外国人的英语格言（谚语）
[英文]：Life is real, life is earnest.[中文]：人生真实,人生诚挚.[出处]：H.W.Longfellow 朗费罗(美国诗人)[英文]：Life is compared to a voyage.[中文]：人生好比是一次航程.[英文]：Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.[中文]：生活若无波折险阻,就会过于平淡无奇.[英文]：Life means struggle.[中文]：生活就是斗争.[英文]：Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.[中文]：生活是一种艺术,要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论.[出处]：S.Butler 勃特勒[英文]：Life is sweet.[中文]：人生是美好的.[英文]：Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.[中文]：人生是美好的,但要学会如何享用美好的生活.[英文]：Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.[中文]： 人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程. 人生无坦途.[英文]：Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.[中文]：人生像一匹马,你不驾驭它,它便驾驭你.[英文]：Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.[中文]：人生是一幅大画布[英文]：Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.[中文]：人生如一首乐曲,要用乐感,感情和直觉去谱写.不能只按乐律行事.[英文]：Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.[中文]：生活是绘画,不是做算术.[出处]：O.W.Holmes 霍姆斯[英文]：Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two.[中文]：生活是一张白纸,每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话.[出处]：A.Lowell 洛威尔[英文]：On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind.[中文]：地球上唯一伟大的是人,人身上唯一伟大的是心灵.[出处]：A.Hamilton 哈密尔顿[英文]：Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas.[中文]：人的一切----面貌,衣着,心灵和思想,都应该是美好的.[出处]：Chekhov 契诃夫[英文]：All things in their being are good for something.[中文]：天生我才必有用.[英文]：The good or ill of man lies within his own will[中文]：人的善良或邪恶都存在于他自己的意志。
[出处]：[古希腊]Epictetus 爱比克泰德[英文]：He is born in a good hour who gets a good name.[中文]：生逢其时,美誉自至.[英文]：Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.[中文]：生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成.[出处]：T.Fuller 富勒[英文]：Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limitless.[中文]：要这样生活,仿佛你寿命永恒.要这样工作,仿佛你精力无穷.[出处]：S.Bernhardt 伯恩哈特(法国女演员)[英文]：To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach.[中文]：生活是一种人人须学而无人能教的艺术.[出处]：H.Ellis 埃利斯[英文]：Life is a foreign language: All men mispronounce it.[中文]：生活是一种外语,谁都发不好它的音.[出处]：C.D.Morley 莫利[英文]：Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.[中文]：生活教会了我思考,但思考却没有教会我生活.[出处]：A.Herzen 赫尔岑(俄国作家,哲学家)[英文]：I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.[中文]：人生道路艰
十句最实用的英语格言
Good counsel does no harm. 忠言有利无害。
Fair words fill not the belly. 甜言蜜语填不饱肚子。
Marry thy like. 结婚须找同类人. An artist lives everywhere. 一技在身，走遍天下。
Years bring wisdom. 年岁带来智慧. Time tries all things. 时间检验一切. At court,everyone for himself. 在法庭上人人都要为自己。
Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁. A true jest is no jest. 真正的笑语决非笑话。
A wonder lasts but nine days. 奇闻只存在九天。
Fair play's a jewel. 比赛风格好,胜过珠宝. As the tree,so the fruit. 什么树结什么果。
All is not at hand that helps. 世间没有唾手可得之事. He that fears death lives not. 害怕死亡的人，活着也没有快乐。
