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1、英语谚语集锦 马耀武 2008.12.101.Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist )幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国小说家 马克吐温)2.The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
2、, German poet )文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)3.Activity is the only road to knowledge . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)4.Adams Franklin , American humorist )我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另外的资料。(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.)5.Imagination is more importan
3、t than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. )6.Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )永恒的真理如果不在新的社会形势下赋予新的意义,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。(美国总统罗斯福. F.)7.His
4、tories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辨。(英国哲学家培根)8.If you dont learn to think when you are young , you may never learn .(
5、Thomas Edison , American inventor )如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。(美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.)9.If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday .(Pearl Buck , American female writer )想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠)10.Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; a man of talent tries to use
6、 it . (Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher )普通人只想到如何度过时间，有才能的人设法利用时间。(德国哲学家 叔本华. A. )11.The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) 12.Happiness lies not in the mere possessio
7、n of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president )幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。(美国总统 罗斯福. F.)13.To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑
8、. B .)14.All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire , French thinker) 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。 (法国思想家 伏尔泰)15.Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president)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.)16.If you wish to succeed , you should use
9、 persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. (Thomas Edison , American inventor )如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)17.Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do
10、difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.) 18.The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。(英国剧作家肖伯纳. G.) 马耀武 2008.12.10
