写作常用谚语

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Never too old to learn.

(或：Live to learn.

或：Live and learn.

或：We live and learn.)

活到老，学到老

There is no end to learning.

学无止境。

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事今日毕。

Tomorrow never comes.

切莫依赖明天。

Truth will prevail.

真理必胜。

Use(Practice) makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Use makes mastery.

熟能生巧。

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 学而不思犹如食而不化。

Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奋乃成功之母。

Failure is the mother of succeed.

失败乃成功之母。

Time flies.

光阴似箭。

Time and tike wait for no man.

岁月不待人。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之计在于晨。

To save time is to lengthen life.

节约时间就是延长生命。

Tomorrow never comes.

我生待明日，万事成磋砣。

Lazy youth makes lousy age.

少时不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Laziness in youth spells regret in old age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Idle young, needy old.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

All things change, and we change with them.

一切都在变，我们也要随之而变。

Gain time gain life.

赢得时间就是赢得生命。

Time lost can never be found again.

光阴一去不复返。

Time tries all things.

时间考验一切。

Time is the great discoverer.

时间是伟大的发现家。

Procrastination is thief of time.

拖拉是时间的贼。

Punctuality is the thief of time.

守时才能省时。

Punctuality is the soul of business.

守时是事业的灵魂。

A stitch in time saves nine.

一针及时省九针。

Every flow has its ell.

潮涨总有潮落时。

Life is not all rose.

生活不都是玫瑰的（生活不都是美好的）。 All is not gold that glitters.

闪光的不都是金子。

Every rose has its thorn.

玫瑰都是有刺的。

Constant dropping wears the stone.

滴水穿石。

Little sparks kindle great fires.

星星之火，可以燎原。

Good things are hard.

好事多磨。

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

不怕慢，只怕站。

Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母。

Life is a battle.

人生是一场战斗。

Life means struggle.

人生就意味着奋斗。

Man lives in hope.

人生活在希望中。

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 奋斗、探索、发现，永不放弃。

No seek, no find.

没有探索就没有发现。

Seeking mush and get something, seek little and get nothing.

多探索则有所得，不探索则无所得。

Where there's a will there's a way.

有志者事竟成。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

逆境出成就。

Pain past is pleasure.

苦尽甘来。（痛苦过去是欢乐）

Opportunity knocks but once.

机不可失，时不再来。

True greatness is the greatness of the mind.

真正的伟大是思想的伟大。

Short pleasure, long lament.

短时贪欢长时悲。

The eye is the mirror of the soul.

眼睛是心灵的一面镜子。

Books are the everburning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

书籍是积聚智慧的不灭的灯。

Experience is the mother of science.

经验是科学之母。

Experience is good teacher.

经验是良师。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

Wisdom comes from experience.

不经一事，不长一智。

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

Nothing venture, nothing gain(have).

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

布丁好坏，一尝便知。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲。

Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

知不足而智慧始。

A little is a gangrenous thing.

一知半解最可怕。

There is no royal road to learning.

学习是没有康庄大路可走的。

Perseverance spells success.

毅力导致成功。

Little stokes fell great oaks.

绳锯木断，水滴石穿。

No pains, no gains.

不劳则无获。

A good lather is half the shave.

（或：A good beginning is half done.）

好的开端等于成功的一半。

All's well that ends well.

善始善终。

Half a loaf is better than none. （Little is better than nothing.） 少总比没有好。(有总比没有强；聊胜于无)

Success belongs to the persevering.

成功属于百折不挠的人。

Step after step the ladder is ascended.

梯子是一步一步登上去的。

No sweet without sweat.

没有汗水就没有甜蜜。

Nothing venture, nothing have.

没有冒险就没有收获。

The sweet do nothing.

耽于安乐的人一事无成。

The finest diamond must be cut.

玉不琢不成器。

You must reap what you have sown.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

The early bird catches the worm.

捷足先登。

Better late than never.

迟做总比不做好。

One can get something new in looking over one's old studies. 温故而知新。

Work while you work, play while you play.

工作时就工作，玩耍时就玩耍。

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只会工作不会玩儿，杰克变成傻小孩儿。

（或：只是工作不去耍，聪明孩子也变傻）

Put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach.

量力而行。

All beginnings are hard.

万事起头难。

Well begin is half done.

好的开始是成功的一半。

Good to begin well, better to end well.

好的开头好，好的结尾更好。

Say well is good but do well is better.

说的好是好，但做得好更好。

Action speaks louder than words.

行动比语言更响亮。

Call a spade a spade.

实事求是（直言不讳；丁是丁，卯是卯）。

All is well that ends well.

结果好，一切好。

It's never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢，未为迟也。

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

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

Easier said than done.

说起容易做起难。

It is the first step that costs.

万事起头难。

He laughs best, who laughs last.

谁笑到最后谁就笑得最好。

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

朝最好处希望，从最坏处准备。

Misfortunes never come singly.

祸不单行。

Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.

塞翁失马，安知非福。

Where there is life, there is hope.

活着就有希望。

Human life is full of ups and downs.

人生之途多坎坷。

Many a pickle makes a mickle.

