经典的西方谚语

1.求一些西方的谚语或名言.

The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid ) 人越伟大，越能克制怒火。

（奥维德） It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.( A. E.Stevenson ) 为原则而斗争容易，按原则的要求活着难。（史蒂文森） There is nothing permanent except change. ( Heracleitus ) 惟有变化才是永恒的。

（赫拉克利特） Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ( T. Paine ) 想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。（潘恩） No road of flowers lead to glory. ( La Fontaine ) 没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。

（拉封丹） Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare ) 不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。（莎士比亚） The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible". ( Napoleon ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。

（拿破仑） Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann ) 奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。（魏茨曼） There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge ) 没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。

（马格里奇） It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot ) 天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。（艾略特） Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson ) 时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。

（罗伯逊） If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison ) 如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。（爱迪生） A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson ) 一天是永恒的缩影。

（爱默生） The course of true love never did run smooth. ( Shakespeare ) 真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。（莎士比亚） Love is stronger than death. 爱的力量大于死亡。

（《圣经》） When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel ) 少时喜欢聪明人，老来喜欢仁厚人。（赫歇尔） All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( H. D. Thoreau ) 一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。

（梭罗） Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( Andy J. Sklivis ) 耐心等待！风车从不跑去找风。（斯克利维斯） Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum ) 品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。

（布鲁斯） Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( O. W. Holmes ) 通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。（霍姆斯） The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( W. Penn) 妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。

（佩恩） If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde ) 如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。（王尔德） Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( E. Hubbard ) 许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。

（哈伯德） Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( Emerson ) 不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。（爱默生） The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. ( A. M. Lindbergh ) 生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。

（林德伯格） It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ( N. Coward ) 令人沮丧的是，有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊，而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。（科沃德） A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。

A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。

A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。

A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。

A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。

A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

'After you' is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是。

2.西方谚语有什么

Things at the worst will mend. 否极泰来。

Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。 Time cures all things. 时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

Time flies. 光阴似箭。 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。

Time lost cannot be won again. 时光流逝，不可复得。 Time past cannot be called back again. 时间不能倒流。

Time tries all. 路遥知马力，日久见人心。 Tit for tat is fair play. 人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。

To err is human. 人非圣贤，孰能无过。 To know everything is to know nothing. 什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。

To know oneself is true progress. 人贵有自知之明。 Tomorrow never comes. 我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。

Too much familiarity breeds contempt. 过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 学问太多催人老。

Too much liberty spills all. 自由放任，一事无成。 Too much praise is a burden. 过多夸奖，反成负担。

To save time is to lengthen life. 节约时间就是延长生命。 Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。

Troubles never come singly. 福无双至，祸不单行。 Truth never grows old. 真理永存。

Turn over a new leaf. 洗心革面，改过自新。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。

Two heads are better than one. 一个好汉三个帮。 Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。

Two wrongs do not make a right. 别人错了，不等于你对了。 Unity is strength. 团结就是力量。

Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。 Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。

Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 吃小亏占大便宜。 Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远远胜过美貌。

Walls have ears. 小心隔墙有耳。 Wash your dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬。

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 滴水穿石。 Wealth is nothing without health. 失去健康，钱再多也没用。

We know not what is good until we have lost it. 好东西，失去了才明白。 Well begun is half done. 好的开始，是成功的一半。

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵。 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. 自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。 Wet behind the ears. 乳臭未干。

Whatever you do, do with all your might. 不管做什么，都要一心一意。 What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 儿时所学，终生难忘。

What's done cannot be undone. 生米煮成熟饭了。 What's lost is lost. 失者不可复得。

What we do willingly is easy. 愿者不难。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗。

When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody. 人人都伟大，世间没豪杰。 When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. 伤心旧事别重提。

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 新仇旧恨，齐上心头。 When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。

When wine is in truth, wit is out. 酒后吐真言。 Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 Where there is smoke, there is fire. 事出有因。

While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺，魔高一丈。 Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 搬弄口舌者必是小人。

Whom the gods love die young. 好人不长命。 Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths. 智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。

Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。 You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。

You cannot eat your cake and have it. 鱼与熊掌，不可得兼。 You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 强扭的瓜不甜。

You may know by a handful the whole sack. 由一斑可知全貌。 You never know what you can till you try. 是驴子是马，拉出来遛遛。

3.超经典外国名言

1.You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. 你知道，有些鸟儿是注定不会被关在牢笼里的，它们的每一片羽毛都闪耀着自由的光辉。

2.There is something inside ,that they can't get to , that they can't touch. That's yours. 那是一种内在的东西，他们到达不了，也无法触及的，那是你的。 3.Hope is a good thing and maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. 希望是一个好东西，也许是最好的，好东西是不会消亡的。

Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. 生命就像一盒巧克力，结果往往出人意料。 We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves. ( M. L. Becker ) 随着年龄的增长，我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏，而是变得更象我们自己（贝克尔） The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. ( T. Carlyle ) 生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。

（卡莱尔） Death is just a part of life, something we're all destined to do. 死亡是生命的一部分，是我们注定要做的一件事。 I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidentally―like on a breeze. 我不懂我们是否有着各自的命运，还是只是到处随风飘荡 Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day. 家，我要回家.我要想办法让他回来.不管怎样，明天又是全新的一天。

I figure life is a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you're going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you. 我觉得生命是一份礼物，我不想浪费它，你不会知道下一手牌会是什么，要学会接受生活。 The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.( T. Carlyle ) 即使整个太阳系和星系崩溃，你也只死一次。

（卡莱尔） Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. (C. Schurz ) 理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。（舒尔茨） He who has never hoped can never despair. ( Bernard Shaw ) 从来没有抱什么希望的人也永远不会失望。

（萧伯纳） There is nothing permanent except change. ( Heracleitus ) 惟有变化才是永恒的。（赫拉克利特） Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime, and a fool's excuse for failure. ( A. Bierce ) 命运是暴君施虐的权威，傻瓜失败的借口。

（比尔斯） The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (Kierkegaard) 暴君死了，他的统治就结束了；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。（克尔凯郭尔） The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing. (Lady Astor) 生活中的主要危险来自那些想要改变一切或什么也不想改变的人。

（阿斯特子爵夫人） To live is to function. That is all there is in living. (Holmes) 活着就要发挥作用，这就是生活的全部内容。（霍姆斯）下面这个是最经典的： These Things Shall Never Die 这些美好不会消逝 --Charles Dickens/查尔斯.狄更斯 The pure.the bright,the beautiful，一切纯洁的，辉煌的，美丽的， That stirred our hearts in youth，强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的， The impulses to wordless prayer，推动着我们做无言的祷告的， The dreams of love and truth；让我们梦想着爱与真理的； The longing after something's lost，在失去后为之感到珍惜的， The spirit's yearning cry，使灵魂深切地呼喊着的， The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的- These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。

The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手， A brother in his need，在你的弟兄需要的时候， A kindly word in grief's dark hour 伤恸、困难的时候，一句亲切的话 That proves a friend indeed ；就足以证明朋友的真心； The plea for mercy softly breathed，轻声地乞求怜悯， When justice threatens nigh，在审判临近的时候， The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一种伤感-- These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。 Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温情 Must find some work to do ；尽你所能地去做； Lose not a chance to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机----- Be firm,and just ,and true；为人要坚定，正直，忠诚； So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒 Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。

And angel voices say to thee--- 你将听到天使的声音在说----- These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。

4.求一些西方的谚语或名言.