英汉谚语(2)

To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
既当演说家，又做实干家。
Variety is the spice of life.
变化是生活的调味品。
Little goods, little care.
钱财少，不烦恼。
Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。
A little pot is soon hot.
壶小易沸，量小易怒。
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。
Delays are dangerous.
因拖出危险。
Let bygones be bygones.
既往宜不咎。
Look on both sides of the shield.
看问题要从两面看。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点。
All men can't be first.
不可能人人得冠军。
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。
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨师太多烧坏汤。
Standers-by see more than gamesters.
旁观者清，当局者迷。
Self-praise is no recommendation.
自夸不足为自荐。
They brag most who can do least.
本领最小的人最会吹牛。
The good is the enemy of the best.
过得去是精益求精的敌人。
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
礼貌不用花一分钱，却能赢得一切。
A man can't ride your back unless it is bent.
你的腰不弯，别人就不能骑在你的背上。
Conceit is the quicksand of success.
自负是成功的流沙。
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.
正义的战争创造持久的和平。
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.
能容忍你想羞辱的人，便是忍耐。
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
要有单独自处的能力，不要放过孤寂的好处。
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
伟大的思想需要起落架，也需要双翼。
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。
He is rich that has few wants.
寡欲者富。
Every man at forty is a fool or a physician.
人到四十，如果不是傻子，就该知道保养身体。
A bow long bent grows weak.
常拉满弓无力。
He is wise that knows when he is well enough.
知足为智者。
A good conscience is a continuous feast.
问心无愧天天乐。
Prevention is better than cure.
治病不如防病。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
清洁仅次于圣洁。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果，医生远离我。
In sports and journeys men are known.
从体育和旅行中可以看出男子的品德。
No man is happy but by comparison.
人的幸福都是比较而言的。
There is no joy without 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。
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
看布裁衣。
Human pride is human weakness.
人类的骄傲即是人类的弱点。
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。
Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
愤怒是吹灭心中之灯的风。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
乌云背后有阳光。
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
有时吃亏就是最大的便宜。
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。
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。
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。
Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you fall off.
人生就像坐过山车，只要不掉下来，就会有起有伏。
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.
20岁我们按意愿做事；30岁我们凭智能做事；40岁我们靠判断做事。
Adversity is the first path to truth.
逆境是通向真理的第一条道路。
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
爱你的敌人吧，因为他们让你知道自己的缺点。
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
维持现状不能让我们有所进步。
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
山外有山，人外有人。
Well done is better than well said.
说得好不如做得好。
We must either find a way or make one.
找到一条路，否则走出一条路。
There is no substitute for victory.
胜利没有替代品。
Honesty is the best image.
诚实是最好的形象。
There are things in life that money can't buy.
金钱并非万能。
Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.
学习学习的方法是人生最重要的技巧。
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
权力往往导致腐败；绝对的权力导致绝对的腐败。
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
快乐的真正源泉是行善。
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
有智能而无志向，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它，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。
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
要向射中靶，必须瞄准比靶略微高些。
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什幺，而要问你们能为国家做些什幺。
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什幺。
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。
Happiness is a form of courage.
愉快是勇气的一种形式。
No man was ever wise by chance.
任何人的聪明才智绝非得之偶然。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
金钱可以成为很好的仆人，却绝对是最坏的主人。