經典諺語英文賞析
1.a bad workman always blames his tools. 拙匠總怪工具差。
2.a contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足長樂。
3.a good beginning is half the battle. 好的開端等于成功一半。
4.a little pot is soon hot. 壺小易熱，量小易怒。
5.all lay loads on a willing horse. 好馬重負。
6.a merry heart goes all the way. 心情愉快，萬事順利 。
7.bad excuses are worse than none. 狡辯比不辯護還糟 。
8.character is the first and last word in the success circle.人的品格是事業成功的先決條件。
9.cleanliness is next to godliness. 整潔近于美德 。
10.courtesy costs nothing. 彬彬有禮，惠而不費 。
11.doing nothing is doing ill. 無所事事，必干壞事。
12.early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.睡得早，起得早，聰明、富裕、身體好 。
13.empty vessels make the most noise. 滿瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩 。
14.every man hath his weak side. 人皆有弱點 。
15.everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, dress, soul and idea.人的一切都應當是美麗的：容貌、衣著、心靈和思想。
16.extremes are dangerous. 凡事走向極端是危險的 。
17.good advice is harsh to the ear. 忠言逆耳 。
18.grasp all, lose all. 欲盡得，必盡失 。
19.great hopes make great men. 偉大的理想造就偉大的人物。
20.handsome is he who does handsomely. 行為美者才真美。
21.have but few friends, though many acquaintances. 結交可廣，知己宜少。
22.hear all parties.兼聽則明，偏聽則暗 。
23.he is a wise man who speaks little. 智者寡言。
24.he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.有自知之明者被人尊敬。
25.he is rich enough that wants nothing.無欲者最富有，貪欲者最貧窮。
26.he is truly happy who makes others happy.使他人幸福的人，是真正的幸福。
27.honesty is the best policy. 誠實乃上策。
28.hope for the best and prepare for the worst.?? 抱最好的希望，作最壞的準備 。
29.idleness is the root of all evil. 懶惰是萬惡之源 。
30.if we dream, everything is possible. 敢于夢想，一切都將成為可能。
31.kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are flowers and kind deeds are the fruits.仁慈的心田是花園，崇高的思想是根莖，友善的言語是花朵，良好的行為是果實。
32.laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep lone.歡笑，整個世界伴你歡笑�？奁挥心悛氉韵蛴缍� 。
33.life is measured by thought and action not by time.衡量生命的尺度是思想和行為，而不是時間。
34.life is not all beer and skittles. 人生并非盡是樂事 。
35.long absent, soon forgotten. 別久情疏 。
36.look before you leap. 三思而后行 。
37.lookers-on see most of the game. 旁觀者清，當局者迷。
38.manners make the man.觀其待人而知其人 。
39.misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患難識知交。
40.no cross, no crown.沒有苦難，就沒有快樂 。
41.nobody's enemy but his own. 自尋苦惱 。
42.one man's fault is another man's lesson. 前車之覆，后車之鑒 。
43.pardon all men, but never thyself. 嚴以律已，寬以待人。
44.reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的燈塔 。
45.sadness and gladness succeed one another. 樂極生悲，苦盡甘來 。
46.still waters run deep.流靜水深，人靜心深 。
47.the fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. 烈火煉真金，逆境煉壯士 。
48.the fox may grow grey, but never good. 江山易改，本性難移 。
49.the more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 知識越廣博，越感已無知 。
50.virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是無價之寶 。
51.weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵 。
52.we can't judge a person by what he says but by what he does.判斷一個人，不聽言語看行動 。
53.where there is a will there is a way. 有志者，事竟成 。
54.will is power. 意志就是力量 。
55.wise men are silent; fools talk. 智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不絕 。
56.wise men learn by others' harm, fools by their own.智者以他人挫折為鑒，愚者必自身碰壁方知覺。