高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃 Lesson 3 Life and Philosophy人生与哲理 清单-2026届高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃 Lesson 3 Life and Philosophy人生与哲理 A candle lights others and consumes itself. ［译］蜡烛燃烧自己，照亮别人。 A fair death honors the whole life. ［注解］此谚语指死得其所，流芳百世。 ［译］死得高尚，一生光荣。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. ［译］吃一堑，长一智。 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ［译］万丈高楼平地起。 A lazy youth, a lousy age. (or A young idler, an old beggar.) ［译］少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 A man can only die once. (or A man can die but once.) ［译］人生只有一回死。 A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks. ［注解］指男人自己感觉多老就多老，外貌老没关系；女人的外表多老就多老，因为人们凭外貌判断其年龄。 ［译］男人老不老，自己最知晓；女人老不老，只要看容貌。 A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ［译］只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。 A merry heart, maketh a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. ［注解］语出《圣经·箴言》第15章第13节。maketh=makes. ［译］心中喜乐，面带笑容；心里忧愁，灵魂受损。 A ragged coat may cover an honest man. ［译］身穿破衣衫，可能是忠厚汉；人穷志不穷。 A willful man must have his way. ［注解］意志坚定顽强，定能如愿以偿。 ［译］只要人有志，万事皆可成。 Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves. ［译］怨天尤人只是为自己开脱。 Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness. ［译］业精于勤荒于嬉。 Adversity leads to prosperity. ［译］穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. ［注解］逆境能磨炼人的意志，使人聪明有才干。 ［译］逆境增才干，并不增财富。 All healthy people like their dinner, but their dinner is not the main object of their life. ［译］一切健康的人都吃得很香，但是吃饭并不是他们生活的主要目标。 Ambition never dies until there is no way out. ［译］不到黄河心不死。 As a man sows, so shall he reap. ［注解］语出《圣经·加拉太书》第6章第7节。 ［译］种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 Better die with honour than live with shame. ［译］与其忍辱偷生，不如光荣而死。 Better go away longing than loathing. ［译］离开后要让人想念，不可让人讨厌。 Comparisons are odious. ［注解］喻人比人气死人。 ［译］比较令人生厌。 Conquer fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. ［译］战胜对死亡的恐惧才能真正享受生命。 Constant dripping wears away the stone. ［注解］莎士比亚的戏剧《亨利六世·下篇》第3幕第2场中有：He plies her hard; and much rain wears the marble. 他追她追得真紧啊。雨滴不断地落在云石上，云石也会磨穿。（章益译）此谚语与汉语“滴水穿石”含义相同。 ［译］水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Cowards die many times before their deaths. ［注解］语出莎士比亚的戏剧《裘里斯·凯撒》第2幕第2场。指胆小鬼因胆小，一生中要经历许多次对死亡的恐惧。 ［译］胆小鬼在真正咽气之前要死许多次。 Cut your coat according to the cloth. ［注解］直译为看布裁衣。指根据具体条件而努力或制定计划。 ［译］量布裁衣；量力而行；量入为出。 Death is no more than passing from one room into another. ［译］死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。 Death is the grand leveler. ［注解］在莎士比亚的戏剧《辛白林》第4幕第2场中有句：Thersites' body is as good as Ajax' when neither are alive.贵人也好，贱人也好，死了以后，剩下的反正就是一副同样的臭皮囊。Thersites是荷马史诗《伊利亚特》中一名最丑陋、最会骂人的士兵；Ajax是特洛伊围攻战中的希腊英雄。 ［译］死亡面前人人平等。 Death keeps no calendar. ［译］死亡没有日程表；人死无定期。 Death pays all scores. ［注解］score在这里指“账目”。 ［译］人死百债了。 Death spares neither small nor great. ［译］死亡不分贵贱，人人难免。 Death when it comes will have no denial. ［译］死亡来临时，无可抗拒之。 Diligence is the mother of good luck. (or Industry is the parent of success.) ［译］勤奋乃成功之母；好运出自勤奋。 Discontent is the first step in progress. ［译］不满意是进步的开端。 Don't say that you have started too early, for many people are already on the way. ［译］莫道君行早，更有早行人。 Dying is as natural as living. ［译］有生必有死。 Each day brings its own bread. ［译］天无绝人之路。 Elbow grease gives the best polish. ［注解］elbow grease意思是“费劲，苦干”；尤指体力上的重活。 ［译］苦干出好活。 Every bullet has its billet. ［注解］指战场上中弹与否，全是天命。billet住宿地。 ［译］每颗子弹都有归宿，命中注定无法逃脱。 Every day is not Sunday. ［译］好景不常在；好花不常开。 Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. ［注解］此语常用在自己或他人失意时作为鼓励的话。