谚语28
成功没有其它办法,只有好好工作而不存名利思想。 The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.
求学的三个基本原则是∶多观察、多体验、多钻研。 The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.
三件事最困难∶保守秘密,忘却伤害和善用精力。 The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour.
老虎一次尝到血,它的贪心就更大。要防微杜渐。 The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
舌头虽只三寸长,但能杀害六尺汉。 The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
舌头不是钢,伤人似刀剑。 The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
懒汉的舌头并不闲。 The tongue of idle persons is never idle.
兔子睡大觉,乌龟才得胜。 The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
真正的殷勤出于真诚。 The truest politeness comes from sincerity.
我们最不喜欢听到的真实,总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。 The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.
不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污浊。 The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
常用的钥匙总是光亮的。 The used key is always bright.
人的品德不能看他一时格外卖力,而要看他的日常行为。 The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.
说话声是最好的音乐。 The voice is the best music.
一个人的声音是没有力量的。 The voice of one man is the voice of no one.
人民之声力大无比。 The voice of the people is the voice of God.
水能载舟,也能覆舟。 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
适者生存。 The weakest goes to the wall.
精神财富是唯一的真正财富。 The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.
妻子是一家的钥匙。 The wife is the key of the house.
瓶中之酒不解渴。 The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
国家智慧,寓于格言,它们精辟,而且简练。 The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.
聪明人循理智办事,平常人照经验办事,蠢人按需要办事,畜生凭本能办事。 The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct.
聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。 The wise hand does not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
聪明人耳朵长,嘴巴短。 The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
智者善听人言。 The wise man is always a good listener.
聪明人知道自己不懂什么,蠢人则以为自己什么都懂。 The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all.
智者之言,是保卫而非攻击。 The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword.
有愿望就有信念。 The wish is father to the thought.
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
江山易改,本性难易。 The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
我的词典里没有“不可能”一词的。 The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary.
一言既出,驷马难追。 The word once spoken can never be recalled.
什么匠人出什么活。 The work shows the workman.
世界对思考的人来说,是一出喜剧,而对凭感觉的人看来,只是一出悲剧。 The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
人间犹如一架梯,有人缘梯上升,有人顺梯下降。 The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down.
有缘千里来相会。世界真渺小,何处不相逢。 The world is but a little place, after all.
最不行的人,往往能提出最好的意见。 The worst men often give the best advice.
最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸。 The worst misfortunes are these that never happen.
物以稀为贵。 The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
思想高尚者决不会孤单。 They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts.
懂得最少的人自以为最了不起。 They assume most who know the least.
说话最多的人,能做的事最少。 They bray most that can do least.
活着正常的人死也正常。 They die well that live well.
学问积年而成,而每日不自知也。 The years teach much which the days never know.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。 They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
活得最久长,终难免一亡。 They that live longest must die at last.
活得最长,见识最广。 They that live longest see most.
They who live longest see most.
过早地结婚,不久必悔恨。 They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen.
泪水汪汪播种,得意洋洋收获。 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
不能为所欲为者,也当尽力而为之。 They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can.
生活多愁,死亡必速。 They who live in a worry,Invite death in a hurry.
木已成舟。 Things done cannot be undone.
物以类聚,人以群分。 Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group.
过去的事情无可挽回。 Things past cannot be recalled.
欲断今日事,须知往日情。 Things present are judged by things past.
草率从事没有好结果。 Things rashly taken end as ill.
不合理的事不会持久。 Things unreasonable are never durable.
想想别人的不幸,你可以对自己的命运感到满足。 Think about the misfortune of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot.
想想你所说的一切,不要全部说出你所想的。 Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
想得好,聪明;筹画得好,更聪明;做得好,最聪明最好。 Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all.
勤思考,少发言,少动笔。 Think much, speak little, and write less.
说到曹操,曹操就到。 Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders.
三思而后行。 Think today and speak tomorrow.
同智者一起考虑,与俗人一起交谈。 Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
世界属于精力旺盛的人。 This world belongs to the energetic.
教学相长。 Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
能充分利用时间的人不会有时间多余。 Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
认为有了钱就能办一切的人,往往准备为了钱而无所不为。 Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
爬得高往往跌得重。 Those who climb high often have a fall.
抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。 Those who complain most are most to be complained of.
吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。 Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
吃得最多的人不一定最肥胖,读书最多的人不一定最聪明。 Those who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest.
自己有短处,不要揭别人的短处。正人先正己。 Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
劳动者该得食,不劳者该挨饿。 Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve.
谎言即使打扮得不错,到头来总会被揭穿。 Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.
恶意可以遮暗真理,但不能抹杀真理。 Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out.
狐狸虽会跑,小鸡有翅膀。 Though the fox run, the chicken has wings.
创伤可愈合,伤疤犹留存。 Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains.
即使敌人小如鼠,也要防他如防虎。 Though your enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.