英文谚语大全

一．常见谚语

学习

To open a book is always beneficial. / Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。

Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

一知半解，危害不浅。

Empty vessels make the most sound.

一瓶不响，半瓶哐当。

It’s never too late to learn.

活到老学到老。

Never too old to learn; never too late to turn.

学习不厌老，改过不嫌迟。

A good beginning is half done. / Well begun is half done.

好的开始是成功的一半。

Opportunity knocks only once.

机不可失，失不再来。

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者，事竟成。

Failure teaches success.

失败是成功之母。

A burden of one’s choice is not felt.

爱挑的担子不嫌重。

Love makes one fit for any work.

热爱让人胜任任何工作。

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

经验是人们加给自己的所犯错误的名称。

Science to the human mind is what air or water is to the body.

科学之于人类思想正如水或空气之于身体。

Complacency is the enemy of study.

学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

自信是成功的第一秘诀。

Example is better than precept.

言传不如身教。

God helps those that help themselves.

自助者天助。

Early sow, early mow.

早耕耘，早收获。

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

学而不思，犹如食之未化。

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

脑中的知识胜过手中的金钱。

To be successful, the first thing to do is to fall in love with your work. 成功的第一要素就是热爱你的事业。

Something attempted, something done.

有尝试就有收获。

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

无知的狂热犹如脱缰之马。

All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy.

只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

教育投资必有回报。

No man is born wise or learned.

人非生而知之。

Birth is much, but breeding is more.

教养比门第更重要。

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

孩子不打不成器。

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.

读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 好书千载常如新。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

读书如择友，宜少且宜精。

Learn young, learn fair.

学习趁年轻，学就要学好。

Reading makes a full man.

读书长见识。

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。

勤奋

Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.

业精于勤荒于嬉。

Diligence is the mother of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

Industry is the parent of success.

勤奋是成功之母。

Diligence is near success.

勤奋近乎成功。

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

勤奋出天才。