经典英语格言qq个性签名

经典英语格言qq个性签名

As the wind blows, you must set your sail 挂帆得随风向

He has not lost all who has one card left 手里还有一张牌就没有输尽

He that has patience may compass anything 有耐心的人事事做得到。

He that mischie hatches, mischief catches 害人者终将害己。

He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it 做事过于苟求，反把事情弄坏。

Happiness is not always annexed to wealth 幸福并不一定是财富的附属物。

Good acts are better than good intentions 好的行动胜过好的意向

Youth and white paper take any impression 青年犹如白纸,可以打上任何印记

The world is but a little place,after all 天涯原咫尺,何处不相逢

Without confidence there is no friendship 没有信任就没有友谊

Whom the gods destroy,they first make mad 上帝要谁灭亡，必先让他疯狂。

A good face is a letter of recommendation 漂亮的面孔就是推荐书。

A friennd in word is never friend of mine 口头上的朋友决不是朋友

A great vessel will be long in completion 大器晚成

A diligent scholar, and the master's paid 学生勤奋学习,就是对老师的报答

A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield 勇者可能跌倒,但不会屈服

A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion 被逼急的猫，凶得象狮子。

A selfless man is upright and high-minded 人不自私，顶天立地。

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse 精神空虚比钱包空虚更可怜

A man becomes learned by asking questions 要长学问,就得多问

A little neglect may breed great mischief 细小的疏忽会酿成大祸。

The essence of language is human activity 语言的本质是人类活动。

The moon is not seen where the sun shines 日出月不见。

The proof of the pudding is in the eating 不亲口尝一尝,不知布丁的好坏

Not good is it to harp on the same string 不要老是弹一根弦。

Never spend your money before you have it 钱财未到手,不可提前花

The wealth of the mind is the only wealth 精神的财富是唯一的财富

Sound men wear out shoes, sick men sheets 健康者费鞋子，久病者费床单。

Since they do not speak; kisses never lie 接吻不用讲话,所以从不会撒谎

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms 急风暴雨时信誓旦旦，风平浪静时忘在一边。

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

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful 美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧

Time and thinking tame the strongest grief 岁月流逝,悲哀消失;思想专注,忧愁解除

No man is rich enough to buy back his past 再富有的人也买不回自己的过去

The moon does not heed the barking of dogs 月亮不怕狗叫。/ 只要品格高尚，何惧他人底毁。

The highest branch is not the safest roost 高枝非良栖之所。

The devil is not so black as he is painted 魔鬼并不象人们描绘的那样黑。

The golden age is before us, not behind us 黄金时代是在我们前面而不在我们背后

A little of everything, and nothing at all 什么都来一点,什么也得不到

All is not gain that is got into the purse 装进钱包里的不一定都是收益

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow 身不正，影必斜。

A great man is always willing to be little 伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的

A learned man is not learned in everything 有学问的人并非什么都懂

A full belly neither fights nor flies well 肚子太饱，不能打仗也不能逃跑。

Wisdom is in the head and not in the beard 智慧在于有脑子，不在于有胡子。

Wise men love truth whereas fools shun it 智者爱真理,愚者怕真理

You can't ride two horses at the same time 不能同时骑两匹马

friendship cannot stand always on one side 友谊是双方的事

An ague in the spring is physic for a king 春天一场病，一年不服药。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 只工作，不玩耍，聪明小伙也变傻。

Good order is the foundation of all things 良好的秩序是一切的基础。

Good will should be taken for part payment 善意应该被看作是部分报偿。

Happiness is not a goal,it is a by-product 幸福不是目的,而是一种副产品

As you make your bed so you must lie on it 自己铺的床必须自己去躺。/ 自作则自受。

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune 在酒里淹死的人比在海里淹死的人多。

He was a bold man that first ate on oyster 第一个吃牡蛎的人是勇士。

Follow the river and you'll get to the sea 沿着河走, 一定能走到海边

If your ship does't come in,swim out to it! 如果你的船开不进来,那就向它游去!