积少成多（积腋成裘）。

There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 好鱼取不尽。（机会有的是。）

More haste, less speed.

（或：Haste makes waste.）

欲速则不达。

He that runs fast will not run long.

跑得太快，跑不长久

strike while the iron is hot.

(或：Make hay while the sun is shining.)

趁热打铁。

The best man stumbles.

智者千虑，必有一失。

Look before you leap.

（或：Think before you act.）

三思而后行。

Still waters run deep.

（或：smooth water runs deep.）

静水流深；大智若愚；沉默者深谋。

The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心有余而力不足。

Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.

或：Don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未来，莫泼脏水。

One for all, all for me.

我为人人，人人为我。

Penny-wise and pound foolish.

占小便宜吃大亏。

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少自然成多。

Virtue is a jewel of great price.

美德乃无价之宝。

Virtue is farther than beauty.

美德远胜于美貌。

A good name is better than riches.

名声胜于财富。

Good fame is better than a good face.

名声胜于美貌。

Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

The best fish swim near the bottom.

好鱼居水底（常在水底游）。（不入虎穴，焉得虎子）

He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

要吃龙肉就得亲自下海。（要抓鱼就不要怕弄湿自己）

Venture a small fish to catch a great one.

吃小亏占大便宜。（欲钓大鱼，先舍小鱼；小的不去，大的不来）

There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。（有水何患无鱼；机会多得很）

Covetousness is the root of all evil.

贪婪是万恶之源。

Money is the root of evil.

金钱是罪恶之源。

Money makes the mare go.

（或：Money talks.）

有钱能使鬼推磨。

Desire hath no rest.

欲壑难填。

Idleness is the root of all evil.

游手好闲是万恶之源。

All covet, all lose.

什么都贪，什么都失去。

All's fish that comes to his net.

来者不拒（凡是到手的都要）。

Too much water drowned the miller.

太多反有害。

The game is no worth the candle.

得不偿失。

Fish begins to stink at the head.

鱼是从头上烂起的（上梁不正下梁歪）。

Like father, like son.

有其父必有其子（其父善游，其子必善游）。

A penny saved is a penny gained.

省一分则得一分。

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

纸里包不住火。

Sloth is the key to poverty.

懒惰是通向贫穷的钥匙。

Gambling is one express train to ruin.

赌博是通向毁灭的快车。

Good advice is beyond price.

忠告是无价的。

Pride will have a fall.

（或：Pride goes before a fall.）

骄傲使人失败（骄者必败）。

Health is above wealth.

健康高于财富。

Life depends upon movements.

生命在于运动。

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope everything. 谁拥有健康谁就拥有希望；谁拥有希望谁就拥有一切。

A merry heart, live long.

愉快的人长寿。

Laughter, the best medicine.

笑是最好的药。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

一天一苹果，医生远离我(干上火)。

The first dish pleases all.

头道菜，人人爱。

Diet cures more than pills.

食疗胜药疗。

Many dishes, many diseases.

食多病多。

A little pill my well cure a great illness.

小小药丸治大病。

Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

（或：A good medicine tastes bitter.）

良药苦口。

Care killed a cat.

忧愁伤身。

Health is happiness.

健康就是幸福。

True love never grows old.

真正的爱永远不会老。

Love is a hole in the heart.

爱是心灵之窗。

Love laughs at locksmiths.

爱情是锁不住的。

Love and a cough can not be hidden.

爱情有如咳嗽是隐藏不住的。

Faith will move mountains.

精诚所至，金石为开。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。

False friends are worse than open enemies. 虚假的朋友不公开的敌人更坏。

Friendship is a plant which must be often watered. 友谊是棵树，必须常浇灌。

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

界限永葆友谊青春。

The best friends must part.

朋友再好，终有一别。

Good fences make good neighbors.

有好的篱笆才有好的邻居。

Short accounts make long friends.

不拖债，友情久。

A friend to all is a friend to none.

和谁都是朋友，就没有一个朋友

Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 友谊不能一头热。（友谊是双方的事）

Between friends all is common.

朋友不分彼此。

He that walks with wise men shall be wise. 与智慧的人同行自己也会成为智慧的人。

A true friend is forever a friend.

真正的朋友永远是朋友。

Roll my log and I'll roll yours.

你帮我的忙，我帮你的忙（指相互吹捧）。

Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.

争先恐后，落后遭殃。

One swallow does not make a summer.

一花独放不是春（独燕不成夏）。

we never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水可贵。

Tastes differ.

（人）各有所好。

It takes two to make a quarrel.

一个巴掌拍不响。

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

两者不可兼得（鱼与熊掌不可兼得）。

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

不要把一切希望寄托在一件事情上面。

Kill two birds with one stone. （One stone, two birds.）

一箭双雕。（一石二鸟）

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分。

Never judge by appearances.

不可以貌取人（人不可貌相）。

When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.

购物要端其详。

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eyes,

择妻要多打听。

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

不要教鱼游泳。（不要班门弄斧）

Pigs might fly (if they have wings).

什么奇事都会发生。

Its an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

家丑不可外扬。

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

住在玻璃屋里就不要扔石头。（自己有弱点就不要说别人）

Better bend than break.

