精选经典英语名人名言
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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?
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。
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。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上总是有某个地方可以看到阳光。
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。
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。