一、关于教育的谚语
1.A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (H.B.Adams, American historian)
教师的影响是永恒的;无法估计他的影响会有多深远。(美国历史学家 亚当斯)
2.And gladly would learn, and gladly teach. (Chaucer, British poet)
勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人 乔叟)
3.Better be unboun than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. (Plato, Ancient Greek phiosopher)
与其不受教育，不知不生，因为无知是不幸的根源。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
4.Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education:dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and ,need I add that one must also be able
to dance with the pen? (Friedrich W.Nietzsche, German philosopher)
所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞：用脚跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言语跳舞，不用说，还需用笔跳舞。(德国哲学家 尼采)
5.Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character. (Hosea Ballou British cducator)
教育始于母亲膝下，孩童耳听一言一语，均影响其性格的形成。(英国教育家 巴卢)
6.Educaton does not mean teaching people to kow what they do not know ; it means teachng them to behave as they do not behave. (John Ruskin, British art critic)
教育不在于使人知其所未知，而在于按其所未行而行。(英国艺术评论家 园斯金)
7.Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. (Durant, American historian)
教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。(美国历史学家 杜兰特)
8.Education is a admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)
教育是令人羡慕的东西，但是要不时地记住：凡是值得知道的，没有一个是能够教会的。(英国剧作家 王尔得)
9.Education has for its object the formation of character. (Herbert Spencer, British philosopher)
教育是以造就人的品质为其目标。(英国哲学家 斯宾塞)
10.Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. (George Macaulay Trevelyan British historian)
教育造就了一大批人，他们会读书，但是不会区别什么书值得读。(英国历史学家 特里维廉)
11.Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. (William Butler Yeats, lrish poet)
教育不是注满一桶水，而且点燃一把火。(爱尔兰诗人 叶芝)
12.Education is the chief defence of nations. (Edmund Bruke, British statesman)
教育是国家的主要防御力量。(英国政治家 伯克)
13.Education is the transmission of civilization. (Will Drant, American historian and essayist)
教育传播文明。(美国历史学家、散文家杜兰特)
14.Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive ; easy to govern but imposible to slave. (Brougham, British statesman)
教育使一个民族容易领导，但是难于驱使;容易管理，却不可能奴役。(英国政治家 布罗马汉姆)
15.Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one , more important, which he gives himself. (Edward Gibbon, British historian)
每个人都受两种教育，一种来自别人，另一种更重要的是来自自己。(英国历史学家 吉朋)
二、关于动物的
1.Bird
(1)Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕;一举两得。
(2)A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
(3)Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
(4)It's an ill bird that fouls own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
(5)Fine feathers make fine birds.
人要衣装，马要鞍。
(6)A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
听音识鸟，闻言识人。
(7)Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鸟儿都爱听自己唱。(自我欣赏)
(8)You cannot catch old birds with chaff.
(粗糠)用粗糠捉不住老鸟。(有
(9)Birds in their little nests agree.
同巢之鸟心儿齐。
2.Cat
(1)A cat has nine lives.
猫有九条命;吉人天相。
(2)Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
(3)All cats are grey in the dark.
黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。(人未出名时看起来都差不多。)
(4)A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。)
(5)When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.
黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。
(6)Who will bwll the cat?
谁去给猫系铃?(谁愿意为大家冒风险?)
(7)The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。(掩耳盗铃)
(8)There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter.
杀猫的办法很多。(达到目的的途径很多。)
(9)Care kill a cat.
忧虑愁死猫。
3.Chicken
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。(不要过早乐观。)
4.Crow
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性难移。
5.Dog
(1)He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.
欲加之罪，何患无词。
(2)A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪，何患无词。
(3)Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
(4)Too much pudding will choke a dog.
布丁太多噎死狗。
(5)Every dog has his day.
人人皆有得意时。
(6)Barking dogs don't (seldom) bite.
爱叫的狗很少咬人。
(7)Let sleeping dogs lie.
勿惹事生非。
(8)Dead dogs bite not.
死狗不咬人。
(9)All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。(不要以貌取人。)
(10)Every dog is a lion at home.
狗在家门口就成了狮子。
(11)Don't be a dog (lying) in the manger.
莫学狗占马槽不吃草。(不要占着茅坑不拉屎。)
(12)Dog does not eat dog.
同类不相残。
(13)Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.
狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
(14)A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner's home however
shabby it is.
儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫
三、关于友谊的英语谚语
Set great store by friendship. 情意重千斤。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
Old friends and old wine are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。
The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water. 君子之交淡如水。
A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。
Most men's friendships are too inarticulate. 人的友谊是无法言喻的。
Friendship is like a plant of slow growth. 友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。
I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face.
我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。
It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world .
世界上没有不犯错误的人. 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。
It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is. 只有伟大胸怀的.人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
没有朋友的人不会幸福，不处逆境不能识别朋友。
Nothing makes the earth seem to spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. 远方的朋友能使世界变得非常宽阔; 他们组成了经纬度。
Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul. 在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。
The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many.
旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的朋友。
The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.
能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them. 对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。
The smell of coin is often the knell of friendship. 铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。
The true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。
To prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。
Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice. 选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。
My friend is not perfect—nor am I—and so we suit each other admirably.
朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。
For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many. 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。
四、关于健康的名言
A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚。 W.)
Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin, American president )
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林。 B.)
Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , Americanpresident)
懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林。 B.)
The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker )
健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生。 R. W.)
五、
All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
Failure is the mother of success. ——Thomas Paine
失败乃成功之母。
For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
The unexamined life is not worth living.——Socrates
混混噩噩的生活不值得过。——苏格拉底
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -Erasmus
只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize
it, not in fear, but in gladness.——R.M. Nixon
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。——尼克松
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.——John Ruskin
生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。——罗斯金
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.——George Eliot
没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。——乔治·埃略特
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.——Lincoln
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。——林肯
六、关于哲理的谚语
1.Be honest rather clever.
诚实比聪明更要紧。
2.Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
随遇而安。
3.Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。
4.Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。
5.Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺，诺必果。
6.Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多听少说。
7.Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。
8.Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
9.Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
远亲不如近邻。
10.Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功亏一
11.Between two stools one falls to the ground.
脚踏两头要落空。
12.Beware beginnings.
慎始为上。
13.Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
14.Bind the sack before it be full.
做事应适可而止。
15.Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
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1.Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。
2.Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.天助自助者。
3.Easiersaidthandone.说起来容易做起来难。
4.Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者事竟成。
5.Onefalsestepwillmakeagreatdifference.失之毫厘，谬之千里。
6.Slowandsteadywinstherace.稳扎稳打无往而不胜。
7.Afallintothepit,againinyourwit.吃一堑，长一智。
8.Experienceisthemotherofwisdom.实践出真知。
9.Allworkandnoplaymakesjackadullboy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
10.Beautywithoutvirtueisarosewithoutfragrance。无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。
11.Morehasty,lessspeed.欲速则不达。
12.It’snevertoooldtolearn.活到老，学到老。
13.Allthatglittersisnotgold.闪光的未必都是金子。
14.Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep。千里之行始于足下。
15.Lookbeforeyouleap.三思而后行。
16.Romewasnotbuiltinaday.伟业非一日之功。
17.Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所见略同。
18.wellbegun,halfdone.好的`开始等于成功的一半。
19.Itishardtopleaseall.众口难调。
20.Outofsight,outofmind.眼不见，心不念。
21.Factsspeakplainerthanwords.事实胜于雄辩。
22.Callbackwhiteandwhiteback.颠倒黑白。
23.Firstthingsfirst.凡事有轻重缓急。
24.Illnewstravelsfast.坏事传千里。
25.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真情。
26.livenottoeat,buteattolive.活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。
27.Actionspeakslouderthanwords.行动胜过语言。
28.Eastorwest,homeisthebest.金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
29.It’snotthegaycoatthatmakesthegentleman.君子在德不在衣。
30.Beautywillbuynobeef.漂亮不能当饭吃。
31.Likeandlikemakegoodfriends.趣味相投。
32.Theolder,thewiser.姜是老的辣。
33.DoasRomansdoinRome.入乡随俗。来源：
34.Anidleyouth,aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
35.Asthetree,sothefruit.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
36.Toliveistolearn,tolearnistobetterlive。活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着
下面是语文迷网精心为大家整理提供的常用的英语谚语，供大家写作参考。
1. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
2. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。
3. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
4. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
5. Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌
6. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
7. It's never too late to mend. 亡羊补牢。
8. Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
9. A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
10. No smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
11. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。
12. The greatest talkers are always least doers. 语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
13. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。
14. Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理
15. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
16. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。
17. Money isn't everything. 钱不是万能的。
18. Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
19. Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. 磨刀不误砍柴功。
20. Will is power. 意志就是力量。
21. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
22. Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明的动力。
23. Truth never fears investigation. 事实从来不怕调查。
24. Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远远胜过美貌。
25. Well begun is half done. 好的'开端是成功的一半。
26. Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
27. Never fish in trouble water. 不要混水摸鱼。
28. Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 心之所愿，无所不成。
29. One today is worth two tomorrows. 一个今天胜似两个明天。
30. Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
31. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
32. Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 四个简短的词汇概括了成功秘诀：多一点点!
33. It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
34. From small beginning come great things. 伟大始于渺小。
35. Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。
36. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
37. New wine in old bottles. 旧瓶装新酒。
38. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
39. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
40. Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。
41. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。
42. Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
43. Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。
44. All that ends well is well. 结果好，就一切都好。
45. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
46. By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。
47. Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。
48. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书，相伴一生。
49. A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
50. Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。
51. A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里。
52. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
53. Many hands make light work. 人多力量大。
54. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
55. As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
56. Misfortunes never come alone/single. 祸不单行。
57. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
58. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。
59. No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。
60. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。
61. A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
62. Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
63. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。
64. East or west, home is best. 东好西好，还是家里最好。
65. Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
66. Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
67. Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。
68. Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
69. Life is not all roses. 人生并不是康庄大道。
70. Every little helps a mickle. 聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。
71. Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 机遇偏爱善断之人。
72. Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。
73. A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
74. All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
75. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。
76. Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
77. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。
78. Good advice is beyond all price. 忠告是无价宝。