Judge not of men and things at first sight 不要K初次的印象来判断人或事。

Self-control is courage under another form 自我克制是勇气的另一种形式

It is a bad cloth that will take no colour 布再坏也能染色。

Principles without programs are platitudes 没有纲领的原则只是陈词滥调。

One must draw back in order to leap better 退后才能跳得更远

One never goes to the temple for no reason 无事不登三宝殿。

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun 片云足以遮全日。

Laziness in youth spells regret in old age 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

Life is painting a picture,not doing a sum 生活是绘画,不是做算术

Cowards die many times before their deaths 胆怯者在真正死亡前已死过多次

Courage without conscience is a wild beast 不计道德的勇敢与野兽无异

Creditors have better memories than debtors 放债的比借债的记性好

Curiosity is ill manners in another's house 在别人家里显得好奇是没礼貌的表现。

Don't expect anything original form an echo 不要期望从回声中找到独创的东西

Love lives in cottages as well as in courts 爱情不分贫贱与富贵

Husbands are in heaven whose wives scold not 妻子不絮烦,丈夫乐无边

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst 抱最好的希望,做最坏的打算

Men at some time are masters of their fates 人有时是命运的主人

One volunteer is better than ten forced men 一个志愿者胜过十个被迫者

Progress is not created by contented peodle 满足的人不能创造进步

Riches serve a wise man but commands a fool 聪明人使财富为自已服务,傻瓜却任它支配自已

It is too late to husband when all is spent 囊空而后节俭,为时已晚

If you wish good advice, consult an old man 欲得忠告,请教长者

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it 求知必须刻苦

Eating and scratching wants but a beginning 吃饭和搔痒只需开个头。

Every man at forty is a fool or a physician 人到四十，如果不是傻子，就该知道保养身体。

Fortune is easily found,but hard to be kept 找到福分易，保持福分难。

Friends may meet, but mountains never greet 山与山不会点头,人与人却能交友

Friendship multiply joys, and divide griefs 友谊能添乐,也能分忧

He that tells a secret is another's servant 泄漏机密的人，就成为别人的奴仆。

Better a fortune in a wife than with a wife 娶个富家女不如讨个巧媳妇

Beauty is potent,but morality is omnipotent 美貌固有力，道德力无穷。

He that makes a good war makes a good peace 正义的战争创造持久的和平。

He that lives in hope danceth without music 生活在希望中的人,没有音乐照样跳舞

He that praiseth himself spattereth himself 自我标榜，等于自我诽谤。

He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks 事实本身就是雄辩 /掌握了真理,就是雄辩者

He is not wise that is not wise for himself 没有自知之明的人算不得聪明

An honest man doesn't do anything underhand 明人不做暗事。

An honest man's word is as good as his bond 诚实人说的话等于契约。

Who learns young forgets not when he is old 少而勤学,老而不忘

You cannot put old heads on young shoulders 幼者难具长者智

You never know what you can do till you try 不尝试就不知道你能做什么

Without a friend,the worlds is a wilderness 没有朋友,世界成了荒野

A hero is nothing but a product of his time 时势造英雄

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手

A thing you don't want is dear at any price 不需要的东西,无论买价多少都贵

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。

A man cannot spin and reel at the same time 一个人不能同时又纺又绕 /一心不能二用

The moon is a moon whether it shines or not 或明或暗,月亮总是月亮

The voice of the people is the voice of God 人民的呼声就是上帝的声音。

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes 困难的只是穿上工作服的机遇

Sweet discourse makes short days and nights 晤谈神会使人不觉日夜之长

Stretch your legs according to your coverlet 量被伸脚

Time lost may be repented but never recalled 失去时间可以后悔,但无法追回

No one is a fool always, every one sometimes 没有终生的傻瓜,也没有终生不当傻瓜的人

The course of true love never did run smooth 真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的

