运用适当的谚语来说明带有普通意义的道理，将增加文章表达的生动性。在引用谚语的时候我们可以运用以下多种“句式模板”（常用于议论文中）：
1) There is much truth in the old saying, "..."
2) As a popular saying goes, "Every coin has two sides".
3) As a proverb says, "Everything has two sides".
4) As the saying goes, "Where there is a will, there is a way."
5) As is known to all, "No pains, no gains".
6) ..., because time and tide wait for no man.
7) We must always remember the old saying that failure is the mother of success.
8) Well goes an old saying, "..."
9) As an old saying goes (runs, says), "..."
10) An old saying goes, "..."
11) It's an old saying (that)...
12) There is an ancient Chinese remark still going around like this. "..."
一、句式优美的谚语
1) Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.
铭记在心：每一天都是一年中最好的日子。——爱默生
2) Have an aim in life, or your energy will be wasted.
人生应有目标，否则白白浪费精力。
3) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活没有目标就像航海没有罗盘。——大仲马
4) Live to learn, not learn to live. 活着就要学习，学习不是为了活着。
——培根
5) There is no royal road to learning. 求学无坦途。
6) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不娱乐使人乏味。
7) He laughs best who laughs last. 笑到最后才笑得最好。
8) Labor is often the father of pleasure. 劳动常常是快乐之父。
9) A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. 一个人可以失败多次，但只要他没开始责怪别人，他就不是一个失败者。
10) I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort: second, more effort: third, still more effort. 可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力，努力， 再努力。
11) Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
永远记住：你自己取得成功的决心比什么都重要。——林肯
12) There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.
伟大的天才总有伟大的意志力。——巴尔扎克
13) Activity is the only road to knowledge.
行动是通往知识的唯一道路。——萧伯纳
14) To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
为了成就一番事业，我们不仅要行动，还要梦想；不仅要规划，还要坚信。
15) Behind every successful man there is a lot of unsuccessful years.
经历多年不成功后才有一个成功的人。
16) Modesty helps one progress, and conceit makes one lag behind.
谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
17) What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
己所不欲，勿施于人。——孔子
18) I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
我走得很慢，但从不倒退。——林肯
19) A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 千里之行，始于足下。
20) Follow your own course, and let people talk. 走你自己的路，让别人去说吧。
21) All delays are dangerous in war. 战争中的任何拖延都是危险的。—— 德莱顿
22) But bombs are unbelievable until they actually fall.
直到炸弹真的掉下来，人们才相信有炸弹。——怀特
23) He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. 怕吃败仗的人必打败仗。
24) lt's not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
人不仅要做好事，更要以正确的方式做好事。——莫利
25) The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
一个人感到羞耻的事越多，他就越值得尊敬。——萧伯纳
26) No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human recourses.
一个国家不管多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。——罗斯福
27) The law can't make all man equal, but they are all equal before the law.
法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律面前人人平等。——波洛克
28) To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement.
把恰当的词放到恰当的位置是杰出的成就。——马克·吐温
29) All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 所有幸福的家庭都十分相似，而每个不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。——托尔斯泰
30) Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。
31) Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 心之所愿，无所不成。
32) All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事必先难后易。
33) God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
34) Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 四个简短的词概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！
二、常用经典谚语
1) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一个苹果，医生不找我。
2) Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半。
3) Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
4) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
5) No pains, no gains.
不劳则无获。
6) Great hopes make great man.
伟大的理想造就伟大的人。
7) When in Rome, do as Romans do.
入乡随俗。
8) Happiness consists in contentment.
幸福在于知足。
9) Health is better than wealth.
健康胜于财富。
10) Pain past is pleasure.
过去的痛苦就是快乐。
11) As a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜。
12) Look before you leap.
三思而后行。
13) Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
14) He who does not advance, recedes.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
15) Let a sleeping dog lie.
莫惹是非。
16) Honesty is the best policy.
诚实才是上策。
17) Rome was not built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的／伟业非一日之功。
18) Work and patience will perform wonders.
劳动和耐心必能创造奇迹。
19) Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
20) Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
21) Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
22) Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
23) In doing we learn.
实践长才干。
24) Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
25) All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
26) Easier said than done.
说起来容易做起来难。
27) Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
28) One false step will make a great difference.
失之毫厘，谬之千里。
29) Slow and steady win the race.
稳扎稳打无往而不胜。
30) A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
31) Experience is the mother of wisdom.
实践出真知。
32) More hasty, less speed.
欲速则不达。
33) lt's never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
34) All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的未必都是金子。
35) To see is to believe.
眼见为实。
36) It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
37) Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心不念。
38) Facts speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
39) First things first.
凡事有轻重缓急。
40) Ill news travels fast.
坏事传千里。
41) East or west, home is the best.
金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
42) lt's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
43) Beauty will buy no beef.
漂亮不能当饭吃。
44) Like and like make good friends.
趣味相投。
45) The older, the wiser.
姜是老的辣。
46) An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
47) Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月不等人。
48) Actions speak louder than words.
行动胜于语言。
49) Something attempted, something done.
有所尝试，有所成。
50) Constant dropping can wear the stone.
滴水穿石。
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