英语美文,共同赏析
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.
      世上无难事，只怕有心人。
      As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.
      一寸光阴一寸金。
      All things in their being are good for something.
      天生我才必有用。
      There is nothing permanent except change.
      唯有变化才是永恒的。
      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.
      知识之于心灵正如健康之于身体。
      A word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses.
      一言既出，驷马难追。
      Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
      改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。
      A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old
      until regrets take the place of dreams.
      只要一个人还有所追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。
      Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
      今日一只蛋，胜过明天一只鸡。
      There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
      最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。
      Brevity is the soul of wit.
      言贵简。
      Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.
      谋虑要慢，行动要快。
      Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
      友谊是双方的事。
      One tree does not make a forest.
      独木不成林。
      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。
      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。
      A 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。
           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。
      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。
      Fish begins to stink at the head.
      上梁不正下梁歪。
      First come, first served.
      先来先招待。
      Easy come, easy go.
      来得容易去得快。
      More haste, less speed.
      欲速则不达。
      No pains, no gains.
      不劳无获。
      Nothing venture, nothing gain.
      不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
      Once bit, twice shy.
      一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
      Out of sight, out of mind.
      眼不见，心不烦。
      Well fed, well bred.
      衣食足而后知廉耻。
      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险，但不以良心冒险。
      It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman.
      使人成为君子的并不是讲究的衣着。
      Pride hurts, modesty benefits.
      满招损，谦受益。
      A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
      害怕痛苦的人其实已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
      Adversity is a good disciple.
      逆境是锻炼人的最好场所。
      Art is long, life is short.
      人生有涯艺无涯。
      Well begun, half done.
      好的开始是成功的一半。
      You can\'t eat your cake and have it also.
      世事两难全。
      Calamity is man\'s true touchstone.
      患难是人的试金石。
      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坚信有人爱我们。
      The first step is as good as half over.
      第一步是最关键的一步。
      You never know your luck.
      命运好坏不由己。
      Sow nothing, reap nothing.
      春不播，秋不收。
      The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
      精神的财富是唯一的财富。
      You can\'t judge a tree by its bark.
      人不可貌相。
      Clothes do not make the man.
      人不在衣装。
          Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
      人往高处走，水往低处流。
    
      No sweet without sweat.
      幸福来自汗水。
      Better the last smile than the first laughter.
      宁可最后微笑，不要首先狂喜。
      One for all, all for one.
      我为人人，人人为我。
      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.
      创业难，守业更难。
      Never do things by halves.
      做事不可半途而废。
      No cross, no crown.
      未经苦难，得不到荣冠。
      The fire is the test of gold; adversity is the test of a strong man.
      火对金子是考验，逆境对人是磨练。
      Bad times make a good man.
      艰难困苦出能人。
      There is no royal road to learning.
      求知无坦途。
      Doubt is the key to knowledge.
      怀疑是知识的钥匙。
      Sharp tools make good work.
      工欲善其事，必先利其器。
      Wasting time is robbing oneself.
      浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
      Nurture passes nature.
      教养胜过天性。
      There is no garden without its weeds.
      没有不长杂草的花园。
      A man is only as good as what he loves.
      一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来衡量。
      Wealth is the test of a man\'s character.
      财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
      The best hearts are always the bravest.
      心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
      Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
      礼貌和美貌是分不开的伴侣。
      Plain living and high thinking.
      生活要朴素，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.
      诚实为上策。
      Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
      感恩是精神高尚的标志。
      It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
      判断自己比判断别人要难得多。
      An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn.
      乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到它的刺。
           Let bygones be bygones.
      既往宜不咎。
      Look on both sides of the shield.
      看问题要从两面看。
           Never is a long word.
      不要轻易说“决不”。
      The overturned cast ahead is a warning to the carts behind.
      前车之覆，后车之鉴。
      Spare the rod and spoil the child.
      不打不成器。
          Standers-by see more than gamesters.
      旁观者清，当局者迷。
      。
      There is no disputing about tastes.
      人各有所好。
      It is easy to be wise after the event.
      事后诸葛亮容易当。
      Patience is the ability to put up with people you\'d like to put down.
      
      Fair words make fools fain.
      甜言蜜语会使愚者得意忘形。
      Please all and you please none.
      要面面俱到者，面面不到。
      The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
      最高尚的复仇是宽容。
      A soft answer turneth away wrath.
      温和的回答可以息怒。
      Advice when most needed is least heeded.
      最容易忽视的建议往往是最重要的。
      Be just before you are generous.
      要慷慨必先求公正。
      Make the best of a bad bargain.
      已知吃亏，尽力而为。
      He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
      做事过于苛求，反把事情弄坏。
      When all else is lost the future still remains.
      就是失去了一切别的，也还有未来。
      The world is his who enjoys it.
      活着感到快乐，世界就属于你。
      A little labor, much health.
      适量的劳动有益于健康。
      Laugh and grow fat.
      心宽体胖。
      Work won\'t kill but worry will.
      劳动无害，忧愁伤身。
     alloy.
      世界上没有十全十美的快乐。
      Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
      进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。
      Good order is the foundation of all things.
      良好的秩序是一切的基础。
      He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
      植树的人，不但爱己，而且爱人。
      The world is but a little place, after all.
      天涯原咫尺，何处不相逢。
      Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
      仁爱是联结社会的金链。
      Where there is unity, there is victory.
      有团结就有胜利。
      United we stand, divided we fall.
      团结则存，分裂则亡。
      Love is the mother of love.
      情生情，爱生爱。
      Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
      爱情不分贵贱。
      True love never grows old.
      真正的爱永不衰老。
      Hope is a lover\'s staff.
      希望是爱者的手扶之杖。
      It is better to give than to take.
      施比受更有福。
      Example is better than precept.
      身教胜于言传。
      Diligence is the mother of success.
      勤勉是成功之母。
      From saving comes having.
      富有来自勤俭。
          Man proposes, God disposes.
      谋事在人，成事在天。
      No one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
      穿鞋的人自己知道哪里夹脚。
      Vainglory blossoms but never bears.
      虚荣光开花，永远不结果。
          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。
      It is always morning somewhere in the world.
      世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
      You cannot step twice into the same river.
      你不能两次踏入同一条河流。
      