A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty 十六岁不成人,六十岁不成器

A man is weal or woe as he thinks himself so 一个人命运好坏,全看自己如何想

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have 智者不为自己得不到的东西而烦恼

A king without learning is but a crowned ass 无知的国王不过是一头戴着王冠的驴。

Wit is the salt of conversation,not the food 风趣是谈话中的盐，而不是主食。

You can't make omelets without breaking eggs 要炒鸡蛋必得打破鸡蛋

There are no faults in a thing we want badly 我们非常想要的东西总是没有缺点的。

When the fox preaches,the cock should ponder 要是狐狸布道，公鸡就该深思。

What makes life dreary is the want of motive 没有了目的,生活便郁闷无光

An open enemy is better than a hollow friend 宁有公开的敌人,不要虚伪朋友

He is wise that knows when he is well enough 知足为智者。

Good company on the road is the shortest cut 良伴同行路不遥

At the touch of love,everyone becomes a poet 一经爱的触摸,人人能当诗人

At a round table there's no dispute of place 圆桌上没有座次之争。

Every white has its black,and sweet its sour 月白必有黑，有甜必有苦。

Every man has the defects of his own virtues 人皆有与其优点并存的缺点。

Every new sovereign brings his own courtiers 一朝天子一朝臣。

Imagination is more important than knowledge 想象比知识更重要

It is sweat, not dew, that helps the harvest 丰收不K露滴,而K汗水

Knowledge makes humble,ignorance makes proud 知识使人谦虚,无知使人骄傲

Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps 知识只能循序渐进,不能躐等以求

It is better to trust to valour than to luck K运气不如K勇气

It is more pain to do nothing than something 无事可干比有事可干更费劲

I love myself well, but my countrymen better 我爱自己，但更爱自己的同胞。

Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards 人往高处走,水往低处流,

Life is half spent before we know what it is 我们认识到人生的意义时,已度过了半辈子

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over 过桥不忘造桥人。

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water 不要将小孩与洗澡水一起倒掉。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life 宁求光荣死,不可耻辱生

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven 宁在地狱为王，不到天堂当差。

By the side of sickness health becomes sweet 不生病不知道健康的快乐。

Burn not your house to fright the mouse away 别为吓跑耗子而去烧房子。

Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles 把你的姓名刻在人们的心上,而不是刻在大理石上

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt 与其醒来负债,不如忍饿上床

Better the last smile than the first laughter 宁可最后微笑,不要首先狂喜

Let him who knows the instrument play upon it 让会干的人去干。

I cannot afford to waste my time making money 我浪费不起时间去赚钱

How do you understand happinessi ----Struggle 你对幸福的理解是什么i-----斗争

If it were not for hope,the heart would break 人K希望活着

Politeness costs nothing and gains everything 礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin 自然情感的流露,使人们更亲近

In every country the sun rises in the morning 无论在哪个国家都是早晨出太阳。

If you want a thing well done, do it yourself 要想真正做好一件事,就得亲手去做

If you always say no, you'll never be married 常说"不"的人,永远难成婚

Every man can rule a shrew but he who has her 泼妇人人都能制服,只有她的丈夫例外

Economy is the art of making the most of life 节约是把生活尽量巧安排的艺术

In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness 丈夫贵在智慧,妻子贵在温柔

Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives 皇帝也有穿草鞋的亲戚

Friends tie their purses with a cobweb thread 朋友之间,不应扎紧钱袋

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job 给我们适当的工具,我们就能完成任何工作/ 干什么活使什么家伙

