英語格言集錦

　　·the sting of a reproach is the truth of it. 指責帶給你刺痛，正是它的忠實之處。

　　·virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 美德和猶如母女。

　　·all mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. 行善者，人人銘記之。

　　·it’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 防止染上惡習遠比消除惡習容易。

　　·an old man in a house is a good sign. 家中有老是一個好跡象。

　　·speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting. 別用言詞貶低任何人，無論國王還是奴隸。最卑?的蜜蜂也

　　·beware,beware!he＇ll cheat＇ithout scruple,who can without fear. 當心，當心！行騙而無所畏懼者，也將無所顧慮。

　　·how few there are who have courage enough to own their faults or resolution enough to mend them! 承認并改正錯誤，需要有足夠的勇氣和決心

　　·if thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains. 你若作惡，消失的是而非痛苦；你若行善，消失的

　　·trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest. 傻瓜習慣于詭計和背判的伎倆，他們還沒聰明到學會真誠待人

　　·great beauty,great stength,and great riches,are really and truly of no great use;a right heart exceeds all. 貌美，力大，有錢，實無大益

　　·let our fathers and garandfathers be valued for their goodness, ourselves for our own. 讓和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊重，讓我們因我們自己的

　　·thirst after desert,not reward. 渴求美德而非獎賞。

　　·if thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 傷害良心，將受到良心的嚴懲。

　　·if thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life. 若欲求長壽，生活須行善，因為蠢行和邪惡會把縮短。

　　·each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout. 每年根除一惡習，惡根亦會成完人。

　　·none but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault,or acknowledge himself in an error. 唯有有教養者方知如何承認錯誤，或意識到自己行為

　　·if you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not. 若做了不應做之事，則必然會聽見不愿聽之語。

　　·let thy vices die before thee. 讓惡習先你死去。

　　·act uprightly,and despise calumny.dirt may stick to a mud wall,but not polish＇d marble. 為人正直的就不懼誹謗：污物可以沾到泥墻上，卻附不

　　·an honest man will receive neither money nor praise,that is not his due. 正直的人既不收受他人的錢財，也不接受他人的奉承，這些都不是他應得的

　　·the honest man takes pains,and then enjoys pleasure,the knave takes pleasure,and then suffers pains. 正直的人先經歷痛苦，然后享受歡樂；無賴

　　·he that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not. 若做了不應該做的事，則將產生自己所不希望有的。

　　·the goodwill of the governed will be starv＇d,if not fed by the good deeds of the governors. 被統治者的良好愿望，若無統治者的善待，亦會餓死

　　·the brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy. 勇者和智者均有同情諒解之心，而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之

　　·calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity. 不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。

　　·who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 誰能最恰當地評價一個人，他的敵人還是他自己？

　　·cunning proceeds from want of capacity. 狡詐出自于能力的缺乏。