。(雨果)

Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. (R. Peters)

人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。(彼得斯)

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，才配享受生活或自由。(伊拉斯漠)

What makes life dreary is the want of motive. (George Eliot)

没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。(艾略特)

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? (Lane Kirkland)

不要认为取胜就是一切，更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念，那胜利又有什么意义呢?(柯克兰) 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)

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.(Kierkergaard)

只有向后才能理解生活;但要生活好，则必须向前看。(克尔凯郭尔)

While there is one untrodden tractFor intellect or will.And men are free to think and act,Life is worth living.

(A. Austin)

只要还有一块知识和意志尚未征服的领域，只要人们能自由思考和行动，生活就是值得的。(奥斯汀) Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.(I. Berlin)

生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它，有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。(柏林)

The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.(W. James)

生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。(詹姆斯)

No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else. (C. Dickens)

在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。(狄更斯)

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. (J. Lubbock)

衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。(卢伯克)

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. (Montaigne)

生命的价值不在于能活多少天，而在于我们如何使用这些日子。(蒙田)

Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. (C. Schurz) 理想就象是星星--我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。(舒尔茨)

I tell you hopeless grief is passionless. (E. B. Browning)

我告诉你，没有希望的悲伤是没有感情的。(勃郎宁夫人)

He who has never hoped can never despair. (Bernard Shaw)

从来没有抱什么希望的人也永远不会失望。(萧伯纳)

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. (A. Einstein)

不要为成功而努力，要为作一个有价值的人而努力。(爱因斯坦)

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. (O. Goldsmith)

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。(哥德斯密斯)

It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious about?(H.D. Thoreau)

光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。(梭罗)

You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of sucess. (Charles Chaplin)

人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。(卓别林)

A wise man never loses anything if he has himself. (Nietzche)

聪明的人只要能掌握自己，便什么也不会失去。(尼采)

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. (Russell)

有些东西你想要而没有，这是幸福不可缺少的一部分。(罗素)

STRUGGLE奋斗

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.)

My fellow Americans , ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man . (John Kennedy , American President)

美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。(美国总统肯尼迪. J.) 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 world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and

better .No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes . He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new ; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them . (Franklin Roosevelt , American President)

人经过努力可以改变世界，这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必须敏感，随时准备接受新鲜事物;他必须有勇气与能力去面对新的事实，解决新问题。(美国总统罗斯福.F.)

There is no royal road to science ,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits . (Karl Marx, German revolutionary)

在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。(德国革命家马克思.K.)

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.)

Where there is a will , there is a way .(Thomas Edison , American inventor)

有志者，事竟成。(美国发明家爱迪生.T.)

KNOWLEDGE知识

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)

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:在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。(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.)

IDEAL理想

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)

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 .(Thomas Edison , American inventor) 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。(美国发明家爱迪生. T.)

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 winter comes , can spring be far behind ?(P. B. Shelley , British poet)

冬天来了，春天还会远吗?(英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)

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 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 .(Albert Einstein , American scientist)

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。(美国科学家爱因斯坦. 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 .)

When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory .(Abraham Lincoln , American statesman)

如果一个目的是正当而必须做的，则达到这个目的的必要手段也是正当而必须采取的。(美国政治家林肯. A.)

HAPPINESS幸福

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)

醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。(英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.)

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。(美国总统罗斯福.F.)

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen , as by little advantages that occur every day.(Benjamin Franklin ,American president).

与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运，不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。(美国总统富兰克林.B.) Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.(Abraham Lincoln ,American president) 对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。(美国总统林肯.A.)

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。(英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.)

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.)

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样，我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。(英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.)

HEALTH健康

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.)

Friendship Quotations

"Some friends come and go like a season. Others are arranged in our lives for good reason." ---Sharita Gadison

"A true friend is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends. For if not, they weren't true friends in the first place." ---Sandy Ratliff

"True friendship is felt, not said." ---Mariecris Madayag

"I believe in angels, the kind Heaven sends. I am surrounded by angels, but I call them my best friends."

