英語美文,共同賞析
Where there is a will,there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
Nothing is too diffcult,if you put your heart into it.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.
一寸光陰一寸金。
All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
There is nothing permanent except change.
唯有變化才是永恒的。
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
身不正，影必斜。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知識之于心靈正如健康之于身體。
A word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses.
一言既出，駟馬難追。
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
改變自己往往比改變環(huán)境更為需要。
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old
until regrets take the place of dreams.
只要一個人還有所追求，他就沒有老。直到后悔取代了夢想，一個人才算老。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
今日一只蛋，勝過明天一只雞。
There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
最忠實的朋友莫過于一本好書。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
言貴簡。
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.
謀慮要慢，行動要快。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
友誼是雙方的事。
One tree does not make a forest.
獨(dú)木不成林。
Barking dogs don\'t bite.
吠狗不咬人。
What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知，除非已莫為。
It\'s never too late to mend.
改過不嫌晚。
Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
Running water does not get stale; a door-hinge is never worm-eaten.
流水不腐，戶樞不蠹。
Sweep before your own door.
正人先正已。
A hero is nothing but a product of his time.
時勢造英雄。
It is better to trust to valour than to luck.
靠運(yùn)氣不如靠勇氣。
Ignorance is the mother of impudence.
無知是魯莽之源。
One careless move may lose the whole game.
一步不慎，滿盤皆輸。
Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting.
言語象蜜蜂，有蜜也有刺。
It\'s only the idle will be tired.
只有閑人才會感到疲倦。
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，是人生的兩大悲劇。
Strong in action, gentle in method.
行動要堅強(qiáng)，方式要溫和。
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
最不信任別人的人最不應(yīng)該得到信任。
Idleness is the root of all evils.
懶惰是萬惡之源。
Diligence redeems stupidity.
勤能補(bǔ)拙。
Beware beginning.
以謹(jǐn)慎開始。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真情。
Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
It takes two to make a quarrel.
一個巴掌拍不響。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
One\'s sin will find one out.
壞事終歸要敗露。
A good name is better than riches.
聲譽(yù)勝于財富。
A watched pot never boils.
心急喝不了熱粥。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger.
人越偉大，越能克制怒火。
Speech is the image of actions.
語言是行動的反映。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don\'t know.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
每個人都是自己命運(yùn)的建筑師。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.
天才在于勤奮，知識在于積累。
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.
寧有公開的敵人，不要虛偽的朋友。
A still tongue makes a wise head.
沉默者有智慧。
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
從崇高到荒謬只有一步之遙。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of
intellect tries to use it.
常人只想如何消磨時間，智者則努力利用時間。
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance.
憤怒以愚蠢開始，以后悔告終。
All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺，馬善被人騎。
He who commences many things finishes but a few.
樣樣都搞，完成者少。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇氣和堅定是美德的精神與靈魂。
Fish begins to stink at the head.
上梁不正下梁歪。
First come, first served.
先來先招待。
Easy come, easy go.
來得容易去得快。
More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達(dá)。
No pains, no gains.
不勞無獲。
Nothing venture, nothing gain.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Once bit, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不見，心不煩。
Well fed, well bred.
衣食足而后知廉恥。
In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不作，二不休。
A brave man risks his life, but not his conscience.
勇敢的人可用生命冒險，但不以良心冒險。
It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman.
使人成為君子的并不是講究的衣著。
Pride hurts, modesty benefits.
滿招損，謙受益。
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
害怕痛苦的人其實已經(jīng)在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
Adversity is a good disciple.
逆境是鍛煉人的最好場所。
Art is long, life is short.
人生有涯藝無涯。
Well begun, half done.
好的開始是成功的一半。
You can\'t eat your cake and have it also.
世事兩難全。
Calamity is man\'s true touchstone.
患難是人的試金石。
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近墨者黑。
Constant dropping wears away a stone.
滴水穿石。
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是堅信有人愛我們。
The first step is as good as half over.
第一步是最關(guān)鍵的一步。
You never know your luck.
