如果妳希望成功，當以恒心為良友，以經驗為參謀，以謹慎為兄弟，以希望為哨兵。
－Thomas Edison（美國發明家愛迪生）
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
健康當然比金錢更為重要，因為我們所賴以獲得金錢的就是健康。
－Samuel Johnson（英國作家約翰遜）
Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.
意誌、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。
－Louis Pasteur（法國化學家巴斯勒）
All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
人世間所有的榮華富貴不如壹個好朋友。
－Voltaire（法國思想家伏爾泰）
There is a great different between exposure of the mind and that of the body.
表露思想和展露身體之間存在極大的不同。
－William Hazlitt（英國批評家散文家哈滋裏特）
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.
懷著希望去旅行比抵達目的地更愉快；而真正的成功在於工作。
－Robert Louis Stevenson（英國作家史蒂文森）
The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.
壹個人越偉大，對表揚和奉承就越反感。
－John Burroughs（美國博物學家巴勒斯）
I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.
可以說成功要*三件事才能贏得：努力，努力，再努力。
－Thomas Hardy（英國詩人小說家哈代）
Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
成功常常取決於知道需要多久才能成功。
－Charles Montesquieu（法國思想家孟德斯鳩）
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人，才能夠輕而易舉的完成困難的事。
－Friedrich Schiller（德國劇作家詩人席勒）
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You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
妳必須相信自己，這是成功的關鍵。
－Charles Chaplin（美國演員卓別林）
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".
凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說"不可能的"。
－Bonapart Napoleon（法國皇帝拿破侖）
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
進步是今天的活動，明天的保證。
－Emerson（美國思想家愛默生）
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。
－Richard Nixon（美國總統尼克松）
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
奇跡有時候是會發生的，但是妳得為之拼命的努力。
－C. Weizmann（愛爾蘭總統魏茨曼）
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
天上不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。
－G. Eliot（英國小說家艾略特）
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
如果妳很有天賦，勤勉會使其更加完善；如果妳能力壹般，勤勉會補足其缺陷。
－Joshuas Reynolds（美國散文家雷諾茲）
Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will ,rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.
事情很少又根本做不成的；其所以做不成，與其說是條件不夠，不如說是由於決心不夠。
－(La Racheforcauld（法國作家羅切福考爾德）
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
大膽挑戰，世界總會讓步。如果有時候妳被它打敗了，不斷地挑戰，它總會屈服地。
－W.M Thackeray（英國小說家薩克雷）
All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.
做壹切事情都應盡力而為，半途而廢永遠不行。
－R.H. Stoddard（美國詩人斯托達德）
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
壹個人可以失敗多次，但是只要他沒有開始責怪旁人，他還不是壹個失敗者。
－J.Burroughs（美國博物學家巴勒斯）
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
從壹個國家的廣告可以看出這個國家的理想。
－Norman Douglas（英國作家道格拉斯）
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
實現明天理想的唯壹障礙是今天的疑慮。
－Franklin Roosevelt（美國總統羅斯福）
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
人世間的大多數煩惱都是由那些想成為重要人物的人惹出來的。
－George Eliot（英國小說家艾略特）
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
如果妳懷疑自己，那麽妳的立足點確實不穩固了。
－Ibsen（挪威劇作家易蔔生）
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life.
理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向；沒有方向，就沒有生活。
－Leo Tolstory（俄國作家托爾斯泰）
Ideal are like the stars --- we never reach them , but like mariners , we chart our course by them.
理想猶如天上的星星，我們猶如稅收水手，雖不能達到天上，但是我們的航程可憑借它指引。
－Carl Schurz（美國政治家舒爾茨）
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.
