关于精彩的经典英语名人名言
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance.
愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
He who commences many things finishes but a few.
样样都搞，完成者少。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇气和坚定是美德的精神与灵魂。
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
麻烦没有来找你，不要去找麻烦。
You cannot step twice into the same river.
你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
Beware beginning.以谨慎开始。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
One's sin will find one out. 坏事终归要败露。
A good name is better than riches. 声誉胜于财富。
Haste trips over its own heels. 忙易出错。
A watched pot never boils. 心急喝不了热粥。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. 人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
Speech is the image of actions. 语言是行动的反映。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend. 宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 沉默者有智慧。
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.
常人只想如何消磨时间，智者则努力利用时间。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
He that does what he should not, shall feel what he would not.
若做了不应该做的事，则将产生自己所不希望有的感觉。
All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人铭记之。
It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。
It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 防止染上恶习远比消除恶习容易。
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. or resolution enough to mend them!
承认并改正错误，需要有足够的勇气和决心。
Trick and treachery are the practice if fools；they have not wit enough to be honest.
傻瓜习惯于诡计和背判的伎俩，他们还没聪明到学会真诚待人。
Thirst after desert, not reward. 渴求美德而非奖赏。
If thou injure conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 伤害良心，将受到良心的严惩。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
唯有有教养者方知如何承认错误，或意识到自己行为。
If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
若做了不应做之事，则必然会听见不愿听之语。
An honest man will receive neither money nor praise； that is not his due.
正直的人既不收受他人的钱财，也不接受他人的奉承，这些都不是他应得的。
The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure. 正直的人先经历痛苦，然后享受欢乐。
Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 美德和幸福犹如母女。
A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.
生命是一束纯净的火焰,我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
Virtue never grows old. 美德永远不会过时。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
A lazy youth,a lousy age. 少时懒惰老来苦。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world’s trade.
要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。
Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
健康的身体贵於黄金铸成的皇冠。
Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.
每个成功男人的背后,都有一个女人. 每个不成功男人的背后, 都有两个。
Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚,幸福不是永久的.嘛。
The wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.
聪明人都是未婚的,结婚的人很难再聪明起来。
Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
成功是一个相关名词,他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚。
Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.
不要等明天交不上差再找借口, 今天就要找好。
The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.
学的越多,知道的越多, 知道的越多,忘记的越多, 忘记的越多,知道的越少, 为什么学来着?
Barking dogs don't bite. 吠狗不咬人。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫为。
It's never too late to mend. 改过不嫌晚。
Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
Running water does not get stale; a door-hinge is never worm-eaten. 流水不腐，户枢不蠹。
Sweep before your own door. 正人先正已。
A hero is nothing but a product of his time. 时势造英雄。
It is better to trust to valour than to luck. 靠运气不如靠勇气。
Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 无知是鲁莽之源。
One careless move may lose the whole game. 一步不慎，满盘皆输。
Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting. 言语象蜜蜂，有蜜也有刺。
It's only the idle will be tired. 只有闲人才会感到疲倦。
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.
失去心中所欲的和得到心中所欲的，是人生的两大悲剧。
Strong in action, gentle in method. 行动要坚强，方式要温和。
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least. 最不信任别人的人最不应该得到信任。
Idleness is the root of all evils. 懒惰是万恶之源。
Diligence redeems stupidity. 勤能补拙。
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
学识可使老年时舒适地退隐和有所寄托；但如果年青时不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇护。