英语写作常用谚语、名言、警句汇编

英语写作常用谚语、名言、警句汇编

1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

2. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

3. A candle lights up others and consumes itself.

4. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

5. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

6. A good book is a best friend that never turns his back upon us.

7. A good name is better than a good face.

8. A good name is easier lost than won.

9. A happy heart makes a blooming visage.

10.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

11.A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth.

12.A penny saved is a penny gained.

13.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

14.A still tongue makes a wise head.

15.A wise man thinks all that he says, but a fool says all that he thinks.

16.Actions speak louder than words.

17.Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

18.A new broom sweeps clean.

19.All that glitters is not gold.

20.All is well that ends well.

21.All roads lead to Rome.

22.All things are difficult before they are easy.

23.Calamity is man’s true touchstone.

24.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

25.Constant dropping wears away stones.

26.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

27.Any correction is all progress.

28.Discontent is the first step in progress.

29.Avarice increases with wealth.

30.Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.

31.Do not cross your bridge before you come to it.

32.Beauty is nothing but skin-deep.

33.Beauty is lover’s eyes.

34.Beauty unaccompanied by virtue is like a flower without perfume.

35.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

36.Better wear out shoes than sheets

37.Birds of a feather flock together.

38.Blood is thicker than water.

39.East or west, home is best. / Home is ever so homely.

40.Easy come, easy go.

41.Everything is good when new, but friends when old.

42.Y ou should be deliberate in thought but prompt in action.

43.Enough is as good as a feast.

44.Even Homer sometimes nods.

45.Every coin has two sides. / Every advantage has its disadvantage.

46.Every dog has its day.

47.Every man has its fault.

48.Everything must have a beginning. / Every why has a wherefore.

49.He who doesn’t advance, recedes.

50.From hearing comes wisdom; from speaking comes repentance.

51.Love is a sweet torment.

52.Love is giving not taking.

53.There is no accounting for tastes.

54.Marriage makes or mars a man.

55.Still waters run deep.

56.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

57.Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.

58.Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

59.All covet, all lose. / Grasp all, loss all.

60.Great minds think alike.

61.He who climbs a ladder must begins at the first step.

62.He who lives with the lame learns to limp.

63.He who travels far knows much.

64.He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

65.He who laughs last laughs best.

66.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

67.Even Homer sometimes nods.

68.Nothing but poverty can be got without pains. / No pains, no gains

69.Offence is the best defence.

70.Health is not valued until sickness comes.

71.Heaven’s vengeance is slow but sure.

72.Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

73.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

74.Man propose, God disposes.

75.It is no use crying over spilt milk.

76.Long absent, soon forgotten.

77.It takes two to make a quarrel.

78.It is easier said than done.

79.Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

80.Look before you leap.

81.Many hands make light work.

82.Money is the key that opens all doors.

83.Money is the root of all evil.

84.Diamond cuts diamond.

85.Money makes the mare go.

86.Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

87.Never put off what you can do today till tomorrow.

88.The evil wound can be cured but not the evil name.

89.Never trouble troubles before trouble troubles you.

90.A fair face may hide a foul heart.

91.Nothing venture, nothing have.

92.Once a use, forever a custom.