人生應該樹立目標，否則妳的精神會白白浪費。
－R. Peters（美國法學家彼得斯）
Don't part with your illusions, When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
不要放棄妳的幻想。當幻想沒有了以後，妳還可以生存，但是妳雖生猶死。
－Mark Twain（馬克?吐溫）
Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
－J. Barrymore
001 The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it. 指責帶給妳刺痛，正是它的忠實之處。
002 Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher. 美德和幸福猶如母女。
003 TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人銘記之。
004 It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。
005 ’Tis easier to prevent bad hadits than to breadk them. 防止染上惡習遠比消除惡習容易。
006 An old man in a house is a good sign. 家中有老是壹個好跡象。
007 Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting. 別用言詞貶低任何人，無論國王還是奴隸。最卑戝的蜜蜂也
008 Beware,beware!he’ll cheat’ithout scruple,who can without fear. 當心，當心！行騙而無所畏懼者，也將無所顧慮。
009 How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them! 承認並改正錯誤，需要有足夠的勇氣和決心
010 If thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains. 妳若作惡，消失的是快樂而非痛苦；妳若行善，消失的
011 Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest. 傻瓜習慣於詭計和背判的伎倆，他們還沒聰明到學會真誠待人
012 Great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all. 貌美，力大，有錢，實無大益；壹
013 Let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness,ourselves for our own. 讓父親和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊重，讓我們因我們自己的
014 Thirst after desert,not reward. 渴求美德而非獎賞。
015 If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee. 傷害良心，將受到良心的嚴懲。
016 If thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life. 若欲求長壽，生活須行善，因為蠢行和邪惡會把生命縮短。
017 Each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout. 每年根除壹惡習，惡根亦會成完人。
018 None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error. 唯有有教養者方知如何承認錯誤，或意識到自己行為
019 If you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not. 若做了不應做之事，則必然會聽見不願聽之語。
020 Let thy vices die before thee. 讓惡習先妳死去。
021 Act uprightly,and despise calumny.Dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish’d marble. 為人正直的就不懼誹謗：汙物可以沾到泥墻上，卻附不
022 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錢財，也不接受他人的奉承，這些都不是他應得的
023 The honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains. 正直的人先經歷痛苦，然後享受歡樂；無賴
024 He that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not. 若做了不應該做的事，則將產生自己所不希望有的感覺。
025 The goodwill of the governed will be starv’d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors. 被統治者的良好願望，若無統治者的善待，亦會餓死
026 The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy. 勇者和智者均有同情諒解之心，而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之
027 Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity. 不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。
028 Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 誰能最恰當地評價壹個人，他的敵人還是他自己？
029 Cunning proceeds from want of capacity. 狡詐出自於能力的缺乏。
030 You may be too cunning for one,but not for all. 蒙騙得了壹人，但蒙騙不了所有的人。
031 Clean your finger,before you point at my spots. 先洗浄妳的手指，再指出我的汙跡。
032 He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so. 能承受責備並據此改過者，若不算是智者，也距之不遠
033 Tis hard to be poor and honest:An empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,’tis a stout one! 要做到貧窮而又誠實實在不容易
034 Keep conscience clear,then never fear. 問心無愧，永無畏懼。
035 When you’re good to others,you are best to yourself. 善待他人，即是最善待自己。
036 What is serving God?’Tis doing good to man. 什麽才算是為上帝奉獻？即對人行善。
037 A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder. 平靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡，而安寧和負罪則無法毗鄰。
038 There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good. 再壞的人都會暗自敬重好人。
039 A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor. 真正的偉人既不大肆踐踏小人物，也不會在皇帝面前奴顏卑膝。
040 Do me the favour to deny me at once. 立即把我拒絕，以此給我恩惠。
041 You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous. 如果妳能多做善事，妳會比王子還要幸福。
042 Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? 欺騙妳的莫過於自己。
043 Nothing so popular as goodness. 最的歡迎的是善行。
044 Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer. 別向醫生和律師提供錯誤的消息。
045 A good lawyar a bad neighbour. 好律師壞鄰居。
046 The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue. 豬的優點在於肥壯，人的優點在於美德。
047 Don’t throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass. 假如妳家的窗戶是玻璃做的，別用石頭打妳的鄰居。
048 Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming. 亞麻遠離火苗，青年遠離賭博。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
相聚愛益切，離別情更深。
A burnt child dreads the fire.
壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
Accidents will happen.
天有不測風雲。
A clean hand wants no washing.
身正不怕影子斜。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
問心無愧，高枕無憂。
A clear conscience is a sure card.
光明磊落，勝券在握。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
白日不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
寧為清貧，不為濁富。
A close mouth catches no flies.
