精选英语经典名言警句(2)
Haste trips over its own heels. 忙易犯错。
A watched pot never boils. 心急喝不了热粥。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. 人越巨大，越能抑制怒火。
Speech is the image of actions. 语言是举动的反应。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明枪易躲，明枪难防。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每个人都是自己运气的修建师。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 蠢才在于勤恳，常识在于积聚。
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend. 宁有公开的敌人，不要虚假的朋友。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 缄默者有智慧。
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 从高尚到荒诞只有一步之遥。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.
凡人只想如何消磨时间，智者则尽力应用时光。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇气是：无所害怕地接收上天给你的所有。
He that does what he should not, shall feel what he would not.
若做了不应该做的事，则将发生自己所不盼望有的感到。
All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人铭刻之。
It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。
It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 避免染上恶习远比打消恶习轻易。
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. or resolution enough to mend them!
承认并矫正毛病，须要有足够的勇气和信心。
Trick and treachery are the practice if fools;they have not wit enough to be honest.
傻瓜习惯于阴谋跟背判的手法，他们还没聪慧到学会真挚待人。
Thirst after desert, not reward. 渴求美德而非奖赏。
If thou injure conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 损害良心，将受到良心的重办。
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否认过错，或意识到本人行动。
If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
若做了不应做之事，则必定会闻声不愿听之语。
An honest man will receive neither money nor praise; that is not his due.
正派的人既不收受他人的钱财，也不接受别人的阿谀，这些都不是他应得的。
The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure. 正直的人先阅历苦楚，而后享受欢喜。
Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 美德和幸福如同母女。
A bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠总怪工具差。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒惰能磨去才智的矛头。
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.
性命是一束污浊的火焰,我们依附自己心坎看不见的太阳而存在。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公然场所又表彰你的友人。
A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
Virtue never grows old. 美德永远不会过期。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每一个人都是本身幸福的建造师。
A lazy youth,a lousy age. 少时怠惰老来苦。
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.
要知世事神秘多，需要长期作学徒。
Patience and application will carry us through.
忍受和一心会使咱们渡过难关。
