Proverbs 英文諺語

Proverbs 英文諺語

資料蒐集整理: Professor Cecilia Liu

General (總類)

1 ) He who has health has hope.   留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

2 ) Liberty is the right to do everything which the laws allow.

自由就是在法律允許下的範圍下有權做任何事

3 ) Two heads are better than one.    三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮

4 ) Misery loves company.  (It never rains but pours.)   禍不單行

5 ) It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.   寧願贏得和平而輸掉戰爭

6 ) God's mill grinds slow but sure. .  天網恢恢，疏而不漏

7 ) It takes all sorts to make a world.  一種米養百種人 ( 世界是形形色色的人所組成的)

8 ) There are two sides to every question.

每個問題都有正反兩面看法 ( 公說公有禮，婆說婆有禮)

9 ) Rome was not built in a day.  羅馬不是一天造成的

10) Self-trust is the first secret of success.  自信是成功的第一祕訣

11) Every man has his taste.  人各有所好

12) Experience is the extract of suffering.  .經驗是由痛苦中粹取出來的

13) Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想像力比知識更重要

14) Words cut more than swords.   舌劍利於刀劍

15) The leopard cannot change his spots. / Leopards cannot change their spots.

江山易改，本性難移

16) The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 心靈的財富才是唯一真正的財富

17) Love makes the world go round.  愛使世界運轉

18) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裡出西施

19) Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in same direction.

.愛並不在於彼此相對

20) Failure is the mother of success. / Failure teaches success.  失敗乃成功之母

21) Life is not merely living but living in health.  ..生活不只要活，而且要活的健康

22) There is no rose without a thorn. ..朵朵玫瑰皆有刺 (沒有十全十美的人生)

23) What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.

人真正珍惜的是未得到的，而不是所擁有的

24) Trust men and they will be true to you.  相信他們，他們才會對你忠誠( 信人者人恆信之)

25) An eye for an eye, and we will all go blind. 以牙還牙，兩敗俱傷 (以眼還眼使我們全都瞎眼)

26) A bad penny always comes back.  惡有惡報

27) Pardon is the most glorious revenge.   寬恕是最偉大的報復.

28) Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.  保持耐性是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜美的

29) He who has hope has everything.  ..擁有希望的人擁有一切

30) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. .....沒有熱誠難成大事

31) Time flies.  時光飛逝

32) Time is money.  時間就是金錢

33) Tomorrow never comes. 明天永不來

34) Practice makes perfect.  熟能生巧

35) Unity is strength. 團結就是力量

36) Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量

37) Might is right.   強權就是公理

38) Live and learn.    活到老，學到老

39) Haste makes waste.  欲速則不達

40) Seeing is believing.   百聞不如一見

41) An uncut gem goes not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。

42) It is as well to know which way the wind blows.  識時務者為俊傑。

43) Sow nothing, reap nothing.    無功不受祿 。

44) A word once spoken can never be recalled.  一言既出，駟馬難追。

45) To entertain an angel unawares.   有眼不識泰山。

46) While the grass grows the horse starves.  遠水解不了近渴 。

47) If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp.  近朱者赤 近墨者黑。

48) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.   今日事今日畢

49) Give him an inch and he'll take a yard. 得寸進尺

50) It is more blessed to give than to receive.   施比受更有福

Absence and Presence （在與不在）

1.Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones.	離別削減小愛，卻增添大愛。
2. Absence is mother of disillusion.	疏離是覺悟之母。
3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.	小別情更濃。小別勝新婚。
4. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.	相聚愛益切，離別情更深。.
5. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 。	肉身雖不在，精神卻不死。永垂不朽
6. Far from eye, far from heart.	離眼遠，離心遠。 眼不見，心不念。
7. He that fears you present will hate you absent.	在你面前怕你的人，在你背後恨你。
8. If a person is away, his right is away. [Moorish Proverb]	人若不在場，他的權利就會喪失。（摩爾諺語）
9. Long absence changes a friend.	久別朋友變。
10. Long absent, soon forgotten.	久別情疏。
11. Man are best loved farthest off.	相隔最遙遠的人最為人疼愛。
12. Out of sight, out of mind.  OR    Far from eye, far from heart.	眼不見，心不念。
13. Salt water and absence wash away love.	遠離久別，恩情疏。
14. The absent are always in the wrong.	誰人背後無人說，哪個人前不說人。
15. The absent are never with fault, nor the present without excuse.	缺席者絕對沒有不對，出席者也不會沒有藉口。
16. When the cat's away, the mice will play.	貓兒不在，老鼠做怪。閻王不在，小鬼做怪。
17. Who takes a lion when he is absent, fears a mouse present. 。	趁獅子不在時取而代之者, 卻怕老鼠的存在。
18. Never try to prove what nobody doubts.	此地無銀三百兩。

Actions and Words （行動與空談）

1. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.	一個光說不做的人好像一個花園，裏面長滿都是野草。
2. A word before is worth two behind.	事前一句勝過事後兩句
3. A word is enough to the wise.	智者一點就明
4. A word spoken is an arrow let fly.	一言既出，如箭射出。
5. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.	行動是知識的卓越果實。
6. Better to sail slowly than not to sail at all.	完全停滯不前不如慢慢駛向前。
7. Brave actions never want a trumpet.	英勇的行為永遠不需要吹噓。
8. Business is the salt of life; business and action strengthen the brain.	商務是生命之鹽，商務和行動增強腦力。
9. Deeds are males, and words are females.	「做」是男人的事，「說」是女人的事。
10. Deeds, not words.	在於行動，不在於言語。說得到，做得到。言出必行。
11. Few words are best.	少說為妙。
12. Fine words butter no parsnips.	花言巧語不能滋潤防風草。口惠而實不至。
13. Fine words dress ill deeds.	巧言藏惡行。好話說盡，壞事做盡。說一套，做一套。
14. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. [Thomas Fuller]	良言本無價，其貴值千金。（富勒）
15. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.	口惠而實不至。
17. Hard words break no bones.	惡言傷不到人心。笑罵由他笑罵。
18. He is noble who feels and acts nobly.	顯貴的人總是思想崇高和舉止優雅。
19. He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon.	花言巧語的人常以空匙餵人。巧言令色鮮矣仁。