Art lies in concealing art. 艺术在于使人看不见艺术。
Hot love is soon cold. 过热的爱情冷得快. Love is the mother of love. 情生情,爱生爱. Fool's haste is no speed. 急急忙忙, 欲速反慢. A burnt child dreads the fire. 烧伤的孩子最怕火。
Art is long,life is short. 人生短暂，艺术长存。
Time is money for enterprisers. 对企业家来说,时间就是金钱. Knowledge is power. . Leal heart lied never. 心诚无谎言。
No man is a hero to his valet. 在最贴身的人眼中，谁也充不了伟人。
Every why has a wherefore. 凡事必有因. The wages of sin is death. 为恶者应灭亡。
Be still,and have the will. 不动声色,事方有成. Fortune favours the brave. 天佑勇士。
Pride goes before fall. 骄者必败。
All for one, one for all. 人人为我,我为人人. Envy never enriched any man. 嫉妒从未使人得益。
One man,no man. 个人是渺小的. Never hope for too much. 不要期望太多. Dare and diligence bring luck. 大胆又勤奋,定能交好运. A green wound is soon healed. 新快。
Deeds, not words. 行动胜于空谈. There is no joy without alloy. 世上没有十全十美的快乐\\\/ 金无足赤，乐无十全。
Murder will out. 恶行终会败露。
There are spots in the sun. 太阳也有黑点。
A good marksman may miss. 好射手也有失手的时候. Charity begins at home. 仁爱先施于亲友. In the end things will mend. . Time cures all things. 时间是最好的医生\\\/时间能医愈一切创痛. Money is round.It rolls away. 圆圆钱币,滚走容易. Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手. The shortest answer is doing. 最简短的回答是干. Deliberating is not delaying. 深思熟虑不误事. Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。
Tomorrow never comes. 切莫依赖明天\\\/ 我生待明日,万事成蹉跎. Comfort is better than pride. 华美不如舒适. Life means struggle. 生活就是斗争. Drawn wells are seldom dry. 水井常用不枯竭. In doing we learn. 我们在干中学习. No man is infallible. 没有人不犯错误。
A lean dog shames his master. 狗瘦主人羞。
Easy and success are fellows. 从容与成功是伙伴。
Bad times make a good man. 艰难困苦出能人. Wisdom is only found in truth. 唯有在真理中才能找到智慧. Let well alone. 不要画蛇添足\\\/事已成功,不必多弄. Two can play at the game. 你会耍的花招，别人也会。
Pen and ink is wit's plough. 笔墨是才智之犁. Tomorrow is another day. 明天又是一个新的开始. The truth will out. 真相总会大白. Sharp tools make good work. 工欲善其事,必先利其器. Learn even from an enemy. 即使是敌人也可以向他学习. Love and cough cannot be hid. 爱情象咳嗽,压也压不住. To think is to see. 思考就是明白. Time is money. 时间就是金钱. Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德. Love will find a way. 爱心所至,金石为开. Pity is akin to love. 怜悯生爱. One love drives out another. 新的爱情来,旧的爱情去. Kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鸟 \\\/一箭双雕\\\/ 一举两得. All that glitters is not gold. 闪烁者不尽是金。
Beware beginning. 慎始为上。
Time is the father of truth. 时间是真理之父. He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,. Never say die'. 永远不要说 完了. Reason rules all things. 理智统治一切. Idleness makes the wit rust. 懒惰使脑筋生锈. He that talks much lies much. 言多必妄。
Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，戒事在天。
Practise what you preach. 躬行己说,身体力行\\\/自己怎么说,就得怎么干. Like begets like. 龙生龙，凤生凤。
I think,therefore I am. 我思考，所以我存在。
Many hands make light work. 众人拾柴火焰高. Care is no cure. 忧虑治不了病。
