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学习方法与态度

• Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
  

• It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

• Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. 读书健脑，运动强身。

• A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。

• Learn and live. 活着，为了学习。

• Knowledge starts with practice. 实践出真知。

• Complacency is the enemy of study. 学习的敌人是自己的满足。
  

• Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识使人谦虚，无知使人傲慢。

• Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

• A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。

• Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。

• A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

勤奋、意志与成功

• Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

• No pains, no gains. 没有付出就没有收获。

• Constant dripping wears away a stone. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

• Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

• Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 天才不过是勤奋而已。

• Great hopes make great man. 伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

• Industry is the parent of success. 勤奋是成功之母。

• No rose without a thorn. 没有不带刺的玫瑰。

• There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

• No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无惧。

• Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。

• The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。

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

品行与操守

• Honesty is the best policy. 诚实不欺为上策。
  

• Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 要人尊敬，必须自重。

• Patience is the best remedy. 忍耐是良药。

• One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。

• He knows most who speaks least. 大智若愚。

• A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。

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

• He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人须先正己。

• Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 骄傲使人落后。

• Please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。

• Penny wise, pound foolish. 贪小便宜吃大亏。

• He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion. 经常诉苦，没人同情。

• Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。

择友与友谊

• Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
  

• A man is known by his friends. 什么人交什么朋友。

• Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

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

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

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

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

• Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。

珍惜时光

• Time flies. 光阴似箭。
  

• Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。

• To save time is to lengthen life. 节约时间就是延长生命。

• Time stays not the fool s leisure. 时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。

• Lost years are worse than lost dollars. 失去时光金不换。

• Time is money. 时间就是金钱。

• Time has wings. 光阴去如飞。

• Time lost cannot be won again. 时光一去不复返。

金钱与财富

• Gold will not buy anything. 黄金不能买尽一切。
  

• The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人的主要目的并不是赚钱。

• The money the miser hoards will do him no good. 守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。

• What is wealth good for, if it brings melancholy? 财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？

• Wealth makes worship. 财富能使人拜倒。

健康与心态

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
  

• Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。

• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作, 不玩耍, 聪明小伙也变傻。

• Health is not valued till sickness comes. 病时方知健康可贵。

• A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

• A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。

• Good health is over wealth. 健康是最大的财富。

• Happiness lies first of all in health. 幸福首先在于健康。

• Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease. 欢乐就是健康, 忧郁就是病痛。

• He is happy that thinks himself so. 自乐者常乐。

• Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。

常理与法则

• A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
  
• Don t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
• Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
• Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
• A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
• Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
• Still water run deep. 静水流深。
• Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
• When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
• Man proposes, god disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
• Look before you leap. 摸清情况再行动。
• Experience must be bought. 吃一堑，长一智。
• Make hay while the sun shines. 良机勿失。
• He who does not advance loses ground. 逆水行舟，不进则退。
• Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。
• Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在。
• All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不一定都是金子。
• All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事总是由难而易。
• Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
• Every man has his faults. 金无足赤，人无完人。
• Four eyes see more than two. 集思广益。
• He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
• It is the first step that costs troublesome. 万事开头难。
• The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。
• Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。
• Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。
• The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
• It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
• Don t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自找麻烦。

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