Advice and Counsel （忠告與建議 ）

1. A woman’s advice is no great thing, but he who won’t take it is a fool.	女人的忠告雖不是怎麼大不了的事，若不接受，便是傻瓜。
2. Advice is a stranger, if welcome he stays for the night; if not welcome he returns home the same day. [African Proverb]	忠告是一位陌生客，若受歡迎，則停留過夜；不受歡迎，當天就要回家。（非洲諺語）
3. Advice when most needed is least heeded.	良言於最需要時最不受重視。忠言逆耳。
4. Advice whispered is worthless.	竊竊私語的忠告毫無價值可言。
5. An enemy may chance to give good counsel.	敵人也可能給人好的忠告。
6. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.	憤怒和急迫足以誤大計。小不忍則亂大謀。
7. Come not to counsel uncalled.	人之患在好為人師。
8. Counsel is to be given by the wise, the remedy by the rich.	忠告一定來自智者，救助一定來自富人。
9. Counsel must be followed, not praised.	忠告一定要遵守，不是要稱讚。
10. Counsel without help is useless.	沒有實質幫助的忠告亳無用處。
11. Counsels in wine seldom prosper.	酒杯空言少見成效。
12. Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.	別班門弄斧。
13. Good counsel has no price. (Good counsel is beyond price.)	良言乃無價之寶。
14. Good counsel never comes amiss.	好的忠告絕不會出差錯。
15. Good counsel never comes too late.	好的忠告絕不會來得太晚。
16. If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.	計策若佳則勿問策劃者是誰。從善如流。
17. If you wish good advice, consult an old man.	老馬識途。
18. Ill counsel mars all.	不好的忠告損毀一切。
19. One gives nothing so liberally as advice. (Nothing is given so freely as advice.)	沒有任何東西像忠告那麼慷慨。
20. Self is a bad counselor.	利己心是最壞的顧問。自私非上策。

Ambition and Zeal（雄心與熱誠）

Ambition loses many a man. 。	野心使許多人失敗
Ambition makes people diligent. 。	雄心使人勤勉
Zeal, when it is a virtue, is a dangerous one. 。	把熱誠當作美德是危險的
Zeal without prudence is frenzy. 。	熱誠不夠謹慎猶若瘋狂
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.	熱心有餘，知識不足。志大才疏猶如脫韁之馬。
Zeal too often lacks discretion.	熱心有餘，審慎不足。
Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools.	熱誠只適宜於智者，但熱誠多半在愚者身上。
To do one thing well is a worthy ambition.	把一件事做好，這就是一個有價值的雄心。
The higher the mountain, the greater descent.	山愈高，峭壁愈陡。爬得愈高，跌得愈深。
The best is the enemy of the good.	「 最好」往往成為「好」的敵人。（目標太高反而失敗。）
Seek mickle, and get something; seek little, and get nothing.	尋找多一些，就得著一些。尋找少一些，就一無所得。
Seek and ye shall find. [Matthew 7:7]	尋找，就尋見。（馬太福音7:7）
Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.	騎馬摔一跤不如騎驢往前走。
He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.	固步自封。
Nothing is difficult to a man whom ambition fires.	對於雄心萬丈的人來說，世上沒有難成的事。

Appearance and Heart （外表與內心）

1. A clear conscience is like a coat of mail.	平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
2. Handsome is that handsome does.	心美，貌亦美。
3. A fair face may hide a foul heart. (Fair face, foul heart.)	漂亮的面孔可能藏著一顆齷齪的心。人面獸心。
4. A good conscience is a safe pillow.	良心清白，安枕無憂。
5. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.	作賊心虛。多行不義必自斃，多走夜路必遇鬼。
6. A heavy purse makes a light heart.	錢包飽滿，心情輕鬆。
7. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.	口蜜腹劍。笑裏藏刀。佛口蛇心。
8. A light purse makes a heavy heart.	錢包薄薄，心情沉重。
9. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.	平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。
10. A straight stick is crooked in the water.	直棍水中曲。
11. All are not saints that go to church.	上教堂的人未必個個都是聖人。
12. All are not thieves that dogs bark at.	人不可貌相，海不可斗量。（不可一概而論。）
13. All that glitters is not gold.	發亮的不一定全是金子。金玉其外，敗絮其中。虛有其表。
14. Apparel makes the man.	人靠衣裳，馬靠鞍裝。
15. Appearances are deceptive.	外表是靠不住的。
16. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.	口裏含著花蜜的蜜蜂，尾巴卻有螫。口蜜腹劍。笑裏藏刀。
17. Clothes do not make the man.	衣冠不能造人品。人不可以貌相。
18. Conscience does make cowards of us all. [William Shakespeare]	良心的自責使大家變成了懦夫。（莎士比亞）
19. Faint heart never won fair lady.	懦弱的人永遠無法贏得美人的歡心。
20. Far from eye, far from heart.	離眼遠，離心遠。眼不見，心不念。
21. Fine feathers do not make fine birds.	酒肉賓朋，柴米夫妻。
22. An uncut gem goes not sparkle.	玉不琢，不成器。