鲍勃莱基:经典英语格言3000句(8)

 2801 Take the whole into consideration. but do the job bit by bit. 大处着眼,小处着手.
　　 2802 Water is a boon in the desert,but the drowning man curses it. 水是沙漠里的恩物，快淹死的人却诅咒它。
　　 2803 There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 凡事在成熟前，都是苦味的。
　　 2804 Time lost cannot be won again./ Time past cannot be recalled. 光阴一去不复返.
　　 2805 To widen your life without deepening it is only to weaken it. 扩大 生活面而不加深生活,只能削弱生活.
　　 2806 The poorest man in the world is he who has nothing but money. 世上最穷的人是除了钱以外什么也没有的人.
　　 2807 A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 长途同行,逆旅共处,伴侣品格,洞察如烛.
　　 2808 A man of moral integrity does not fear any slanderous attack. 人正不怕影子斜。
　　 2809 A man without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人没有知识犹如房子没有地基.
　　 2810 A ship in harbour is safe-but that is not what ships are for. 船停泊在港中固然安全，可是这并非造船的目的。
　　 2811 You only live once. But if you work it right, once is enough. 你只活一次,如果活得好,一次就够了.
　　 2812 You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success. 人必须相信自已,这是成功的秘诀.
　　 2813 An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy(=learning). 一分天资抵得上十分学问.
　　 2814 What one loses on the swings one makes up on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆。
　　 2815 Wherever valour true is found,true modesty will there abound. 真正的勇敢,都饱含谦虚.
　　 2816 When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you. 机不可失,时不再来.
　　 2817 He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick. 要想打狗，找棍不难。/欲加之罪，何患无辞。
　　 2818 As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 一寸光阴一寸金.
　　 2819 If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. 如果你怀疑自己,那你的立足点确实不稳固了.
　　 2820 East is East and West is West,and never the twain shall meet. 东是东来西是西，两者永远要分离。
　　 2821 Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. 千古之业非坐守可得.
　　 2822 It takes two to speak truth-one to speak and another to hear. 说真话要有两个人——一个说，一个听。
　　 2823 It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. 为原则而斗争容易,按原则的要求活着难.
　　 2824 Inflation is being broken with a lot of money in your pocket. 通货膨胀是你的口袋有大量的钱，而你破产了。
　　 2825 Poverty of speech is the outward evidence of poverty of mind. 语言贫乏说明头脑空虚。
　　 2826 Poverty shows us who our friends are and who are our enemies. 贫穷让我们看出谁是朋友,谁是敌人.
　　 2827 Learn to creep before you leap. Learn to walk before you run. 先学爬,再学跳. 先学走,再学跑.
　　 2828 Men may doubt what you say,but they will believe what you do. 别人可能怀疑你说的话，但他们会相信你的行动。
2829 Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the anwser. 妥协只不过是修改问题以迁就答案.
　　 2830 Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease. 欢乐就是健康，忧郁就是病痛。
　　 2831 Conceit comes from shallowness; arrogance is due to ignorance. 骄傲来自浅薄，狂妄出于无知。
　　 2832 Co-operation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyhow. 所谓合作，就是面带笑容去做非做不可的事。
　　 2833 Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence. 勇敢只有由审慎指导才能成为美德.
　　 2834 Discontent is the first step in progress of a man or a nation. 不满足是一个人或一个民族进步的第一步。
　　 2835 Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. 品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择.
　　 2836 Men learn by their sufferings more than by any other teaching. 从自己的苦难中学到的东西胜过别人的教导.
　　 2837 If a nag travels a thousand li,it's only through perseverance. 驽马千里,功在不舍.
　　 2838 I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. 我唯一遣憾的是我只有一次生命可以献给祖国.
　　 2839 It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody. 轻信所有人和不相信一切人同样是缺点。
　　 2840 Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 天才是将心里想到的东西付诸实施的能力.
　　 2841 He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. 有想象力而无学问的人,等于有翅无脚.
　　 2842 Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. 大业成于百折不挠,不论力量大小.
　　 2843 When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. 当一个内心开始斗争时,他就有了价值.
　　 2844 When I say I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. 当我说我了解女人时，我的意思是我知道我并不了解她们。
　　 2845 Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year. 把这铭记在你心里:每一天都是一年中最好的日子.
　　 2846 A man may woo where he will, but he will wed where his hap is. 向谁求爱由自己,与谁结婚K机遇.
　　 2847 A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another. 傻子在自己家里比聪明人在别人家里知道得多。
　　 2848 A ganging fit is aye getting./ A going foot is always getting. 腿勤生财
　　 2849 The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft. 人生在世的首要大事是保持灵魂的高尚.
　　 2850 To follow,without halt, one aim:There's the secret of success. 不停顿地向一个目标前进:这就是成功的秘密.
　　 2851 There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day. 人生没有不重要的一天.
　　 2852 Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 充分利用时间的人不会有余暇.
