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PROVERBS1. 拙匠总怪工具差。A bad workman always blames his tools.2. 知足长乐。A contented mind is a perpetual feast.3. 好的开端等于成功的一半。A good beginning is half the battle.4. 壶小易热，量小易怒。A little pot is soon hot.5. 好马重负。All lay loads on a willing horse.6. 心旷神怡，万事顺利。A merry heart goes all the way.7. 狡辩比不辩护还遭。Bad excuses are worse than none.8. 人的品格是事业成功的先决条件。Character is the first and last word in success circle.9. 整洁近于美德。Cleanliness is next to goodness.10. 彬彬有礼，惠而不费。Courtesy costs nothing.11. 睡得早，起得早，聪明，富裕，身体好。Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.12. 满瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡。Empty vessels make the most noise.13. 人皆有弱点。Every man hath his weak side.14. 人的一切都是应当是美丽的：容貌、衣着、心灵和思想。Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, dress, soul and idea.15. 凡事走向极端是危险的。Extremes are dangerous.16. 忠言逆耳。Good advice is harsh to the ear.17. 欲尽得必尽失Grasp all, lose all.18. 大的思想造就伟大的人物。Great hopes make great men.19. 行为善者才真美。Handsome is he who does handsomely.20. 结交可广，知己可少。Have but few friends, though many acquaintances.21. 兼听则明，偏信则暗。Hear all parties.22. 智者寡言。He is a wise man who speaks little.23. 有自知之明者被人尊敬。He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.24. 无欲者最富有，贪欲者最贫穷。He is rich enough that wants nothing.25. 使他人幸福的人，是真正的幸福。He is truly happy who makes others happy.26. 诚实乃上策。Honesty is the best policy.27. 抱最好的希望，作最坏的打算。Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.28. 懒惰是万恶之源。Idleness is the root of all evil.29. 敢于梦想，一切都将成为可能。If we dream, everything is possible.30. 仁慈的心田是花园，崇高的思想是根茎，友善的言语是花朵，良好的行为是果实。Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are flowers and kind deeds are the fruits.31. 欢笑，整个世界伴你欢笑。哭泣，只有你独自向隅而泣。Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.32. 衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。Life is measured by thought and action not by time.33. 人生并非尽乐事。Life is not all beer and skittles.34. 别久情疏。Long absent, son forgotten.35. 三思而后行。Look before you leap.36. 旁观者清，当局者迷。Lookers-on see most of the game.37. 观其待人而知其人。Manners make the man.38. 患难之交。Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.39. 没有苦难，就没有快乐。No cross, no crown.40. 自寻苦恼。Nobody enemy but his own.41. 前车之覆，后车之鉴。One mans fault is another mans lesson.42. 严于律己，宽以待人。Pardon all men, but never thyself.43. 理智是人生的灯塔。Reason is the guide and light of life.44. 乐极生悲，苦尽甘来。Sadness and gladness succeed one another.45. 流静水深，人静心深。Still waters run deep.46. 烈火炼真金中，逆境炼壮士。The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men.47. 江山易改，本性难移。The fox may grow grey, but never good.48. 知识越广博，越感无知己。The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.49. 美德是无价之宝。Virtue is a jewel of great price.50. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁。Weak things united become strong.51. 判断一个人，不听言语看行动。We cant judge a person by what he says but what he does.52. 有志者事，事竟成。Where there is a will there is a way.53. 意志就是力量。Will is power.54. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝。Wise men are silent; fools talk.55. 智者以他人挫折为鉴，愚者必自身碰壁方知觉。Wise men learn by others harm, fools by their own.56. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Nothing ventured, nothing gained.57. 耕耘早者，收获早。Early snow, early mow.58. 付出总有回报。Hard work never killed.59. 要记得牢就得方法好。Method is the mother of memory.60. 良好的开端是成功的一半。Well beginning is half done.61. 来得容易，去得快。Easy come, easy go.62. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。Who laughs best, who laughs last.63. 一不做，二不休。In for a penny and in for a pound.64. 