简短的英语名人名言

1、A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。

2、You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.
你并不掌管整个宇宙，但你得掌管你自己。

3、Life lies not in living but in liking.
生活的意义并不在于活着，而在于爱好人生。

4、A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。

5、A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

6、Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。

7、Live not to eat, but eat to live.
不要为了吃饭活着，而要为了活着吃饭。

8、A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。

9、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。

10、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。

11、Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold.
生活不在于握有一手好牌，而在于把手里的牌打好。

12、A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

13、A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。

14、There is a history in all men's lives.
所有人的生活里都有一部历史。

15、A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。

16、I eat merely to put food out of my mind.
我吃东西只是为了不再去想食物。

17、Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。

18、A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。

19、A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

20、For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

21、A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。

22、A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。

23、A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。

24、"After you" is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。

25、A good beginning is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。

26、A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。

27、A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。

28、A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。

29、A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。

30、A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。

31、A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。

32、A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。

33、Do one thing at a time, and do well.
一次只做一件事，做到最好。

34、Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

35、A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。

36、A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。

37、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。

38、A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。

39、A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。

40、A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。

41、Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。

42、A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

43、One should eat to live, not live to eat.
人生应为生而食，不应为食而生。

44、A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。

45、A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。

46、A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。

47、A bad thing never dies.(www.vipyl.com )
遗臭万年。

48、A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

49、A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。