指贫富无常，倒霉的人不必气馁，终有走运之日；吉星高照者也不必太骄傲，谨防祸从天降；风水轮流转。 ［译］任何人都有风光的时候。 Every flow must have its ebb. ［译］潮水有涨有落；人生变幻无常。 Everything comes to him who waits. ［注解］本句虽强调耐心，但不是消极等待，而是要不放弃争取。 ［译］耐心等待之人，必能如愿以偿。 Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. ［注解］语出Aldous Leonard Huxley，美国作家郝胥黎。 ［译］经验不会从天而降；经验只有通过实践才能获得。 Experience must be bought. ［译］要取得经验，须付出代价。 Experience teaches. (or Experience does it.) ［译］经验给人教训；经验使人聪明。 Failure is the mother of success. ［译］失败是成功之母。 Fortune favors the bold and repulses the timid. ［注解］repulse拒绝。the timid胆怯者。 ［译］幸运之神总是眷顾有勇气尝试的人，不助胆怯者。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement. ［译］机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door. ［译］人人都有鸿运高照之日。 Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward. ［译］幸运喜欢勇敢的人，而不喜欢怯懦的人。 Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. ［译］天才就是不断地承受磨难。 Genius is nothing but labour and diligence. ［译］天才来自于勤奋。 Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ［注解］语出发明家爱迪生。inspiration意为“灵感”；perspiration 意为“汗，汗水”。 ［译］天才是百分之一的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水。 Genius only means hard-working all one's life. ［注解］语出Mendeleyev，俄国化学家门捷列夫。 ［译］天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。 God helps them that help themselves. ［注解］古希腊诗人荷马认为上帝肯定会帮助工作勤劳的人。该谚语指盼望上帝赐予好运的人，主要靠自己的努力。本句用来劝戒懒人或意志消沉者。 ［译］天助自助者；皇天不负苦心人。 Great hopes make great man. ［译］伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. ［注解］语出Samuel Johnson，英国作家和评论家约翰逊。 ［译］完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚忍不拔的毅力。 Greatest genius often lies concealed. ［注解］conceal意为“隐藏，隐蔽”。 ［译］最伟大的天才往往藏而不露；天才总是很谦虚，大智若愚。 Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. ［注解］语出R. Peters，美国法学家波得斯。 ［译］人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。 He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour. ［注解］出自拉丁语。没有吃过苦，哪知甜滋味。 ［译］吃过苦头，才配享受。 He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself. ［译］为己而生，生而可耻。 He laughs best who laughs last. ［注解］此谚语对事情尚未成功就过早高兴的人是告诫；对遭受挫折就感到沮丧无望的人是鼓励。同义谚语还有：“Better the last smile, than first laughter.”开头大笑不如最后的微笑。 ［译］谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 He that cannot ask cannot live. ［译］不会求者不会生。 He that runs fastest gets the ring. ［注解］谁跑得最快就得奖。 ［译］捷足先登。 He that will thrive must rise at five; He that has thriven may lie till seven. ［注解］用得更多的是前一句。 ［译］五更起床，百事兴旺；已经兴旺，可迟起床。 He travels the fastest who travels alone. ［译］独行者走得最快；无家累者易发展。 He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. ［译］怕吃败仗的就要打败仗。 He who lives by hope will die by hunger. ［译］靠希望生活的人将饥饿而死。 He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. ［译］怕犯错者必将一事无成。 He who risks nothing gains nothing. ［译］收获与风险并存。 He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. ［译］把生死置之度外者，大多会成功。 He who trusts all things to chance makes a lottery of his life. ［译］一个人如果把所有事情都寄托在机遇上，他的人生便成了赌注。 He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. ［译］爬梯必须从底层开始；千里之行，始于足下。 Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ［译］抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. ［注解］以早餐晚餐比喻事情的前后。 ［译］希望是美味的早点，但又是难咽的晚餐。 Hope is but the dream of those that wake. ［译］希望是清醒者的梦想。 Hope is life and life is hope. ［译］希望就是生活，生活也就是希望。 Hope springs eternal. ［注解］eternal 不变的，永远的。指人总抱有希望。盼望好光景是人的天性，即使遇到挫折和失望也是如此，人们心中的希望常在。 ［译］希望之泉，永不枯竭。 Hope well and have well. ［译］愿望若良好，结果也会好。 Ideals are like the stars — we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ［注解］语出Carl Schurz，美国政治家舒尔茨。 ［译］理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向。 Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. ［注解］语出Leo Tolstory，俄国作家托尔斯泰。 ［译］理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。 Idle folks lack no excuses. ［译］懒汉辩解，何患无辞。 Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. ［译］懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。 Idleness is the mother (root) of all evil. (or Idleness is the parent of all vice.) ［注解］斯迈尔斯还说：“It is the idleness that is the curse of men, not labour.”祸根不是劳动，而是懒惰。 ［译］懒惰是万恶之源。 Idleness rusts the mind. (or Idleness makes the wit rust.) ［注解］rust生锈，使弱。比喻懒惰使人笨，让人的头脑迟钝。 ［译］人不勤变笨；刀不磨变钝。 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. ［译］初试不成功，努力勿懈怠。 If it were not for hope, the heart would break. ［注解］指希望的重要性。在困难重重、日子难过之时，使我们不灰心丧志、放弃奋斗的，就是内心抱有对事情否极泰来的希望。 ［译］人若无希望，心碎肝肠断；人靠希望活着。 If we want light, we must conquer darkness. ［译］我们要光明，就得征服黑暗。 If you don't aim high you will never hit high. ［译］不立大志，难攀高峰。 If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. ［注解］语出Joshua Reynolds，美国女散文家雷诺兹。 ［译］如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。 If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old. ［注解］指人如果年轻时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。 ［译］年轻图享受，老来倍受苦。 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. ［注解］源自拉丁语。“run after two hares”意指做徒劳无益之事。比喻一心二用，将一事无成。 ［译］同时追两兔，全都抓不住；脚踏两只船，必定都落空。 If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. ［注解］语出Thomas Edison，美国发明家爱迪生。 ［译］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。 I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat. ［注解］语出Winston Churchill，英国政治家丘吉尔。 ［译］我没有什么能奉献的，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。 In all things, it is better to hope than to despair. ［译］凡事抱希望为佳，不应悲观失望。 In for a penny, in for a pound. (As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.) ［注解］意指一旦介入某事，不管出现多大的阻力或困难，都要坚持到底，决不半途而废。同义谚语还有：“Over shoes, over boots.” ［译］一个钱也干，十个钱也干，一旦开始就要干到底；一不做，二不休。 In life, as in chess, forethought wins. ［译］人生如下棋，多谋得胜利。 In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. ［译］在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进、不屈不挠的人才能获胜。 In life's ocean, a man who fears difficulties can only reap the scum and rubbish floating on the surface of the ocean, but a man who can bear hardships reaps pearls and other treasures lying deep in the bottom of the ocean. ［注解］scum泡沫，浮渣。 ［译］在生活的海洋中，畏难的人收获的总是水面上的泡沫和垃圾，而吃苦的人收获的却是海底深处的珍珠瑰宝。 In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. ［译］成功之时应谨慎，忧患之时得忍耐。 Into each life some rain must fall. Some days must be dark and dreary. ［译］每个人一生都会逢上阴雨，有些日子必然阴暗而沉闷。 It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them. ［注解］语出Mark Twain，美国作家马克·吐温。 ［译］就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。 It is better to die when life is a disgrace. ［译］宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。 It is dogged that (as) does it. ［注解］dogged顽强的，坚持不懈的。 ［译］坚持就是胜利。 It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. ［译］创业容易守业难。 It is great to be great, but it is greater to be human. ［注解］语出W. Rogers，美国幽默家罗杰斯。 ［译］成为伟人是美好的，做一个真正的人更美好。 It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ［注解］语出G. Eliot，英国小说家艾略特。 ［译］天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。 Keep the common road, and thou'rt safe. ［注解］这里的art是be的第二人称单数现在式。keep the common road意思是“保持常规、传统”。其反义语为“out of the common (general, usual) road”，超出常规，不按常规。 ［译］凡事循规蹈矩，一生平安无事。 Labour is often the father of pleasure. ［译］勤劳常为快乐之源。 Lazy folks (people) take the most pains. ［译］懒汉多吃苦。 Lazy youth makes lousy age. ［注解］意同“Young prodigal in a coach will make old beggar barefoot”。直译为：少时坐马车游荡多舒服，老来乞讨生活多痛苦。都用于比喻少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 ［译］年轻游荡，老来受苦。 Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ［译］只有向后看才能理解生活；但需要生活好，必须向前看。 Life demands to be lived. ［译］人生需要好好度过。 Life is a battle from cradle to grave. ［注解］意同“No dream his life was but a fight”。生命并不是梦幻，而是战斗。 ［译］人生是一场从生到死的战斗；生存就是斗争。 Life is a big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ［译］人生是一幅大画布，你必须努力绘出绚丽多彩的人生。 Life is a big horse, and either you ride it or it rides you. ［译］人生像一匹马，你不驾驭它，它将驾驭你。 Life is but a span. ［译］人生如朝露；人生短暂。 Life is half spent before we know what it is. ［译］人过半生，方知天命。 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ［译］生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。 Life is long if you know how to use it. ［译］若能好好利用，人的寿命就长。 Life is not all cakes and ale. ［注解］cakes and ale欢乐，物质享受。 ［译］人生并非就是吃喝玩乐。 Life is very much like a mirror; if you smile upon it, it smiles back upon you; but if you frown, look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. ［译］生活犹如一面镜子；你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你紧锁双眉，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还你同样的目光。 Little pigeons can carry great messages. ［注解］指小物有大用；人小也能成大事。 ［译］小小鸽子也能递送重大情报。 Live not to eat, but eat to live. (One should eat to live,not live to eat.) ［注解］出自拉丁语。古希腊大哲学家苏格拉底（Socrates 469—399 B. C.）说过：“Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.”别人活着为吃，我为生存而食。 ［译］人为生而食，不为食而生。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. ［注解］语出Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie)，法国作家大仲马。 ［译］生活没有目标，就像航海没有指南针。 Luck comes when opportunity meets preparations. ［译］机会到来之时已做好准备，这就是好运。 Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. ［译］尽力而为，尽力节约，尽力施舍。 Make the best of a bad bargain. ［注解］a bad bargain没有希望的事，倒霉的事。此谚语指在没有办法中想办法；在不利情况下尽力而为；心情开朗地对待不幸和失败，在逆境中不灰心丧气。 ［译］以随遇而安的态度对待不利情况；善处逆境。 Man cannot live by bread alone. ［译］人不能只靠面包活着。 Man errs so long as he strives. ［注解］语出Johann Wolfgang Goethe，德国诗人、剧作家歌德。 ［译］人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 Man is the artificer of his own happiness. ［注解］artificer技工，工匠。 ［译］人是自己幸福的建造者。 Man proposes, God disposes. ［注解］出自拉丁语。propose打算，计划。dispose处理，安排。 ［译］谋事在人，成事在天。 Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings. ［译］有许多伟人出身卑微。 Men are mortal. ［译］人生自古谁无死。 Men are not to be measured in inches. ［译］人的伟大与否并非取决于身高。 Misfortune is a good teacher. ［译］不幸是良师。 Never in a steed pigsty-born; nor an evergreen pine pot bound. ［译］猪圈岂生千里马，花盆难养万年松。 Never say die. ( = Never give in.) ［注解］本句常作惊叹语，用于鼓励身处困境的人不要悲观。 ［译］千难万险不灰心，昂首阔步向前进。 No bees, no honey; no work, no money. ［译］无蜂则无蜜，不劳则无酬。 No cross, no crown. ［注解］指用花枝树叶扎成的冠，戴在胜利者头上象征荣誉；另一种解释是：就像耶稣没有受“钉在十字架上”之苦，就无法升天一样，指任何人不受苦受难就休想得到有价值的东西。直译：没有十字架就没有花（王）冠。 ［译］不吃苦中苦，难为人上人；没有艰苦就没有荣誉；没有困难就没有成功。 No living man all things can. ［注解］源于拉丁语。 ［译］世上无全能的人。 No man can do two things at once. ［译］心无二用。 No man ever yet became great by imitation. ［注解］只凭模仿成不了伟业。 ［译］效颦不能成西施。 No one can have all he desires. ［译］无人能有所有欲。 No pains, no gains. (or Nothing venture, nothing gain.) ［注解］指不劳则无获。 ［译］不入虎穴，焉得虎子？ None knows the weight of another's burden. ［注解］none用作no one解时，现在主要用在谚语里，别的场合很少用，应该避免。 ［译］看人挑担不吃力；彼此谁也不知道对方的难处。 Nothing is impossible to willing mind (or heart). ［译］有志者事竟成；心之所愿，无事不成。 Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. ［译］世上无难事，只怕有心人。 No way is impossible to courage. ［译］勇者面前，无路不通。 Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.(or You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.) ［注解］omelet煎蛋饼，炒蛋。make an omelet without breaking eggs不费一蛋而炒鸡蛋，不花代价而达到目的。此谚语源自法国谚语，指要想有所得，必须付出代价。 ［译］有失才有得。 One may sooner fall than rise. ［译］跌倒容易爬起难。 Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. ［注解］比喻自己的苦只有自己知道。 ［译］只有穿鞋人，才知鞋轧脚。 Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ［注解］语出O. Goldsmith（戈德史密斯）。 ［译］我们最大的光荣并不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后能站起来。 Perseverance is vital to success. ［译］不屈不挠是成功之本。 Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. ［注解］sufficient足够的，充分的；disgrace耻辱，不光彩。 ［译］贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。 Providence is always on the side of the big battalions. ［注解］Providence天公，上帝。battalion部队，军队。 ［译］天公总是佑强者。 Reason is the guide and light of life. ［译］理智是人生的向导和光辉。 Rest breeds rust. ［译］安逸生惰性。 Roll my log and I'll roll yours. ［注解］log原木。该句意为：如果你给我捧场，我也为你捧场。 ［译］互相吹嘘。 Satan always finds work for idle hands. ［译］魔鬼专坑懒鬼。 Self-confidence and self-reliance are the mainstays of a strong character. ［注解］mainstay主要的依靠。 ［译］自信与自立是坚强品格的支柱。 Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. ［译］做事失败的最大原因是缺乏自信。 Self-trust is the first secret of success. ［译］自信是成功的首要秘诀。 Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood. ［译］真诚——深刻真挚发自内心的真诚，是真正高尚的人性的一种品质。 Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. ［注解］语出《圣经·马太福音》第6章第34节。意指别再自寻烦恼，为未来担心。 ［译］当天的苦恼就够人受的了，别为明天发愁；肠满今朝愁，莫添他日忧。 Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ［注解］heed留心，注意。 ［译］记住：没有追求就没有收获。 Take one's courage in both hands. ［译］勇往直前，敢做敢为。 Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. ［译］天才来自于勤奋，知识来自于积累。 The best is often the enemy of the good. ［注解］指为求得十全十美而把本来好的东西破坏了。 ［译］凡事过于求全，有时反无成就；要求过高反难成功；好高骛远，成就有限。 The best things in life are free. ［注解］The best things最好的东西，原指自然物，如太阳、月亮、空气。人工生产出来的东西相对来说只是“较好”，但并不免费。意指不需花钱或花钱很少的事物、活动等比花大钱的东西更有乐趣，其真正价值更大。 ［译］生活中最美好的东西不必花钱。 The bull must be taken by the horns. ［译］捉牛须先捉牛角；勇于面对困难。 The chief aim of man is not to get money. ［译］人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。 The end justifies the means. ［注解］justify证明……正当或有理。只要目的本身是善良的，不管你用什么手段，均无不可。 ［译］只问目的，不问手段；目的使手段正当化。 The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. ［译］烈火炼真金，逆境炼壮士。 The good is the enemy of the best. ［注解］指满足于良好，就不会追求更好。 ［译］“良好”是“最好”的敌人。 The good seaman is known in bad weather. ［译］坏天气才能认识良好的海员。 The greatest artist was once a beginner. ［译］最伟大的艺术家也曾经是个新手。 The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. ［译］如果及早养成专心致志的习惯，它将成为我们人生的一部分。 The longest day must have an end. ［注解］指目前受当权者压迫，不幸或失败不管延续多久，终有到头的一天。 ［译］天虽长，必有尽；苦海总有边。 The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. ［注解］出自《圣经·马太福音》第26章第41节。 ［译］心有余而力不足。 There is no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labor and diligence. ［译］世间无所谓天才，它仅是刻苦加上勤奋。 Until all is over one's ambition never dies. ［译］不到黄河心不死。 Well begun is half done. ［译］良好的开端是成功的一半。 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough. ［译］年华没虚度，一生也足矣。 Whatever man has done, man may do. ［译］天下无难事。 Where there is a will, there is a way. ［译］有志者事竟成。 While there is life, there is hope. ［注解］出自拉丁语。意指尽管处境困难，前途暗淡，但只要活下去，就有翻身出头之时。 ［译］只要活着，就有希望；留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. ［注解］mulberry桑树。satin缎子。比喻时间和耐心能使桑叶变织锦。 ［译］只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。 You are the greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend. ［译］如果你是懦夫，你就是自己最大的敌人；如果你是勇者，你就是自己最好的朋友。 You make the failure complete when you stop trying. ［注解］斯坦史佛的名言。 ［译］当你停止尝试之日，乃你完全失败之时。 Youth looks forward and age backward. ［译］青年人向前看，老年人向后看。 Youth will have its course (swing). ［译］青春自有其过程；青年会变化，成长有过程。 Zeal without prudence is frenzy. ［注解］prudence小心，谨慎。frenzy狂乱，极度激动的状态。 ［译］没有谨慎的热情是一种狂热。 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$