精彩的经典英语名人格言
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
One's sin will find one out. 坏事终归要败露。
A good name is better than riches. 声誉胜于财富。
Haste trips over its own heels. 忙易出错。
A watched pot never boils. 心急喝不了热粥。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. 人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
Speech is the image of actions. 语言是行动的反映。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend. 宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 沉默者有智慧。
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.
常人只想如何消磨时间，智者则努力利用时间。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
He that does what he should not, shall feel what he would not.
若做了不应该做的事，则将产生自己所不希望有的感觉。
All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人铭记之。
It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. 自欺是世上最易之事。
It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 防止染上恶习远比消除恶习容易。
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. or resolution enough to mend them!
承认并改正错误，需要有足够的勇气和决心。
Trick and treachery are the practice if fools;they have not wit enough to be honest.
傻瓜习惯于诡计和背判的伎俩，他们还没聪明到学会真诚待人。
Thirst after desert, not reward. 渴求美德而非奖赏。
If thou injure conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 伤害良心，将受到良心的严惩。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
唯有有教养者方知如何承认错误，或意识到自己行为。
If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
若做了不应做之事，则必然会听见不愿听之语。