病從口入，禍從口出。
A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
夜郎自大。
A common danger causes common action.
同仇敵愾。
A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常樂。
Actions speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告妳的朋友，在公開場合又表揚妳的朋友。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友難得。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
After a storm comes a calm.
否極泰來。
After black clouds, clear weather.
否極泰來。
After death, the doctor.
放馬後炮。
A good appetite is a good sauce.
饑不擇食。
A good example is the best sermon.
身教勝似言教。
A good face is a letter of recommendation.
好的相貌就是壹封推薦的介紹信。
A good fame is better than a good face.
好的名望勝於好的相貌。
A good friend is my nearest relation.
良友如近親。
A good marksman may miss.
智者千慮，必有壹失。
A good maxim is never out of season.
至理名言不會過時。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
A good winter brings a good summer.
瑞雪兆豐年。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
心花怒放，笑逐顏開。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
時勢造英雄。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
Ale will make a cat speak.
酒後吐真言。
A little is better than none.
聊勝於無。
A little leak will sink a great ship.
千丈之堤潰於蟻穴。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.
小不忍則亂大謀。
A little spark kindles a great fire.
星星之火，可以燎原。
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.
適可而止，過猶不及。
All covet, all lose.
貪多必失。
All is fair in war.
兵不厭詐。
All is not gold that glitters.
閃光的東西並不都是黃金。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條道路通羅馬。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
有情人終成眷屬。
All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment.
機會失去不再來，千貫萬貫難贖回。
All things are easy that are done willingly.
做事樂意，諸事容易。
All things are obedient to money.
有錢能使鬼推磨。
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
少女有了許多求婚者往往選中了最差的壹個。
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
輕諾者易忘。
A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
壹心不能二用。
A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.
壹心不能二用。
A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
人有兩只耳朵壹張嘴，就是為了多聽少說話。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
禍從口出。
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難。
A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge.
有寶何必人前誇。
A match will set fire to a large building.
星星之火，可以燎原。
Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
不到黃河心不死
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘，差之千裏。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中無老虎，猴子稱霸王。
A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
遠親不如近鄰。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
狗嘴裏吐不出象牙。
An evil chance seldom comes alone.
禍不單行。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
壹日之計在於晨。
An old physician, and a young lawyer.
醫生年老的好，律師年輕的俏。
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
樂觀的人在災難中看到希望；悲觀的人在希望中看到災難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
預防勝於治療。
Answer a fool according to his folly.
以其人之道，還治其人之身。
A penny saved is a penny earned.
省錢就是賺錢。
Apparel makes the man.
馬靠鞍裝，人靠衣裝。
Appearances are deceitful.
人不可貌相，海水不可鬥量。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.
千裏之行始於足下。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.
種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A secret between more than two is no secret.
兩人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。
A servant is known by his master's absence.
主人不在可以看出仆人的品行來。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
緘默的嘴，真誠的心，是世界上最令人贊美的東西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
Be honest rather clever.
誠實比聰明更要緊。
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
隨遇而安。
Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正對待所有的人，但不要輕信所有的人。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼見的不能全信，耳聞的也不能半信。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不輕諾，諾必果。
Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多聽少說。
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
寧可錢袋癟，不要腦袋空。
Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明槍易躲，暗箭難防。
Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
遠親不如近鄰。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功虧壹簣。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
腳踏兩頭要落空。
Beware beginnings.
慎始為上。
Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
貪多嚼不爛。
Bind the sack before it be full.
做事應適可而止。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚，人以群分。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身固然重要，教養更且重要。
Bite off more than one can chew.
貪多咽不下。
Bite the hand that feeds one.
恩將仇報。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良藥苦口利於病。
Blind men can judge no colours.
不宜問道於盲。
Blood is thicker than water.
血濃於水。
Bread is the staff of life.
民以食為天。
Brevity is the soul of wit.
言以簡潔為貴。
Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.
養虎貽患。
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.
投鼠忌器。
Burnt child dreads the fire.
壹朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩。
Business before pleasure.
事業在先，享樂在後。
Business is business.
公事公辦。
By other's faults, wise men correct their own.
他山之石，可以攻玉。
By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
讀書可以使我門的思想充實，談話使其更臻完美