Genius only means hard-working all one's life 天才只意味着终生不懈的努力

Fearless courage is the foundation of victory 勇敢无畏是胜利的基础

Ask no questions and you will be told no lies 少问就听不到假话。

He that shoots oft shall at last hit the mark 常练射击的人,总会命中靶子 /功到自然成

He that shows his purse longs to be rid of it 夸财招祸

He who commences many things finishes but few 样样都搞, 完成者少

He that stumbles and falls not mends his pace 绊了一脚而未跌倒的人,一定会走得更快

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least 最不信任别人的人最不应该得到信任

He must have iron nails that scratches a bear 搔熊者必具铁爪 / 要干危险事,先得有本事

He that leaves a name behind him does not die 身后留名的人万世永存

An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of gold 一盎司谨慎抵得上一磅黄金。

All things are attained by diligence and toil 一切都是通过勤劳获得的

All things are difficult before they are easy 凡事皆先难后易

You cannot make a silk purse out of sow's ear 用猪耳朵做不成丝钱包。

You cannot have two forenoons in the same day 同一天里是不可能有两个上午的

A little body doth often harbour a great soul 伟大的心灵常寓于矮小的身躯之中

A good wife and health is a man's best wealth 男子的最大财富,在于妻子贤惠,自己健康

A good tale ill told is marred in the telling 好故事还要讲得好。

A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast 宁为清贫，不为浊富。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusation 只要问心无愧，无端的指责可以一笑置之。

Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble 冒险是自找麻烦的浪漫说法。

The devil knows many things becuase he is old 人老见识广 /老马识途

The friend is known in the time of difficulty 困难时刻才会知道谁是朋友

That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end 最后正确才是真正确

The heart that once truly loves never forgets 真正恋爱过的心永不遗忘

The love of economy is the root of all virtue 节约是一切美德的根源

No man loves his fetters,be they made of gold 即使是金子做的镣铐，也没有人喜欢。

The water supporting a ship can also upset it 水可以载舟，亦可以覆舟。

The secret of success is constancy of purpose 成功的秘诀是目标坚定

There is no friend so faithful as a good book 最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书

Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along 怨恨绝不孤独；嫉妒总是与它相随。

Superfluous wealth can but superfluities only 多余的财富只能买来多余的东西

Some people cannot see the wood for the trees 有些人见树不见林。

We may give advice,but we cannot give conduct 别人可以相劝,做人还K自己/ 别人可以给你忠告,但不能给你品行

Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed 真理可能会被责难,但决不会受羞辱

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent 暴力是无能者的最后手段。

We thought, because we had power,we had wisdom 我们曾这样想,因为我们有权力,我们就有智慧

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody 谁的好话都说的人不可信赖

Never let your feet run faster than your shoes 不要让你的脚跳得比你的鞋子快。

Ninety-li is only half of a hundred-li journey 行百里者半九十

Take time while time is, for time will be away 有时间就要利用,因为时间会消逝

The good or ill of man lies within his own will 人的善良或邪恶都存在于他自己的意志之中

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet 啜饮蜜糖的苍蝇在甜蜜中丧生

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will 智者通权达变，愚者坚持己见。

A wise man is never less alone than when alone 智者独处不寂寞

A man who knows two languages is worth two men 懂得两种语言的人抵得上两个人

A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile 朋友对你皱眉,胜过傻瓜对你微笑

A liar is not believed when he tells the truth 惯说谎者说真话时也没人相信了。

A large part of virtue consists in good habits 美德大多只是良好的习惯。

You cannot kill time without injuring eternity 消磨时间不可能不伤害永恒

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

The years teach much which the days never know 学问积年而成,而每日不自知

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity 狂热者的大恶在于他的诚意。

An ignorant man is like a piece of barren land 不学习的人,象不长谷物的荒地

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit 一盎司慎重等于一磅机智。

Wealth got by labour is sweet in the enjoyment 劳动得来的财富享受起来味道甜美

When the fox preaches, take care of your geese 狐狸说教,当心鹅被盗

When patterns are broken,new worlds can emerge 打破固定的模式，新世界才能出现。/ 破旧立新。

When all else is lost the future still remains 就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。