　　 2853 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说不做的人,就象长满杂草的院子.
　　 2854 A man,a horse,and a dog are never weary of each others company. 人、马、狗可以永远相伴不厌倦。
　　 2855 Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success. 意志,工作,等待,是成功的三角塔的基石.
　　 2856 He who trusts all things to chance makes a lottery of his life. 一切都指望机会的人使自己的生活变得象赌彩票一样.
　　 2857 As truth is like the sun, it cannot be shadad up by one's palm. 真理象太阳,一手难遮挡.
　　 2858 Follow love and it will flee,Flee love and it will follow thee. 求爱爱避开,躲爱被爱缠.
　　 2859 Fame is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. 盛名殊誉乃德才之忌.
　　 2860 Face the fearful with no fears, and its fearfulness dissapears. 见怪不怪，其怪自败。
　　 2861 Envy is a most terrible thing,and would spoil anybody's nature. 忌妒是很可怕的东西，它会毁损一切人的天性。
　　 2862 If youth knew what age would crave, it would both get and save. 青年若知老来苦,勤俭两字永不丢.
　　 2863 It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crop. 为去年的庄稼浇水徒劳无功。
　　 2864 Optimist:A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. 乐观主义者：被狮子逼上了树但仍然能欣赏风景的人。
　　 2865 How can you catch tiger cubs withour entering the tiger's lair? 不入虎穴,焉得虎子.
　　 2866 Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill pennyworth. 诚实代价高,换来即是宝.
　　 2867 Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书.
　　 2868 Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done. 不必告诉我你多么勤奋,只要告诉我你做了多少事.
　　 2869 Death is the only pure,beautiful conclusion of a great passion. 死是伟大的激情的唯一纯洁,美丽的终结.
　　 2870 Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. 奇迹有时候是会发生的,但是你得为之而拼命地努力.
　　 2871 Money can buy off a mean person, but it can never buy off truth. 金钱可以收买小人,却不能收买真理.
　　 2872 I think of music as a menu. I can't eat the same thing everyday. 我把音乐比作菜单。我不能每天吃同样的菜。
　　 2873 If dogs could talk,it would take a lot of fun out of owning one. 如果狗能讲话，那养狗就无多少乐趣了。
　　 2874 Love is all very well in its way, but friendship is much higher. 爱情自有其美好处,可是友谊更可贵.
　　 2875 Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him. 机会难得,聪明人从不交臂失之.
　　 2876 One loses time seeking for words; one kiss brings understanding. 寻找言辞徒费时光,一吻即可得理解.
　　 2877 Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. 完全的理解有时几乎会使乐趣消失.
　　 2878 People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little. 人们埋怨的常常是太少,而不是没有.
2879 Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。
　　 2880 Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. 仁爱是联结社会的金链.
　　 2881 Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. 勤劳是事业的灵魂,是成功的基石.
　　 2882 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
　　 2883 If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. 要想知道钱的价值,就想办法去借钱试试.
　　 2884 Every one can keep house better than her mother till she trieth. 姑娘都说自己比妈妈会当家.
　　 2885 As long as the green hills last,there'll always be wood to burn. 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧.
　　 2886 Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys. 没人自称喜欢听闲话，可是闲话人人都爱听。
　　 2887 Happy is he who only desires what he may and does what he ought. 不作非分之想又能尽本分的人是快乐的。
　　 2888 He may freely receive courtesies that knows how to requite them. 知道如何还礼的人才可随意收礼.
　　 2889 You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 你可以把马牵到河边，但无法强迫它喝水。
　　 2890 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom,vice and poverty. 工作撵跑三个恶鬼:无聊,堕落和贫穷.
　　 2891 Anger is seldom without an argument, but seldom with a good one. 生气很少没有理由，不过很少有一个很好的理由。
　　 2892 A well-Prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. 遇事有准备的人逢逆境不失望，处顺境不大意。
　　 2893 A good husband makes a good wife. A good Jack makes a good Jill. 丈夫好,妻子也好.
　　 2894 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever. 好书如好友,友情永不渝.
　　 2895 There is strength in numbers, but impotence in singlehandedness. 人多势众,孤掌难鸣.
　　 2896 There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. 生和死都无法治,只有享受两者之间的间隔.
　　 2897 To youth I have but three words of counsel-wrok, work, and work. 对青年,我的忠告只有三句话----工作,工作,工作.
　　 2898 To profit form good advice requires more widsom than to give it. 提出忠告需要智慧,采纳忠告更需要智慧.
　　 2899 We must set the example but that doesn't mean we must follow it. 我们必须树立起榜样，但这并不意味着我们必须照办。
　　 2900 Sloth makes all things diffiicult, but industry all things easy. 懒惰使一切都难办;勤奋使凡事皆顺利.

2901 The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend. 最宝贵的财富是明智而忠实的朋友.
　　 2902 The net of heaven is large and wide,but it lets nothing through. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
　　 2903 The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work 成功先于工作的唯一地方是在字典里. 注:字典里字母S先于W.
　　 2904 No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him. 任何人自己都不是完整的; 他的朋友是他的其余部分.
　　 2905 Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards. 大多数吵架当时都是不可避免的，事后都是令人难以置信的。
　　 2906 Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. 对大多数人来说,他们认定自已有多幸福,就有多幸福.
