英語格言 名句

The first step is as good as half over.

第一步是最關鍵的一步。

You never know your luck.

命運好壞不由己。

Sow nothing, reap nothing.

春不播，秋不收。

The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.

精神的財富是唯一的財富。

You can't judge a tree by its bark.

人不可貌相。

Clothes do not make the man.

人不在衣裝。

To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

既當演説家，又做實幹家。

Variety is the spice of life.

變化是生活的調味品。

Bad times make a good man.

艱難困苦出能人。

There is no royal road to learning.

求知無坦途。

Doubt is the key to knowledge.

懷疑是知識的鑰匙。

Sharp tools make good work.

工欲善其事，必先利其器。

Wasting time is robbing oneself.

浪費時間就是掠奪自己。

Nurture passes nature.

教養勝過天性。

There is no garden without its weeds.

沒有不長雜草的花園。

A man is only as good as what he loves.

一個人要用他所愛的`東西有多好來衡量。

Wealth is the test of a man's character.

財富是對一個人品格的試金石。

The best hearts are always the bravest.

心靈最高尚的人，也總是最勇敢的人。

Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.

禮貌和美貌是分不開的伴侶。

Plain living and high thinking.

生活要樸素，情操要高尚。

Good is good, but better carries it.

精益求精，善益求善。

Honesty is the best policy.

誠實為上策。

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

感恩是精神高尚的標誌。

Politenecosts nothing and gains everything.

禮貌不用花一分錢，卻能贏得一切。

A man can't ride your back unleit is bent.

你的腰不彎，別人就不能騎在你的背上。

Conceit is the quicksand of success.

自負是成功的流沙。

He that makes a good war makes a good peace.

正義的戰爭創造持久的和平。

There is no disputing about tastes.

人各有所好。

It is easy to be wise after the event.

事後諸葛亮容易當。

He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.

做事過於苛求，反把事情弄壞。

When all else is lost the future still remains.

就是失去了一切別的，也還有未來。

The world is his who enjoys it.

活着感到快樂，世界就屬於你。

A little labor, much health.

適量的勞動有益於健康。

Laugh and grow fat.

心寬體胖。

Work won't kill but worry will.

勞動無害，憂愁傷身。

He is rich that has few wants.

寡慾者富。

Every man at forty is a fool or a physician.

人到四十，如果不是傻子，就該知道保養身體。

All for one, one for all.

人人為我，我為人人。—— [法] Dumas pére大仲馬

Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.

別人為食而生存，我為生存而食。—— Socrates 蘇格拉底

Easy come, easy go.

易得者亦易失。 —— Hazlitt赫斯特

Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

愛，統治了他的王國，不用一枝利劍。—— Herbert 赫伯特

We soon believe what we desire.

我們慾望中的東西，我們很快就信以為真。—— Chaucer喬叟

The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

黎明前的時分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒

The longest day has an end.

最難過的日子也有盡頭。—— Howell 賀韋爾

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

生活而無目標，猶如航海之無指南針。—— J. Ruskin 魯斯金

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

手中的一隻鳥勝於林中的兩隻鳥。—— Heywood 希伍德

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰維納

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.

一個人可以把馬帶到河邊，但他不能令它飲水。 —— Heywood 希伍德

One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.

一個人不能把他的糕餅吃掉之後還留在手上。 —— Davies 戴維斯

Time is money.

時間就是金錢。—— Benjamin Franklin富蘭克林