---Unknown

"The friendship isn't worth the tears unless the friend is." ---Kellina Filbin

"Love is friendship set on fire." ---Unknown

"True friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." ---Amanda Kunkle

"True friendship is based on trust, honesty and sincere generosity of our hearts." ---Song Park

"Friends are like stars... you don't always see them, but you know they're always there." ---Hulali Luta

"Memories last forever, never do they die. Friends stay together, never say goodbye." ---Melina Campos "Thick and thin, tall and small, fast and slow. Tell me who is always there for you. I am sure you know. Your best friend, of course, don't let him or her go." ---Matt Markham

"Sometimes life is hard to bear when a friend is just not there." ---William Franc

"Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends." ---Arlene Francis

"Nations will rise and fall. Wars will be lost and won. Lives will begin and end, but a true friend is eternal." ---Jon Koroluk

"It doesn't matter what people say. To me, you're ALWAYS a somebody." ---Sam Baker

"A best friend is a sister destiny forgot to give you." ---Unknown

"When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you, and your best friend will be there." ---Unknown

"People love others not for who they are, but for how they make us feel." ---Irwin Federman

"When you look around and your world is crumbling, and when you think no one loves you, your best friend is the one to run to." ---Meaghan West

"The best part of life is when your family becomes your friends, and your friends become your family."

---Danica Whitfield

"I don't remember how we happened to meet each other. I don't remember who got along with whom first. All I can remember is all of us together...always." ---Unknown

"It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don't want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey." ---Sean Covey

"A great sense of self-worth comes from sharing important experiences with good friends." ---Unknown "Life is full of people who will make you laugh, cry, smile until your face hurts, and so happy that you think you'll burst. But the ones who leave their footprints on your soul are the ones that keep your life going." ---Natalie Bernot

"When you think you're alone, when you think there's no one in this world who'll stand up for you, look around and make sure you're right. Friends can appear in the most unlikely people, and are often right in front of you." ---Rich Thornton

"The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?" ---Henry David Thoreau

"Do not save your loving speeches.For your friends till they are dead;Do not write them on their tombstones,Speak them rather now instead." ---Anna Cummins

"With clothes the new are best; with friends the old are best." ---Chinese Proverb

"Friends have ways of speaking without words." ---Alice Dalgliesh

"Fake friends are no friends. Choose wisely." ---Jordan Taub

"Friends bring the most joy and the most pain. But they always find a way to mend your heart back together after they break it." ---Noelle Daly

"An insincere friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind." ---Buddha

"Truth and tears clear the way to a deep and lasting friendship." ---Unknown

"I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine, encourage me to grow." ---Cher

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is williing to trust him." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A best friend is someone who loves you when you forget to love yourself." ---Unknown

"Too late we learn a man must hold his friend unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end." ---John Boyle O'Reilly "It is the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered." ---Aeschylus

"I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you." ---Jesus Christ

"Friends are those who treat you kindly behind your back." ---Unknown

"Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness." ---Mary Pipher

"Maturity is the stage in life when we may not see eye-to-eye, but we can still walk arm-in-arm." ---Unknown "Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together." ---Woodrow Wilson

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." ---Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Letters are visits when friends are apart." ---Unknown

"Let me be the one you call. If you jump, I'll break your fall...If you need to fall apart, I can mend a broken heart. If you need to crash, then crash and burn. You are not alone." ---Savage Garden, "Crash and Burn"

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends but in their worth and choice." ---Unknown

"The ones who are bound to be your best friends must lose your trust just once to prove that they can win it back." ---Unknown

"You can never forget the people who change your life. You become a different person, and everything you do is slightly altered by what they taught you." ---Ryanna Porter

"The first general rule for friendship is to be a friend, to be open, natural, interested; the second rule is to take time for friendship. Friendship, after all, is what life is finally about." ---Nels J.S. Ferre

"It is better to have one friend of great value than to have many friends of little value." ---Unknown

"Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities." ---James Fredericks

"A friend is one who is there to care." ---Unknown

"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." ---Octavia Butler

EDUCATION教育

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)

Better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .(Plato , Ancient Greek philosopher) 与其不受教育，不如不生，因为无知是不幸的根源。(古希腊哲学家柏拉图)

Genius17 without education is like silver in the mine. (Benjamin Franklin , American president )

未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。(美国总统富兰克. B.)