命運(yùn)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。
Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高處走，水往低處流。
No sweet without sweat.
幸福來自汗水。
Better the last smile than the first laughter.
寧可最后微笑，不要首先狂喜。
One for all, all for one.
我為人人，人人為我。
Truth needs no color.
真理不需要打扮。
Every why has a wherefore.
凡事必有因。
Keeping is harder than winning.
創(chuàng)業(yè)難，守業(yè)更難。
Never do things by halves.
做事不可半途而廢。
No cross, no crown.
未經(jīng)苦難，得不到榮冠。
The fire is the test of gold; adversity is the test of a strong man.
火對金子是考驗，逆境對人是磨練。
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(fèi)時間就是掠奪自己。
Nurture passes nature.
教養(yǎng)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(biāo)志。
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
判斷自己比判斷別人要難得多。
An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn.
樂觀的人看到玫瑰，悲觀的人只看到它的刺。
Let bygones be bygones.
既往宜不咎。
Look on both sides of the shield.
看問題要從兩面看。
Never is a long word.
不要輕易說“決不”。
The overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind.
前車之覆，后車之鑒。
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
不打不成器。
Standers-by see more than gamesters.
旁觀者清，當(dāng)局者迷。
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There is no disputing about tastes.
人各有所好。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后諸葛亮容易當(dāng)。
Patience is the ability to put up with people you\'d like to put down.
Fair words make fools fain.
甜言蜜語會使愚者得意忘形。
Please all and you please none.
要面面俱到者，面面不到。
The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
最高尚的復(fù)仇是寬容。
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
溫和的回答可以息怒。
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
最容易忽視的建議往往是最重要的。
Be just before you are generous.
要慷慨必先求公正。
Make the best of a bad bargain.
已知吃虧，盡力而為。
He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
做事過于苛求，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.
活著感到快樂，世界就屬于你。
A little labor, much health.
適量的勞動有益于健康。
Laugh and grow fat.
心寬體胖。
Work won\'t kill but worry will.
勞動無害，憂愁傷身。
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世界上沒有十全十美的快樂。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
進(jìn)步是今天的活動，明天的保證。
Good order is the foundation of all things.
良好的秩序是一切的基礎(chǔ)。
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
植樹的人，不但愛己，而且愛人。
The world is but a little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺，何處不相逢。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
仁愛是聯(lián)結(jié)社會的金鏈。
Where there is unity, there is victory.
有團(tuán)結(jié)就有勝利。
United we stand, divided we fall.
團(tuán)結(jié)則存，分裂則亡。
Love is the mother of love.
情生情，愛生愛。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
愛情不分貴賤。
True love never grows old.
真正的愛永不衰老。
Hope is a lover\'s staff.
希望是愛者的手扶之杖。
It is better to give than to take.
施比受更有福。
Example is better than precept.
身教勝于言傳。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤勉是成功之母。
From saving comes having.
富有來自勤儉。
Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人，成事在天。
No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
穿鞋的人自己知道哪里夾腳。
Vainglory blossoms but never bears.
虛榮光開花，永遠(yuǎn)不結(jié)果。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇氣是：無所畏懼地接受上天給你的一切。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上總是有某個地方可以看到陽光。
You cannot step twice into the same river.
你不能兩次踏入同一條河流。
有智慧而無志向，正如鳥兒沒有翅膀。
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
寬恕不能改變過去，但能拓寬未來。
It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.
花二十年建立起來的聲譽(yù)可以在五分鐘之內(nèi)完全摧毀。
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.
人生應(yīng)該樹立目標(biāo)，否則你的精力會白白浪費(fèi)。
If winter comes, can spring be far behind.
冬天來了，春天還會遠(yuǎn)嗎？
It is great to be great, but it is greater to be human.
成為偉人是美好的，做一個真正的人更難得。
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
實現(xiàn)明天理想的唯一障礙是今天的疑慮。
Genius only means hard-working all one\'s life.
天才只意味著終身不懈的努力。
Ideal is the beacon.
