英文諺語 201~

201. Think today and speak tomorrow. 熟思而後言。

 

202. He who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon. 巧言令色鮮矣仁。

 

203. He that falls today may rise tomorrow. 東山再起。

 

204. Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳。

205. A little learning is a dangerous thing. 

       一知半解，危險之至。

206. An enemy may chance to give good counsel. 敵人也可能給人好的忠告。

 

207. Come not to counsel uncalled. 人之患在好為人師。

 

208. 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。

 

209. Counsel must be followed, not praised. 忠告一定要遵守，不是要稱讚。

 

210. Counsel without help is useless. 沒有實質幫助的忠告亳無用處。

211. Counsels in wine seldom prosper. 酒杯空言少見成效。

 

212. Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 別班門弄斧。

 

213. Good counsel has no price. 良言乃無價之寶。

 

214. Good counsel never comes amiss. 好的忠告絕不會出差錯。

 

215. Good counsel never comes too late. 

   好的忠告絕不會來得太晚。

216. If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it. 從善如流。

217. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 老馬識途。

 

218. Ill counsel mars all. 不好的忠告損毀一切。

 

219. One gives nothing so liberally as advice. 沒有任何東西像忠告那麼慷慨。

 

220. Self is a bad counselor. 自私非上策。

221. Ambition loses many a man. 野心使許多人失敗。

 

222. Ambition makes people diligent. 雄心使人勤勉。

223. Zeal, when it is a virtue, is a dangerous one. 把熱誠當作美德是危險的。

 

224. Zeal without prudence is frenzy. 熱誠不夠謹慎猶若瘋狂

 

225. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

     志大才疏猶如脫韁之馬。

 

226. Zeal too often lacks discretion. 熱心有餘，審慎不足。

 

227. Mere talking tends only to failure. 空談只會導致失敗。

 

228. 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。

229. The higher the mountain, the greater descent. 爬得愈高，跌得愈深。

 

230. The best is the enemy of the good. 

        目標太高反而失敗。

231. Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。

 

232. If one will not, another will. 人棄我取，人取我與。

 

233. 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。

 

234. He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. 固步自封。

235. 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。

236. A clear conscience is like a coat of mail. 平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

 

237. Handsome is that handsome does. 相由心生。

 

238. A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人面獸心。

 

239. A good conscience is a safe pillow. 良心清白，安枕無憂。

 

240. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 多行不義必自斃。

241. Call no man happy till he is dead. 蓋棺論定。

 

242. A honey tongue, a heart of gall. 口蜜腹劍。

 

243. As a man lives, so shall he die. 有生必有死。

 

244. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 平生不做虧心事，夜半敲門心不驚。

 

245. Be just before you are generous.   先小人後君子。

246. A thief passes for a gentleman when thieving has made him rich. 成者為王，敗者為寇。

247. All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 人不可貌相，海不可斗量。

 

248. All that glitters is not gold. 金玉其外，敗絮其中

 

249. Apparel makes the man. 人靠衣裳，馬靠鞍裝。

 

250. Appearances are deceptive. 外表是靠不住的。