He that desires honour is not worthy of honour 渴求荣誉的人不值得有荣誉。

He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue 慎言为智。

He knows not what love is that has no children 没有子女的人不知道什么是爱

He is born in a good hour who gets a good name 生逢其时,美誉自至

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings 伟大的思想需要起落架，也需要双翼。

Happiness is being married to your best friend 同自己最好的朋友结婚是谓幸福

He that will thrive must ask leave of his wife 要想发家致富,就得妻子同意

Fate leads the willing but drives the stubborn 顺从者被命运领着走，执拗者被命运赶着走。

Friendship is like wine---the older the better 友谊象美酒,越陈越醇厚

Each of us is the accumulation of our memories 我们每个人都是我们记忆的累积。

If the brain sows not corn, it plants thistles 思想象田野,不播粮食就长荆棘

It is as well to know which way the wind blows 最好知道风吹往哪个方向。 / 识时务者为俊杰。

It is hard to laugh and cry both with a breath 人很难同时即哭又笑。

It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman 君子在德不在衣

It matters not how a man dies,but how he lives 一个人如何死是无关紧要的,重要的是如何生

If one receives a plun,one must return a peach 投桃报李

I wept when I was born,and every day shows why 人生道路艰难困苦,难怪婴儿出世就哭 /我方出世,哭泣不止,为何如此,日月自知

How do you understand misfortunei----Giving in 你对不幸的理解是什么i---屈服

Humour must have its background of seriousness 幽默必须以严肃为背景。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too 我不能既作你的朋友,又作你的阿谀者

Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue 伪善是恶对善的敬重

May the best of this year be the worst of next 但愿明年最坏的事也和今年最好的事那么好。

Love victory, but despise the pride of triumph 要爱胜利，但不要为胜利而骄傲。

Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance 勿抓影子而失去本质。

Conceited [=ingenious] goods are quickly spent 花哨货,不经用

Choose a life of action,not one of ostentation 要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye 选择妻子,用耳比用眼可K

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight 不要在烛光下选妻子或内衣

Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes 批评家好比男仆，为大人物刷去衣服上的灰尘。

Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue 礼貌和美德是分不开的伴侣

Cleverness does not take the place of knowledge 聪明不能代替知识

Content lodges oftener in cottages than palaces 满足常在村舍,而不在王宫

Better never to begin than never to make an end 没有决心干到底不如不开始

Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you 麻烦没有来找你，不要去找麻烦。

Man can only be free through mastery of himself 只有通过掌握自己,才能使自己得到解放

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain 用于教育之金钱决不虚掷。

It is better to please a fool than to anget him 若惹蠢人生气，不如使他欢喜。

One who keeps abreast of the time remains young 和时代并驾齐驱的人,永远年轻

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters 一个父亲，胜过百名教师。

Prudence is a good thing; forethought is wisdom 谨慎小心是好事；深谋远虑是明智。

If thou dealest with a fox, think of his tricks 与狐狸周旋，要谨防上当。

Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himfelf 多行不义必自毙。

Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails 运气永远不会帮助没有勇气的人

Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark 日出而作,日入而息

Fools look to tomorrow,and wise men use tonight 蠢人指望明天,智者利用今晚

He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor 不会跳舞的人怪地板不平。

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree 想吃果子就得上树

He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut 欲食果仁先破其壳

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing,do it 一旦你觉得做某件事太老了,赶紧做它

Better a frank denial than unwilling compliance 勉强应允不如坦诚拒绝

He has a fault of a wife that marries mam's pet 娶娇惯的姑娘是找错了对象

Have but few friends, though many acquaintances 交游宜广,知心宜稀

He lives unsafely that looks too near on things 人无远虑,必有近忧

What may be done at any time is done at no time 随时可做的事,往往没时间做

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure 一分预防胜过十分治疗。

Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance 愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。

Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care 青春充满愉快，高龄满怀忧虑。

Who will not keep a penny never shall have many 不储小钱,哪来大钱

Who meddleth in all things may shoe the gosling 爱管闲事只是浪费时间

A handsaw is a good thing,but not to shave with 手锯再好也不能用来剃胡须。

A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone 肉骨头打狗，狗不叫。

A barly-corn is better than a diamond to a cock 对于公鸡来说,麦粒胜过钻石

A mill cannot grind with the water that is past 磨轮不能用已经流走的水来转动。

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic 对人生感到乐趣是女人最好的化妆品

The chain is not stronger than its weakest link 麻绳专在细处断

Never was a good work done without great effort 不花大力气干不好工作

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbour 人略钜富,亦需邻居

Never bow to authority, but always tip your hat 应向有权者敬礼，不应向他屈膝。

The same man never crossed the same river twice 旧地重来景已非。

Strangers are friends that you have yet to meet 陌生人是你尚未结识的朋友

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die 活在生者的心里,就是不死

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning 对聪明人来说,每一天都是要计算盈亏的

Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures 今日的机遇可抹去昨日的失败

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent 有该说话的时候,也有该沉默的时候

Those who seek to please everybody please nobody 见人就献媚，谁也不待见。

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle 旧琴也能奏出好乐章

We prefer to die a hero,rather than live a slave 宁为英雄而死,不为奴隶生

None so old that he hopes not for a year of life 老寿星也不会嫌寿长

Nothing is dearer to a man than a friend in need 患难之交最可贵

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn 越聪明的人,越需要学习

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong 持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。

Adopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience 采用大自然的步伐：她的秘密在于耐心。