Second thoughts are best. 再思为上. Wise fear begets care. 懂得担心,就会小心. Good advice is beyond price. 忠告是无价之宝. Business before pleasure. 先工作,后娱乐\\\/干完正事再玩儿. Diet cures more than doctors. 自己饮食有节，胜过上门求医。
No cross,no crown. 未经苦难,得不到荣冠. Counsel breaks not the head. 忠告不会打破头. A lie begets a lie. 谎言生谎言。
Far fowls have fair feathers. 远方的鸟羽毛美\\\/弄不到手的东西是最好的。
Life is too short to waste. 生命短促,不容浪费. Silence gives consent. 沉默就是赞成。
A creaking door hangs long. 旧门久用，病夫命长。
One man,no man. 个人是渺小的. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实为上策. Good counsel does no harm. 忠言有利无害。
Every little helps. 点滴都有用. Honour lies in honest toil. 光荣在于诚恳地劳动. No man is indispensable. 没有一个人是不可缺少的\\\/少了谁地球也转。
Justifying a fault doubles it. 护短是加倍的错误。
Let the sleeping dogs lie. 莫惹是非。
Love me little,love me long. 爱情应细水长流. Blushing is virtue's color. 脸红是美德的颜色。
Think today and speak tomorrow. 熟思而后言. To think is to see. 思考就是明白. Hope is a lover's staff. 希望是爱者的手扶之杖. Love is stronger than death. 爱情能战胜死神. Wishes never can fill a sack. 愿望装不满口袋。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
We are not born for ourselves. 人之有生,不为一已. Eyes are as eloquent as lips. 眼睛会和嘴一样说话. Good wine needs no bush. 酒好无需挂幌子。
A shy cat makes a proud mouse. 猫儿胆小耗子闹。
A poet is born,not made. 诗人靠天成。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 即使也会打盹\\\/智者千虑,. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好. Better leave than lack. 有过不足. From saving comes having. 富有来自节俭. A little labour, much health. 适量的劳动有益于健康。
Familiarity breeds contempt. 亲密生侮心。
Drift is as bad as unthrift. 花钱凭冲动,等于无底洞. Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打;无往不胜. Force can never destroy right. 武力决不能摧毁正义。
What man has done,man can do. 前人能办的事,后人也能做. Other times,other manners. 隔代不同礼。
He lives long that lives well. 活得好等于活得久. No mill, no meal. 不磨面,没饭吃. Civility costs nothing. 礼貌不费分文. True friendship lasts forever. 真正的友谊恒久不变. Every bean hath its black. 每粒蚕豆都长黑嘴\\\/ 人都有缺点。
Two wrongs do not make a right. 两个错误,加不出一个正确. \\\/用错误改正不了错误.No pleasure without pain. 乐中必有苦. A rolling eye, a roving heart. 眼活情不专. Let the world slide. 人世沧桑,听其自然. Love me,love my dog. 爱屋及乌. Fine feathers make fine birds. 好的衣装只能打扮出个好外表。
No living man all things can. 世上没有万能的人. You never know your luck. 命运好坏不由已. East or West, home is best. 无论在何处,家园最美好. A proud man hath many crosses. 骄傲者挫折多。
Nothing venture,nothing have. 不担风险就无收获. History repeats itself. 历史往往重演。
Extremes meet. 两极相通，有无相生。
He that talks much errs much. 语多必失。
Health and money go far. 有了健康和钱财，就能走遍天下。
Learn even from an enemy. 即使是敌人也可以向他学习. Beauty is but skin-deep. 美只是外表\\\/不能以貌取人. Life is compared to a voyage. 人生好比是一次航程. Nurture passes nature. 教养胜过天性. Little goods little care. 钱财少,不烦恼. Take time by the forelock. 要把握时机. Youth will have its course. 人生谁无少年时,甜苦酸辛各自知. Nothing venture,nothing have. 不担风险就无收获. Like author, like book. 书如其人。