天生我才必有用。All things in there being are good for something.65. 欲速则不达。Haste makes waste.66. 办事切莫半途而废。Never do things by halves.67. 不劳无获。No pains, no gains.68. 坚持就是胜利。Perseverance means victory.69. 多问长知识。Ask much know much.70. 有其父，必有其子。Like father like son.71. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。Deal with a man as he deals with you.72. 切莫依赖明天。Tomorrow never comes.73. 事实胜于雄辩。Actions speak louder than words.74. 阳光总在风雨后。Nothing down, nothing up.75. 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？If winter comes, can spring be far behind?76. 心之所愿，无所不成。Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.77. 过去的痛苦就是快乐。Pain past is pleasure.78. 风暴使树木扎根。Storms make trees take deeper roots.79. 得寸进尺。Give one an inch and he will take a mile.80. 说起来容易，做起来难。Easier said than done.81. 人生何处不相逢。Friendship may meet but mountains never.82. 友谊是双方的事。Friendship is stands not on ones side.83. 患难见真情。A friend in need is a friend indeed.84. 君子之交淡若水。Friends agree best at a distance.85. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to bowl.86. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。As distance tests a horses strength, so time reveals a persons heart.87. 不要怯懦，要为你的信念而战。Dont show the white feather fight for beliefs.88. 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.89. 不再偿试意味着放弃成功。Given up another try means giving up success.90. 你一定要相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。You have to believe in yourself, and this is the secret of success.91. 自信是走向成功的第一步。Confidence in you is the first step on the road to success.92. 博学者用学习来消磨时间。A learned man is one who kills time by studying.93. 行动是通往知识的唯一道路。Activity is the only road to knowledge.94. 财富不是永远的朋友，朋友是永远的财富。Wealth is not an evermore friend, but a friend is permanent wealth.95. 习惯成自然。Habit is second nature.96. 不到长城非好汉。You are not a man until you see the Great Wall.97. 世界是一本书，足不出户读其一页而已。The world is a book .He who stays at home reads but one page.98. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As a man sows, so he shall reap.99. 片云足以蔽日，只手可以遮天。One cloud may hide all the sun.100. 差之毫里，谬以千里。A miss is as good as a mile.101. 无私则无畏。Where there is nothing to lose, there is nothing for fear.102. 凭一事不能知一人善恶。A man is not good or bad for one action.103. 生而求学，学以谋生。Love to learn, and learn to live.104. 水滴石穿。Constant dropping wears away stones.105. 机不可失，时不再来。Don t let slip an opportunity as it may never come again.106. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。Just as bitter medicine cures sickness, unpalatable advice benefits conduct.107. 有耳语处必有谎言。Where there is whispering there is lying.108. 巧妇难为无米之炊。What is a workman without his tools?109. 疑问与知识并增。With knowledge, doubt increases.110. 智慧只能在真理中寻找。A wise traveler never despises his own county.111. 新官上任三把火。A new broom sweeps clean.112. 滚石不生苔，转行不聚财。A rolling stone gathers no moss.113. 英雄所见略同。Great minds think alike.114. 覆水难收。Don t cry over spilled milk.115. 未雨绸缪。Make the hay while the sun shines.116. 光阴一去不复返。Yesterday will not be called again.117. 有失才有得。You can t make omelets without breaking eggs.118. 骄兵必败。Pride goes before a fall.119. 一花独放还是春，百花齐放春满园。A single flower does not make a spring.120. 一燕不成夏。One swallow does not make a summer.121. 滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。A rolling stone gathers no moss.122. 好心有好报。It will pay to be kind to others.123. 好心未必有好报。The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.124. 耕耘早者，收获早。Early snow, early mow.125. 付出总有回报。Hard work never killed.126. 礼貌无本可盈万利。Politen