           有智慧而无志向，正如鸟儿没有翅膀。
      Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
      宽恕不能改变过去，但能拓宽未来。
      It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.
      花二十年建立起来的声誉可以在五分钟之内完全摧毁。
      Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.
      人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。
      If winter comes, can spring be far behind.
      冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
      It is great to be great, but it is greater to be human.
      成为伟人是美好的，做一个真正的人更难得。
      The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
      实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
      Genius only means hard-working all one\'s life.
      天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。
      Ideal is the beacon.
      理想是指路明灯。
      I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
      我所能奉献的没有其他，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。
      It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant
      trees.
      天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。
            Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
      奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命地努力。
      Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your
      country.
      不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。
      Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
      进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。
      It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
      为原则而斗争比实践该原则要容易。
      You never know what you can do till you try.
      除非亲自尝试，否则你不会知道自己能做什么。
      Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.
      有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。
      Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
      良药苦口利于病。
      To strive to seek, to find and not to yield.
      要奋斗、要探索、要有所发现而不要屈服。
      Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.
      权力永远意味着责任和危险。
      As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.
      一旦你觉得做某件事年纪太大了，赶紧去做。
      Success grows out of struggle to overcome difficulties.
      成功来之于克服困难的斗争。
      Victory won\'t come to me unless I go to it.
      胜利不会向我走来，我必须自己走向胜利。
      Success covers a multitude of blunders.
      成功由大量的失误铸造。
      A light heart lives long.
      豁达者长寿。
      Cheerfulness is the promoter of health.
      心情愉快是健康的增进剂。
      Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
      幸福首先在于健康。
      A penny saved is a penny gained.
      省下一分钱等于得到一分钱。
      An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of gold.
      一盎司谨慎抵得上一磅黄金。
      To fill the hour----that is happiness.
      让时间过得充实些，那才是幸福。
      The first wealth is health.
      健康是人生第一财富。
      Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
      年纪只是个感觉的问题，而不是岁月的问题。
      There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
      好友胜过亲兄弟。
      Learning is the eye of mind.
      学问是心灵的眼睛。
      Blood is thicker than water.
      血浓于水。
      Wade not in unknown water.
      不知水之深浅，不可粗心淌河。
      In the end things will mend.
      车到山前必有路。
          Let\'s cross the bridge when we come to it.
      既来之，则安之。
      Diffidence is the poison of true friendship.
      疑心是友谊的毒药。
      No common goal, no common cause to cooperate.
      道不同，不相为谋。
      Happiness lies in the consciousness we have it.
      幸福在于自知拥有幸福。
      Industry is fortune\'s right hand, and frugality her left.
      勤劳是财富的右手，节俭是她的左手。
      To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
      要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。
    有多幸福。
      Let bygones be bygones.
      过去的事情就让他过去吧。
      Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
      衡量生命的尺度是思想和行动，而不是时间。
      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.
      时间是一只永远飞翔的鸟。
      If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
      想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。
            Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.
      铭记在心：每一天都是一年中最好的日子。
                Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
      欢乐是人们的双翼，哀愁是人们发奋的动力。
      Labor is often the father of pleasure.
      劳动常常是快乐之父。
    got to like what you do.
      不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。
           Forced love does not last.
      强扭的瓜不甜。
      Give and take.
      有来有往。
      He who would search for pearls must dive below.
      欲求珍珠，必潜水底。
      A secret between more than two is no secret.
      三人知晓，秘密难保。
      A snow year, a good year.
      瑞雪兆丰年。
      Better wait on the cook than on the doctor.
      药补不如食补。
      Diligence is the mother of fortune.
      幸运出自勤奋。
      It is never too late to learn.
      学不厌晚。
      Kind hearts are more than coronets.
      善良的心地胜过桂冠。
      Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
      少说话，多观察。
      Knowledge is no burden.
      艺多不压身。
      Let a sleeping dog lie.
      莫惹事生非。
      Man does what he can, and God what He will.
      人为其能为，神为所欲为。
      Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
      世上无难事，只怕有心人。
      Offense is the best defense.
      进攻是最有效的防御。
      Save money against a rainy day.
      平时存钱，防备雨天。
      The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
      这山望着那山高。
           He who teaches, learns.
      教学相长。
      Hear twice before you speak once.
      多听少说。
   。
      Seeing is believing.
      眼见为实。
      Spare when you re young, and spend when you re old.
      少时俭省老来花。
            The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant.
      学，然后知不足。