英语格言和谚语

1. Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

2. God helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

3. Easier said than done.

说起来容易做起来难。

4. Where there is a will,there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

5. One false step will make a great difference.

失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6. Slow and steady wins the race.

稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7. A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

8. Experience is the mother of wisdom.

实践出真知。

9.Work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.

无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11.More hasty,less speed.

欲速则不达。

12. Its never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

13.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里之行始于足下。

14.Look before you leap.

三思而后行。

15.Rome was not built in a day.

伟业非一日之功。

16.Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

17.Well begun half done.

好的开始等于成功的一半。

18.It is hard to please all.

众口难调。

19.Out of sight,out of mind.

眼不见，心不念。

20.Facts speak plainer than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

21.Call back white and white back.

颠倒黑白。

22.First things first.

凡事有轻重缓急。

23.News travels fast.

坏事传千里。

24.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

25.Live not to eat, but eat to live.

活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

26.Action speaks louder than words.

行动胜过语言。

27.Eastor west,home is the best.

金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

28.Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

君子在德不在衣。

29.Beauty will buy no beef.

漂亮不能当饭吃。

30.Like and like make good friends.

趣味相投。

31.The older, the wiser.

姜是老的辣。

32.Do as Romans do in Rome.

入乡随俗。

33.An idle youth,a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

34.As the tree,so the fruit.


种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。


One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.

袜子永远不够穿。圣诞节来了又去，我一双袜子也没有收到。人们坚持要送书给我。


Professor Dumbledore in the first Harry Potter book by J.K Rowling. Dumbledore was played by Michael Gambon in some of the films.

邓布利多教授在JK罗琳的第一本《哈利波特》小说中说道。迈克尔·冈本在几部电影里扮演了邓布利多。


The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.

女人不想在圣诞的袜子里找到的唯一东西就是他们的丈夫。

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

我六岁的时候就不相信圣诞老人了。麻麻带我去百货公司看他，他向我要签名。

Activity is the only road to knowledge . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books . (Thomas Jefferson , American president)

一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.)

A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. (Adams Franklin , American humorist )

我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.)

If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest . (Benjamin Franklin , American president )

倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Imagination is more important than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )

想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. )

Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )

知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)

The empty vessels make the greatest sound . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )

满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)