理想是指路明燈。
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
我所能奉獻(xiàn)的沒有其他，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant
trees.
天上不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
奇跡有時候是會發(fā)生的，但是你得為之拼命地努力。
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your
country.
不要問國家能為你們做些什么，而要問你們能為國家做些什么。
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
進(jìn)步是今天的活動、明天的保證。
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
為原則而斗爭比實踐該原則要容易。
You never know what you can do till you try.
除非親自嘗試，否則你不會知道自己能做什么。
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.
有所成就是人生唯一的真正樂趣。
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
良藥苦口利于病。
To strive to seek, to find and not to yield.
要奮斗、要探索、要有所發(fā)現(xiàn)而不要屈服。
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.
權(quán)力永遠(yuǎn)意味著責(zé)任和危險。
As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.
一旦你覺得做某件事年紀(jì)太大了，趕緊去做。
Success grows out of struggle to overcome difficulties.
成功來之于克服困難的斗爭。
Victory won\'t come to me unless I go to it.
勝利不會向我走來，我必須自己走向勝利。
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
成功由大量的失誤鑄造。
A light heart lives long.
豁達(dá)者長壽。
Cheerfulness is the promoter of health.
心情愉快是健康的增進(jìn)劑。
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
幸福首先在于健康。
A penny saved is a penny gained.
省下一分錢等于得到一分錢。
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of gold.
一盎司謹(jǐn)慎抵得上一磅黃金。
To fill the hour----that is happiness.
讓時間過得充實些，那才是幸福。
The first wealth is health.
健康是人生第一財富。
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
年紀(jì)只是個感覺的問題，而不是歲月的問題。
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
好友勝過親兄弟。
Learning is the eye of mind.
學(xué)問是心靈的眼睛。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃于水。
Wade not in unknown water.
不知水之深淺，不可粗心淌河。
In the end things will mend.
車到山前必有路。
Let\'s cross the bridge when we come to it.
既來之，則安之。
Diffidence is the poison of true friendship.
疑心是友誼的毒藥。
No common goal, no common cause to cooperate.
道不同，不相為謀。
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have it.
幸福在于自知擁有幸福。
Industry is fortune\'s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勞是財富的右手，節(jié)儉是她的左手。
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
要真正了解一個人，需在不幸中考察他。
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Let bygones be bygones.
過去的事情就讓他過去吧。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行動，而不是時間。
Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today.
今天的事情不要拖到明天。
Time is a bird forever on the wing.
時間是一只永遠(yuǎn)飛翔的鳥。
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
想要懂得今天，就必須研究昨天。
Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.
銘記在心：每一天都是一年中最好的日子。
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
歡樂是人們的雙翼，哀愁是人們發(fā)奮的動力。
Labor is often the father of pleasure.
勞動常常是快樂之父。
got to like what you do.
不能愛哪行才干哪行，要干哪行愛哪行。
Forced love does not last.
強(qiáng)扭的瓜不甜。
Give and take.
有來有往。
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
欲求珍珠，必潛水底。
A secret between more than two is no secret.
三人知曉，秘密難保。
A snow year, a good year.
瑞雪兆豐年。
Better wait on the cook than on the doctor.
藥補(bǔ)不如食補(bǔ)。
Diligence is the mother of fortune.
幸運(yùn)出自勤奮。
It is never too late to learn.
學(xué)不厭晚。
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
善良的心地勝過桂冠。
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
少說話，多觀察。
Knowledge is no burden.
藝多不壓身。
Let a sleeping dog lie.
莫惹事生非。
Man does what he can, and God what He will.
人為其能為，神為所欲為。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
Offense is the best defense.
進(jìn)攻是最有效的防御。
Save money against a rainy day.
平時存錢，防備雨天。
The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
這山望著那山高。
He who teaches, learns.
教學(xué)相長。
Hear twice before you speak once.
多聽少說。
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Seeing is believing.
眼見為實。
Spare when you re young, and spend when you re old.
少時儉省老來花。
The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant.
學(xué)，然后知不足。
