在写作的过程中我们偶尔会引用一些
1、 More hasty，less speed. 欲速则不达。
2、 Its never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
3、 All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。
4、 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。
5、 Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
6、 Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。
7、 Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。
8、 well begun，half done. 好的开始等于成功的'一半。
9、 It is hard to please all. 众口难调。
10、 Out of sight，out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。
11、 Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
12、 Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。
13、 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
14、 God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
15、 Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。
16、 First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。
17、 Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
18、 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
19、 live not to eat，but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。
20、 Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。
21、 East or west，home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
22、 Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
23、 Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。
24、 Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。
25、 The older， the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
26、 Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。
27、 An idle youth，a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
28、 As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
29、 Where there is a will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
30、 One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。
31、 Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。
32、 A fall into the pit，a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。
33、 Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。
34、 All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
35、 Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。
36、 To live is to learn，to learnistobetterlive.活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。
众所周知，谚语乃是一种语言的精华，寓意深刻，表达隽永。在考研写作中如能适当地引用一些谚语，可以为文章增辉添彩。一些同学在平时的学习中积累了一些谚语，但在写作时不知道该如何将它们恰当地引用到文章中去，本文拟根据近年来《纽约时报》引用谚语的情况，总结出英语中常见的引用谚语的地道表达法，供同学们写作时模仿使用。
谚语在英语中叫proverb，引用时经常会在其前面酌情加上old, Chinese, English, Russian之类的形容词;动词一般用go, say, state, has it, put it等，在这些动词后面用逗号或冒号皆可。谚语可加双引号(这时谚语的第一个字母要大写)，也可不加双引号(这时第一个字母一般不大写)。引用谚语的表达方式常见的有如下十种：
1) A proverb goes / says, ---
2) As a / the proverb goes / says, ---
A Yiddish proverb goes, “Better to lose with a wise man than win with a fool.”
有一句依地语谚语说得好，“宁输智者，不赢傻子。”(August 14, 2000)
A proverb says, “Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die.
有一句谚语说，“命不该死有药救。”(July 16, 2009)
As a Chinese proverb goes, “Don’t climb a tree to look for fish.”
正如中国的一句谚语所说，“不要缘木求鱼。”(April 24, 2000)
As the old Chinese proverb says, “If you do not enter a tiger’s den, you cannot get her cubs.”
正如中国的一句谚语所说，“不入虎穴，焉得虎子。”(November 15, 1993)
3) As a / the proverb has it / puts it,
4) A proverb has it that ---
As a Spanish proverb has it, “Flies don’t enter a closed mouth.”
正如一句西班牙谚语所说，“祸从口入。”(July 26, 1992)
As a Navajo proverb puts it, “What comes around goes around.”
正如纳瓦霍族的一句谚语所说，“一报还一报。”(May 28, 1987)
As a local proverb here in Chad puts it: A woman who is pregnant has one foot in the grave.
正如乍得当地的一句谚语所说：女人怀宝宝，鬼门关上走一遭。(March 20, 2004)
An old proverb has it that “if the thorn doesn’t scratch when it first emerge, it will never scratch.”
有一句古老的谚语说，“如果荆棘刚长出时不扎手，那么它就永远不扎手。”(March 26, 2006)
5) There is a proverb: ---
6) There is a / the proverb that goes / states, ---
There’s an African proverb: “Educate a boy, and educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.”
有一句非洲的谚语说：“教育好一个男孩，仅教育好一人。教育好一个女孩，则教育好一群人。”(August 19, 2009)
There’s a Russian proverb that goes: you must support the most talented people because untalented people will support themselves.
有一句俄罗斯谚语说，你须拥戴贤人，庸者仅会自顾。(December 31, 1995)
There is an old Jewish proverb that states: “A Shekel is always better in my pocket than in yours. “
有一句古老的犹太谚语说：“金币在我口袋里总比在你口袋里强。”(August 10, 2009)
7) ---, a / the proverb goes, ---
8) ---, goes a / the proverb, ---
“A river is deep,” an old African proverb goes, “because of its source.”
有一句古老的.非洲谚语说，河有源泉水才深。(September 24, 2008)
To kill a snake, goes an old African proverb, you must first crush the head.
有一句古老的非洲谚语说，打蛇先打头。(September 22, 1985)
9) --- have a proverb that goes, ---
10) There exists a proverb. It goes, ---
The Arabs have a proverb that goes, “When the sultan’s dog died, everyone marched in his funeral. But when the sultan himself died, no one marched at all. “
阿拉伯人有一句谚语是这样说的，“当苏丹的狗死了，人人都为之送葬。而当苏丹死了，却无人为之送葬。”(November 27, 1983)
There exists an old Soviet proverb. It goes, “In the monastery, you don’t offer your own view.”
有一个古老的俄罗斯谚语说，“。”(May 17, 1984)
谚语作为群众集体智慧的结晶，多具有鲜明的民族性和地域特色。由于中西文化的差异，一些在汉语中人们耳熟能详的谚语却未必为西方人所理解。所以在引用汉语谚语时，如果中国特色过于浓厚，则可舍其形而取其意，写成英语中与之意思对等的西方谚语。例如，有的同学想表达这个意思：本性难移，于是写道：As a Chinese proverb goes, a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit. 这样写不但失之粗鄙，还会让爱犬的西方人大惑不解。所以，这个意思宜写成A leopard cannot change its spots. 或者A fox may grow gray, but never good.
导语：写英语
01. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧.
02. Time is money. 时间就是金钱
03. Easier said than done. 说来容易做来难
04. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成.
05. Look before you leap. 三思而后行.
06. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量
07. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助.
08. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 心之所愿，无事不成
09. Its never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老
10. No pains, no gains. 不劳无获
11. Once in a blue moon. 千载难逢
12. To make the impossible possible. 将不可能变为可能
13. Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母
14. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情
15. First things first. 先做重要之事
16. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同
17. Rome was not built in a day. 成功并非一朝一夕的事
18. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子
19. East or west, home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝
20. Time and tide wait for no man. 时间不等人