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet .(Aristotle , Ancient Greek philosopher )

教育的根是苦的，但其果实是甜的。(古希腊哲学家亚里士多德)

CULTURE文化

A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.(P. B. Shelley , British poet)

伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人雪莱. P. B)

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .(Stendhcl , French writer)

一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。(法国作家司汤达)

Art is a lie that tells the truth .(Picasso , Spanish painter)

美术是揭示真理的谎言。(西班牙画家毕加索)

Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist ) 幽默被人正确地解释为"以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑"。(美国小说家马克·吐温)

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )

文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人歌德.J.W.) When one loves one's art no service seems too hard .(O. Henry, American novelist)

一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。(美国小说家欧·亨利)

PERSISTENCE励志

·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。

· There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac

·没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。——巴尔扎克

· The good seaman is known in bad weather.

·惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

· Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman

·不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。——纽曼

· Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Erving

·人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。——欧文

· An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

·生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。-- 史蒂文森

· While there is life there is hope.

·一息若存，希望不灭。——英国谚语

· Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein

·不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。——爱因斯坦

· You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. -- Cha

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

One cannot eat one’s 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

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 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

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 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）

Money is round. It rolls away.

圆圆钱币，滚走容易。—— S. Aleichen 阿雷钦

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Work while you work;

Play while you play;

This is the way;

To be cheerful and gay.

工作时工作，

玩乐是玩乐，

依此方法做，

轻松与欢乐。—— A. D. Stoddart 斯道达特

Life is compared to a voyage.

人生好比是一次航程。

Life is a great big canvas,and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

人生是一幅大画布，你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩画面。

Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face，and dress,and soul,and ideas.

人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。

——Chekhov 契诃夫

Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limitless.

要这样生活，仿佛你寿命永恒。要这样工作，仿佛你精力无穷。

——S．Bernhardt 伯恩哈特（法国女演员）

Money may be the husk of many things,but not the kernel. It brings you food,but not appetite;medicine,but not health;acquaintances,but not friends;servants,but not loyalty;days of joy,but not peace of happiness.

金钱可以是许多东西的谷皮，却不是里面的谷粒。它能带来食物，却带不来胃口；能带来药，却带不来健康；能带来相识，却带不来友谊；能带来仆人，却带不来他们的忠心；能带来享受，却带不来幸福的宁静。

——H.Ibsen易卜生

Time is grain for peasants.

Time is wealth for workers.

Time is life for doctors.

Time is victory for strategists.

Time is knowledge for educationists.

Time is speed for scientists.

Time is money for enterprisers.

Time is everything for all of us.

对农民来说，时间就是粮食。

对工人来说，时间就是财富。

对医生来说，时间就是生命。

对军事家来说，时间就是胜利。

对教育家来说，时间就是知识。

对科学家来说，时间就是速度。

对企业家来说，时间就是金钱。

对我们大家来说，时间就是一切。

A number of small streams converge into a vast ocean.

涓涓之流，汇成大海。

——中国谚语

Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul.

每个人都有未经发现的品性，能够象哥伦布那样探索自己灵魂的新大陆的人，是有福气的。

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.

优于别人并非高尚；今日之你优于昨日之你，才是真正的高尚。

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is,but when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

对于品德的最严格考验，不在于你能否保守秘密。而在于秘密泄露后你能否不说你早就知道。

As a fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it.

正如水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉爽的夜晚和寒冷的雨水才能使其成熟，人的性格的陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。

——H.Black 布莱克

Words are like leaves; And where they most abound,much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

言词就象树叶，在最茂密的树叶下，很难找到丰硕的理智之果。

——Pope 蒲柏

A stupid person always tries to justify himself for his mistakes;but a wise man tries his best to correct his errors.

愚蠢的人总是为自己的错误辩护，聪明的人则力求改正自己的错误。

Without modesty beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

没有谦虚，美丽就不端庄，机智也讨人嫌。

You are your greatest enemy if you are a coward;but if you are brave,you are your greatest friend.

怯懦者是自己最大的敌人。

勇敢者是自己最好的朋友。

——L.Frank 弗兰克

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你背上。

Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

无论有没有人监督都能做好工作，身上有钱而不花，受到不公正的待遇而不求报复，这便是成熟。

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

阅读好书，就好比是同过去多少世纪最杰出的人们交谈。

——R．Descartes 笛卡尔

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.

倾囊求知，无人能夺。投资知识，得益最多。

I quote others in order the better to express my own self.

我引用别人的话，是为了更好地表达自己。

——Montaigne 蒙田（法国思想家、散文家）

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 toil.苦尽甘来。

Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。

Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。Prefer loss to unjust gain.

宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.

预防胜于治疗。

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.一诺千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。

Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。

Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。

Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

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。

Success belongs 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。