Cheapest is the dearest. 最便宜的也就是最贵的Idleness rusts the mind. 懒散使头脑衰退. He is rich that has few wants. 寡欲者富。
Early start makes easy stages. 早动身,易从容,早开始,早成功. Talent is as talent does. 是不是有实才,就看干得来干不来. Hope well and have well. 善寄希望于未来,又善保有现在. Success has many friends. 成功者朋友多. Life is real,life is earnest. 人生真实,人生诚挚. The sun shines upon all alike. 太阳照人，不分贵贱。
Deeds, not words. 行动胜于空谈. A man can die but once. 人无二死. A stitch in time saves nine. 不洞不补,大洞尺五\\\/及时处理,事半功倍. Let well alone. 不要画蛇添足\\\/事已成功,不必多弄. For a lost thing care nothing. 物已丢失，勿再烦恼。
Failure teaches success. . All is not at hand that helps. 世间没有唾手可得之事. Variety is the spice of life. 变化是生活的调味品. Better be sure than sorry. 稳当总比后悔好。
Every oak must be an acorn. 每棵橡树都曾是一粒橡子. Once bitten,twice shy. 吃一次亏,学一次乖. Light not a candle to the sun. 不要对着太阳点蜡烛\\\/日既出矣，爝火可熄。
A little pot is soon hot. 壶小易沸,量小易怒. Time flies. 光阴似箭. Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友. A hungry man is an angry man. 饿汉易怒。
Clothes do not make the man. 人不在衣装. Never”is a long word. 不要轻易说“决不”。
Time works great changes. 时间会产生巨大的变化. Years bring wisdom. 年岁带来智慧. Good ware makes quick markets. 货好销得快。
Life is sweet. 人生是美好的. Times change. 时代在改变. One cannot put back the clock. 时光不能倒流. Two heads are better than one. 两人智慧胜一人. Every man is his own enemy. 人都有与自己为敌的时候\\\/败事全由已. Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失. Give losers leave to speak. 要允许失败者讲话。
Anything for a quiet life. 悠然自在最难求. No herb will cure love. 无药医. A bully is always a coward. 恃强欺弱者均是懦夫。
If the cap fits,wear it. 帽子合适，你就戴上；如说的符合你的情况，你就接受。
Opportunities do not wait. 机不可失,时不再来. A good deed is never lost. 好心一定有好报。
One's sin will find one out. 坏事终归要败露。
Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的\\\/伟业非一日之功. Time marches on. 岁月如流 Youth is the season of hope. 青春是希望的季节. Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的. Wise fear begets care. 懂得担心,就会小心. Boys will be boys. 男孩子总是男孩子. Love is the reward of love. 爱是对爱的报答. It's a day after the fair. 错过良机，为时已晚。
It is hard to please all. 要使人人满意是件难事。
Knowledge is no burden. 知识再多不压身. No sweet without sweat. 幸福来自汗水. A miss is as good as a mile. 差之毫厘,失之千里. Time is the greatest teacher. 时间就是良师. Study,study,and study. 学习,学习,再学习. A snow year,a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
True love never grows old. 真正的爱永不衰老. Sow nothing, reap nothing. 春不播,秋不收\\\/无功不能受禄. Truth needs no colour. 真理不需要打扮. Barking dogs don't bite. 吠犬不咬人。
Time is life for doctors. 对医生来说,. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 厨师太多烧坏汤。
Nothing seek,nothing find. 无所求则无所获. Marriage makes or mars a man. 婚姻可使人成功,也可使人失败. Hsitory is bunk. 历史是一堆废话。
Waste not, want not. 不浪费,不会穷. Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖 。
There is no end to learning. 学无止境. A word is enough to the wise. 智者不用多告诫.
