一．常见谚语
学习
To open a book is always beneficial. / Reading enriches the mind.
开卷有益。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
一知半解，危害不浅。
Empty vessels make the most sound.
一瓶不响，半瓶哐当。
It’s never too late to learn.
活到老学到老。
Never too old to learn; never too late to turn.
学习不厌老，改过不嫌迟。
A good beginning is half done. / Well begun is half done.
好的开始是成功的一半。
Opportunity knocks only once.
机不可失，失不再来。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
Failure teaches success.
失败是成功之母。
A burden of one’s choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
Love makes one fit for any work.
热爱让人胜任任何工作。
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
经验是人们加给自己的所犯错误的名称。
Science to the human mind is what air or water is to the body.
科学之于人类思想正如水或空气之于身体。
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。
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信是成功的第一秘诀。
Example is better than precept.
言传不如身教。
God helps those that help themselves.
自助者天助。
Early sow, early mow.
早耕耘，早收获。
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
学而不思，犹如食之未化。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
脑中的知识胜过手中的金钱。
To be successful, the first thing to do is to fall in love with your work.
成功的第一要素就是热爱你的事业。
Something attempted, something done.
有尝试就有收获。
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.
无知的狂热犹如脱缰之马。
All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy.
只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
教育投资必有回报。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
教养比门第更重要。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
孩子不打不成器。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。
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。
Learn young, learn fair.学习趁年轻，学就要学好。
Reading makes a full man.读书长见识。
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。
勤奋
Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.
业精于勤荒于嬉。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Diligence is near success.
勤奋近乎成功。
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
勤奋出天才。
Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.
今日事今日毕。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事，只要肯攀登。
No sweet without sweat.
没有辛勤劳动就没有甜蜜的收获。
Idle young, needy old. / A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
The shortest answer is doing.
最简短的回答就是干。
Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
空谈不如实践。
Easier said than done.
说来容易做时难。
Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
No pains, no gains.
不劳不获。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
千里之行始于足下。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
心之所愿，无事不成。
All things come to those who wait.
苍天不负有心人。
God helps those who help themselves.
苍天不负有心人。
Nothing is impossible to a waiting mind.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Ninety percent of inspiration is perspiration.
百分之九十的灵感是汗水浇出来的。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Better early than late.
宁早勿迟。
Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
A man can do no more than he can.
量力而行。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
万事开头难。
Experience is the father of wisdom.
经验是智慧之父。
Drive your business, do not let it drive you.
要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。
坚持
Every little make a nickel.
积少成多。
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
滴水穿石。
Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。
Little strokes fell great oaks.
小劈可以砍倒大树。
Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.
滴水汇大海，垒石筑高墙。
The course or true love never did run smooth.
好事多磨。
Rome was not built in one day.
罗马不是一日建成的。/冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Every little/bit helps.
点滴皆有用。
Never accept failure, no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give up. Never.
即使再多的失败也不能认输，坚持不懈，永不放弃。
A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始才有善终。
He who laughs last laughs best.
谁笑到最后，谁笑的最好。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
Never do things by halves.
切勿半途而废。
Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
If at first you don’t succeed, try again.
如果初次不成功，就要再试一次。
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。 Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。 There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 Never say die.
永不言败。
挫折
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
Experience must be bought.
吃一堑，长一智。
By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。 If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。 No cross, no crown.
不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 No pleasure without pain.
没有苦就没有乐。 No sweet without sweat.
先苦后甜。By doing we learn.
经一事，长一智。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.若要求知，必须刻苦。
The path to glory is always rugged.通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。Pleasure comes through toil.
苦尽甘来。
时间
Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月不等人。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
Time lost cannot be won again.
岁月一去不复返。
All time is no time when it is past.
光阴一去不复返。
One day is worth two tomorrow.
把握一个今天胜过两个明天。
Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。 Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 Time flies.光阴似箭。 Time is money.时间就是金钱。 Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。 Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。 Time tries all.路遥知马力，日久见人心。 To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。 Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。 One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
友谊
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，鸟以群分。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见知己。
A friend is easier lost than found.
朋友易失不易得。
A life without friend is a life without a sun.
人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳。
A man is known by the company he keeps.
观其友而知其人。
A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.
破镜难圆。
A friend is known till needed.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
Friendship to human beings is what water is to fish.
友谊之于人类正如水之如鱼。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Love me little, love me long.
爱不贵亲，而贵久。
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
草率结婚后悔多。
True love is giving, not taking.
真爱是付出，而非索取。
Better be alone than in bad company.
交损友不如无友。
Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
品德
No waste, no want.
勤俭节约，不愁短缺。
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
诚实与勤奋应成为你永远的伴侣。
Honesty is the best policy.
诚实为上。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门。
The biter is sometimes bit.
害人反害己。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. / You must reap what you have sown.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。/ 善有善报，恶有恶报。
As you make your bed, so you must live in it.
自作自受。
As they brew, so let them drink.
自作自受。
One good turn deserves another.
好心得好报。
Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you.
己所不欲，勿施于人
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
不要忘恩负义。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
Temperance is the greatest of virtue.
自我节制是最大的美德。
The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚，越谦虚。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。
相貌
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
外表美并不意味心灵美。
Fine feather makes fine birds.
人要衣装马要鞍。
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
不要以貌取人。
Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。
A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。
财富健康
A little purse makes a heavy heart.
囊中羞涩烦事多。
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
囊中有钱心中不慌。
A golden key opens every door.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks.
钱能通神。
A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。
All things are obedient to money.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money isn't everything.钱不是万能的。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起让人健康，富裕，聪明。
Health is wealth.
健康就是财富。
Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。 Health is happiness.健康就是幸福。
A good name is better than riches.
美名胜于财富。
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识，胜于手中有金钱。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。Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
二．经典名言
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 爱默生)
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)
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)
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)
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 门捷列夫)
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)
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 )
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)
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)
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 revolutionist)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
倾己所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林)
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 罗斯福建)
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