A boisterous horse must have a boisterous bridle 烈马要套上好辔头。

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body 智慧之于头脑,犹如健康之于躯体

Words without ideas are likes sails without wind 言之无物犹如有帆无风

Would you know your daughter, see her in company 欲知女儿品性,可看她在人前的表现

Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting 言语象蜜蜂,有蜜也有刺

Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind 言词是人类最有效的药物

An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn 乐观的人看到玫瑰,悲观的人只看到它的刺

All things in their being are good for something 天生我才必有用

When Greek meets Greek,then comes the tug of war 两雄相遇，其斗必烈。

He is an ill guest that never drinks to his host 不知道为主人干杯的客人，不会作客。

He that regards not a penny, will lavish a pound 小钱不节省,大钱必乱花

He that has much prayer, has but little devotion 祷告多的人心不诚。

He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody 不能自爱，焉能爱人。

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing 选择朋友要慢,换朋友更要慢

He who knows most knows best how little he knows 知识愈多就愈了解自己懂得太少

Fortune and misfortune are two baskets in a well 福与祸是一个井里打水的两个吊桶。

Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate 幸运之神至少在每人的门上敲一次

If we can't do as we would, we must do as we can 如不能如愿而行,定须尽力而为

Every man must eat a peck of dirt before he dies 人生在世总会受点委屈

Presumption begins in ignorance and ends in ruin 自以为是由无知开始,以毁灭告终

It is easy to swim if another holds up your head 有人扶着头,容易学游泳

It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman 使人成为君子的并不是讲究的衣着。

Knavery may serve a turn,but honesty never fails 欺诈或许暂时有用，诚实却永远有用。

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper 希望是美好的早餐,却是糟糕的晚餐

If at first you don't succeed, try,try,try again 再接再厉,终会成功

Many a grain of sand piled up will make a pagoda 聚沙成塔

Life without a friend is death without a witness 没有朋友的生活等于孤独一人死去

Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it 生活若无波折险阻,就会过于平淡无奇

Laziness makes you ill, labour makes you healthy 懒散使人生病，劳动使人健壮。

Don't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds 不要既陪野兔奔跑，又随猎狗追捕。

Do not try to live for everyou will not succeed 不要幻想永远活下去,你不会成功的

Deceiving those that trust us is more than a sin 欺骗信任自己的人是罪上加罪

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched 蛋未孵，别先数鸡。

Better sense in the head than cents in the pocket 口袋里有钱不如头脑里有知识

Learning is a sceptre to some, a bauble to others 学识对某些人是权杖,对另一些人只是漂亮的装饰品

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty 要是杰克爱上了吉尔,吉尔再丑他也说俊俏

If money be not the servant,it will be the master 不做金钱的主人,便沦为金钱的奴隶

I have but one counsel for you-be your own master 我只有一个忠告给你——做你自己的主人。

Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality 温室里的花草不会有强大的生命力

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back 骆驼负载过重时，加根草也能把它压倒。

It is easier to make enemies than to make friends 结怨易,交友难

Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you 人必自敬,然后人敬之

Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower 人的品格,犹如花的香味

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile 只有为别人而活,生命才有价值

Only by working hard can we reap a bumper harvest 只有通过辛勤的劳动才能收获丰硕的成果

If things were to be done twice all would be wise 假如凡事都可以重新做一次,人人都可成为聪明人

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep 要想梦成真,少睡多用心

Friendship is a plant which must be often watered 友谊之树要常浇水

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground 恐惧有许多眼睛，能看见地下的事物。

Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship 烈火试真金,苦难试友情

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects 所有的人都是无知的,只是对不同的题材无知而已

He that returns good for evil obtains the victory 胜利属于以善报恶的人

Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home 休嫌它寒微贫贱,天涯无处似家园

He that plants trees loves others besides himself 植树的人,不但爱已,而且爱人

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first 先自嘲的人，不会见笑于人。

He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself 只为自己活着的人,不值得活在世上

What do you like to do besti---Delving into books 你最喜欢做的事是什么i----啃书本

When all men think alike, no man thinks very much 大家都一样想的时候就没有人多想了。

You'll never get rid of a bad temper by losing it 用发脾气的办法永远改不掉坏脾气。

You eat and eat, but you do not drink to fill you 吃饭要饱，饮酒要少。

A good reputation sits still;a bad one runs about 好名不出门，恶名传四方。

After dinner sit awhile; after supper walk a mile 午餐后稍坐片刻，晚餐后步行一里。

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand 无人能抵御嘲笑的进攻。

A wise man never loses anything if he has himself 聪明的人只要能掌握自己,便什么也不会失去

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst 求婚者多的少女往往选中最差的郎君

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop 没有笑脸的人不能开店。

The greater part of whitewashing is done with ink 大部分的粉饰是用墨水进行的。

The greater the man,the more restrained his anger 人越伟大,越能克制怒火

The future becomes the present if we fight for it 只要为之奋斗,未来就会变成现在

The moon is a moon still, whether it shine or not 月明月暗，终不失其为月亮。

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action 最可怕的事莫过于无知而行动

Nothing is worth more than a mind well instructed 什么好也比不上教育好。

Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas 除非要捉跳蚤,作事不可匆忙

Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it 空袋倒不出豆 /无中不能生有

The storehouse of wisdom is stocked with proverbs 智慧的仓库里储满箴言

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 今日事今日毕 /勿将今事待明日

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute 沉默是最难反驳的论点之一。

To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds 既当演说家,又做实干家

To idle away one's time amounts to killing oneself 虚度年华等于自杀

To know how to wait is the great secret of success 懂得如何等待是成功的重要秘诀

No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches 穿鞋的人自己知道哪儿夹脚。

Tell all that you know and tell it without reserve 知无不言，言无不尽。

A good tale is none the worse for being told twice 好戏不厌两回看。/好故事百听不厌。

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass 瞎子不谢赠镜人

A brave man risks his life, but not his conscience 勇敢的人可用生命冒险，但不以良心冒险。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk 闻声知鸣鸟，闻言见人心。

Wise men seek instruction, fools fall for applause 聪明人喜欢别人指教,蠢人则喜欢别人赞美

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening 一日之计在于晨

Have no fear of perfection---you'll never reach it 不要为十全十美担心----你永远也做不到十全十美

Benefits please,like flowers, while they are fresh 没有开不败的鲜花，也没有永远使人感激的恩惠。

He who knows useful things,not many things is wise 聪明人不是懂得多,而是懂得有用的东西

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully 指挥有方则人人乐从。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither 同时追二免,全都抓不住

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue 通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。