经典的英语格言（带翻译）
英语格言 Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。
）Experience is the mother of wisdom.（经验是智慧之母。
）Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。
）Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。
）Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。
）From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。
）Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。
）Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。
）The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。
）A great ship asks for deep waters.（大船要走深水。
）While there is life, there is hope.（有生命便有希望\\\/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧）Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠,胜个过一个诸葛亮。
）Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训；笨人则自己付出代价。
他山之石可以攻玉。
）Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。
）It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。
）If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.(如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。
）Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。
）Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。
）It is never too late to learn. (活到老，学到老。
）It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。
）The secret of success is constancy of purpose.（成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。
）Misfortunes never come alone\\\/single.(祸不单行。
）Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。
）Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。
）To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。
）Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。
）A good medicine tasks bitter.（良药苦口。
）Great minds think alike. （英雄所见略同。
）Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。
）Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。
）Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来强。
）A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。
）All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。
）What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.(得之不费力，弃之不可惜。
）Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.（只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。
）Work makes the workman.（勤工出巧 匠。
）Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。
）He that can have patience, can have what he will.（唯坚韧者始能遂其志。
）Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.（我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。
）The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.（成功之路没它，唯全力投入工作，而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。
）To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.(读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。
）The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and thedetermination to attain it.（人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。
）One of these days is none of these days.(有这么一天就是没有这么一天。
\\\/吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
）Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.(每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。
）Nothing down, nothing up. (无下则无上。
\\\/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹
）A good book is your best friend. (好书如挚友。
）Asking costs nothing. (问人不费分文。
）Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.(你不问我，我就不会说谎话。
）The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. (舌无骨却折断骨。
）A good name is easier lost than won.（名誉失之易，而得之难。
）Every profession produces its own best（行行出状元。
）Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. (今日事今日毕。
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关于积极向上的格言【英文】
1.The first step is always the hardest万事开头2.If at first you don\\\\'t succeed, try, try again 如果开始的时候没能成功，要努力努努力。
3.No pain, no gain 没有痛苦，有收获。
4.Don\\\\'t cry over spilled milk 覆水难收。
5.Make hay while the sun shines 你应该把握和机遇去做你想做的事。
6.Practice makes perfect 实践出真知。
（不断实践才能缔造完美）8.You reap what you sow 一份耕耘，一份收获。
9.Two heads are better than one 两个人一起比单打独斗要有效的的多。
10.Don\\\\'t put off until tomorrow what you can do today 不要再拖延了，今天能完成的事就今天做。
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness.命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。
因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。
他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。
Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads.如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿
不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。
Pross is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.进步乃今日之努力，明日之保证。
——EmersonIf you do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.如果年轻时不培养知识，年老时将没有乘凉的树荫。
——Chesterfield Have an aim in life, or your energies will be wasted.没有目标的一生注定碌碌无为，确定一个目标吧。
——R.Peters Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标，就像航海没有罗盘。
——John Ruskin One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.人犯错误最危险的一种就是忘记自己的目标是什么。
——Paul Nitze High expectations are the key to everything.远大理想是开启万物的钥匙。
——Sam Walton What makes life dreary is the want of motive.缺少动力将让生活无聊乏味。
——G.EliotIf you wait, all that happens is that you get older.如果你等待，发生的只是你变老。
——Larry McMurtryHope deserts us at no period of our existence.在我们一生中，希望从来未遗弃过我们。
——R.L.StevensonThere is no such thing as genius；it is nothing but labour and diligence.人世无所谓天才，它仅是吃苦加勤奋。
Failure is the mother of success.--Thomas Paine失败乃成功之母While there is life there is hope.一息若存，希望不灭。
Pursue your object,be it what it will,steadily and indefatigably.不管追求什么目标，都应坚定不懈。
A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.--Thomas Addison强者能同命运的风暴抗争。
--爱迪生He who seize the right moment,is the right man.--Goethe谁把握机会，谁就心想事成。
--歌德Perseverance is falling nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.--J.Anderson只要坚持不懈，失败十九次之后，第二十次就会成功。
--安德森
有关诚信的外国格言
1.一个人追求的目标越高，他的才力就发展得越快，对社会就越有益。
──高尔基2.只有不畏攀登的采药者，只有不怕巨浪的弄潮儿，才能登上高峰采得仙草，深入水底觅得骊珠。
──华罗庚3.书籍是全世界的营养品。
——莎士比亚4.人的影响短暂而微弱，书的影响则广泛而深远——普希金 5.书籍是人类知识的总统——莎士比亚 6.理想的书籍是智慧的钥匙——列夫·托尔斯泰 7.书籍是屹立在时间的汪洋大海中的灯塔——惠普尔 8.一个爱书的人，他必定不致于缺少一个忠实的朋友，一个良好的老师，一个可爱的伴侣，一个温情的安慰者——巴罗 9.与其用华丽的外衣装饰自己,不如用知识武装自己.---马克思 望采纳