　　 2907 Never fear a hard-beaked bird,but beware of a heart-eating worm. 不怕硬嘴鸟，最怕蛀心虫。
　　 2908 Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. 与人相处切忌卖弄聪明与学识。
　　 2909 New brooms sweep clean. / A new official applies strict measures. 新官上任三把火.
　　 2910 They who lay traps for others are often caught by their own bait. 给别人设圈套的人常常落在自己的圈套里。
　　 2911 Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness. 业精于勤,荒于嬉.
　　 2912 After a certain number of years.our faces become our biographies. 经过若干年之后,我们的面貌就成了我们的传记.
　　 2913 A little kiss while you are sleeping, to give you sweeter dreams. 睡时一个吻,美梦到天明.
　　 2914 Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. 抱负是一切高尚操行的萌芽.
　　 2915 What art offers is space-a certain breathing room for the spirit. 艺术提供的空间——一种给心灵呼吸的空间。
　　 2916 You need to be discreet in giving advice, humble in accepting it. 提出忠告要谨慎，接受忠告要虚心。
　　 2917 He that believes all, misseth; he that believes nothing,hits not. 全信必有所失，全不信一无所得。
　　 2918 He that is angry without a cause, must be pleased without amends. 不要给无故生气的人赔不是。
　　 2919 Having half-baked knowledge is worse than knowing nothing at all. 一知半解,不如不知不解.
　　 2920 Better be blamed by our kith and kin,than be kissed by the enemy. 宁可让亲人责备，切勿让敌人亲吻。
　　 2921 He who hath good health is young,and he is rich who owes nothing. 健康葆青春，无债即富足。
　　 2922 He was like a cock who thought the sunhad risen to hear him crow. 有的人就象公鸡一样，以为太阳因为要听它啼叫才升起。
　　 2923 Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 峰高招风，位高人妒。
　　 2924 If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. 如果你有一块园地和一个图书馆,那么你就拥有了你所需要的一切.
　　 2925 If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. 如果你的工作一点都不使你烦恼,那就不配称为工作.
　　 2926 Folk rhymes are the mirrors that show the feelings of the people. 民谣是人心的镜子。
　　 2927 Give a lie twenty-four hours start,and you can never overtake it. 让谎言早跑一天，你就别想追上。
　　 2928 Ingratitude is a kind of weakness; clever men are not ungrateful. 忘恩负义是一种软弱的表现；明智的人不会忘记别人的恩德。

2929 Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进步乃今日之努力,又为明日的保证.
　　 2930 Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship. 贫穷是对人情的检验,也是友谊的试金石.
　　 2931 Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. 自由,一旦开始生根,就会成为一棵生长极快的树木.
　　 2932 Modesty helps one to make progress; conceit makes one lag behind. 谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
　　 2933 Mediocrities can explain everything,and are surprised at nothing. 庸人能解释一切,而且对什么都不会感到意外.
　　 2934 Many people's tombstones should read:"Died at 30, buriied at 60." 许多人的墓碑上应该刻上:"三十而死,六旬而葬."
　　 2935 Hope and courage are two bright diamonds in the crown of success. 希望和勇敢是成功之冕上两颗明亮的钻石.
　　 2936 Our mightiest feeling are always those which remain most unspoken. 最强烈的总是那些最缄默的感情。
　　 2937 Running water does not get stale; a doorhinge is never worm-eaten. 流水不腐，户枢不蠹。
　　 2938 It is not the lofty sails but the unseen wind that moves the ship. 推动船的不是高大的帆，而是无形的风。
　　 2939 Fame like a river is narroest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉象条河,源头最狭窄,愈流愈宽阔.
　　 2940 Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. 通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。
　　 2941 If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him. 敌人可恕不可信。
　　 2942 Ask the common folk if you want to know how the country is faring. 要知朝中事,乡间问老农.
　　 2943 At Easter let your clothes be new,or else be sure you will it rue. 复活节不穿新衣裳,日后不免要懊丧.
　　 2944 Gratitude is the least of virtues; ingratitude the worst of vices. 感恩是小德；忘恩是大恶。
　　 2945 The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. 世界是一本书，没有旅行过的人只读了一页。
　　 2946 You can't be afraid of stepping on toes if you want to go dancing. 你想去跳舞就不能害怕踩着别人的脚.
　　 2947 Where it concerns himself, who's angry at a slander makes it true. 一涉及自己，忿怒便会使诽谤成真。
　　 2948 A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. 害怕痛苦的人已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
　　 2949 A man of great talents will surely be given important assignments. 大才必有大用.
　　 2950 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. 改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。