人在矮檐下，不得不低头。

Fortune favors the fool.

傻人命好。

Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.

很多发生在我们眼前的事情是我们所不知道的。

The best fish smell when they are three days old.

好鱼三天也变臭。（久住招人嫌；久病床前无孝子）

One father can support ten children. Ten children cannot support one father. 一父可养十子，十子难养一父。

A secret between more than two is no secret.

三人知晓则无秘密而言。

A good face needs no paint.

美人无须粉黛。

Good wine needs no bush.

酒香不怕巷子深。

Good news goes on crutches.

好事不出门。

Bad news has wings.

坏事传千里。

There's more knows Tom Fool than tom fool knows. 臭名声并不光彩。

Take honour from me, and my life is done. 名誉失，生命失。

A little leak will sink a great ship.

小漏沉大船（小病不治成大患）。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事，不怕半夜鬼叫门。

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

狼改不了吃肉，狗改不了吃屎。

The leopard cannot change its spots.

本性难移。

A barking dog does not bite.

（或：Barking dogs seldom bite.）

会叫的狗不咬人。

Brevity is the soul of wit.

言以简洁为贵。

Butter to butter is no relish.

千篇一律使人生厌。

Fine words butter no parsnips.

花言巧语不中用。

Example is better than precept.

身教重于言教。

Seeing is believing.

百闻不如一见。

East or west, home is best.

天涯海角，还是家里最好。

Love is blind.

情人眼里出西施。

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it.

二者不可兼得（鱼和熊掌不可兼得）。

All roads lead to Rome.

条条道路通罗马。

Rome was not built in a day.

罗马城非一日所建成。（冰冻三尺非一日之寒）

Two is company, three is a crowd.

两人正好，三人太吵。

the more, the merrier. 人多热气高。

The mountains have brought forth a mouse.

大山生出小鼠（指事倍功半）

A straw shows which way the wind blows. 草动知风向。

A watched pot never boils.

心急水不沸。

Lookers-on see most of the game.

当局者迷，旁观者清。

A cat may look at the king.

猫也可以看看皇帝。

No smoke without fire.

无风不起浪。

Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

杀鸡取卵。

Do unto others as you would be done unto.

（或：Do as you would be done by.）

你愿意别人如何对待你，你就应该如何对待别人。

（意思与孔子的格言很为相似：

Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

己所不欲，勿施于人）

God's mill grinds slow but sure.

天网恢恢，疏儿不漏

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.

做贼心虚。

Wise men learn by other men's mistakes.

前人之鉴，后世之师。

Let another's shipwreck be your sea-mark.

前车覆，后车鉴。

Water can upset ships as well as carry them.

水能载舟亦能覆舟。

写作常用格言警句

Do you love life? Then do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.

你热爱生命吗？那么就不要浪费时间，因为时间是构成生命的材料。

Confidence in you is the first step on the road to success.

自信是在成功之路迈出的第一步。

When winter comes, can spring be far behind?

--Shelley

冬天来了，春天还会远吗？

——雪莱

Knowledge is power.

--Bacon

知识就是力量。

——培根

Time is money.

--Franklin

时间就是金钱。

——富兰克林

Time is life, time is speed, and time is strength.

--Franklin

时间就是生命，时间就是速度，时间就是力量。

——富兰克林

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. --David Rockefeller

如果需要是发明之母，那么不满足是进步之父。

—— 洛克菲勒

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

--Emerson

自信是成功的第一秘诀。

——爱默生

To follow, without halt, one aim: there the secret of success.

--Poulova

向着一个目标不停地前进：这就是成功的秘诀。

——巴浦洛夫

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitably confines himself to ancient limits.

--Hawthorn

世界之所以有前进的动力，靠的是有人不安于现状；至于满足的人，总是局囿于旧框框之内。

——霍桑

Mistakes are an essential part of education.

--Russell

从错误中吸取教训是极为重要的。

——卢梭

Wisdom is only found in truth.

--Goethe

智慧只有在真理中找到。

——歌德

Genius only means hard working all one's life.

--Mendelevy

天才只意味着终身的勤奋工作。

——门捷列夫

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration. --Edison

天才就是百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的汗水。

——爱迪生

If I have seen farther than other man, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.

--Newton

如果是我比别人看得远一些，那是因为我站在了巨人的肩上。

——牛顿

My philosophy of life is work.

--Edison

我的人生哲学就是工作。

——爱迪生

I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore. I have amused myself by now and then finding a smooth pebble or a pretty shell, but the great ocean of truth still lies before me unknown and unexplored.

--Newton

看来我只是象个在海边玩耍的孩子，不时捡起一块小小的卵石，一片美丽的贝壳，聊以自娱，而横在我面前的真理的海洋，却还有待于发现和探索。

——牛顿

Something attempted, something done.

--Longfellow

尝试做一些事，才会做成一些事。

——朗费罗

Talkers are no good doers.

--Shakespeare

空谈家决不是实干家。

——莎士比亚

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. --Shakespeare

整个世界是个大舞台，所有的人不过是些演员而已。

——莎士比亚