英語格言精選

·the sting of a reproach is the truth of it. 責備帶給你刺痛，恰是它的忠誠之處。

·virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 美德和幸福如同母女。

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

·it’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. 避免染上惡習遠比打消惡習輕易。

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

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

·beware,beware!he'll cheat'ithout scruple,who can without fear. 小心，當心!行騙而無所害怕者，也將無所顧慮。

·how few there are who have courage enough to own their faults or resolution enough to mend them! 承認並糾正錯誤，須要有足夠的勇氣和信心

·if thou dost ill,the joy fades,not the pains;if well,the pain doth fade,the joy remains. 你若作惡，消逝的是快活而非疼痛;你若行善，消散的

·trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest. 傻瓜習慣於陰謀和背判的手法，他們還沒聰慧到學會真摯待人

·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. 讓父親和祖輩因他們的善行受到尊敬，讓我們因咱們自己的

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

·if thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 損害良心，將受到良心的重辦。

·if thou wouldest live long,live well;for folly and wickedness shorten life. 若欲求長命，生涯須行善，由於蠢行和邪惡會把性命縮短。

·each year one vicious habit rooted out,in time minght make the worst man good throughout. 每年剷除一惡習，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否認毛病，或意識到自己行動

·if you do what you should not,you must hear what you would not. 若做了不應做之事，則必定會聞聲不願聽之語。

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

·act uprightly,and despise may stick to a mud wall,but not polish'd marble. 為人正直的就不懼毀謗：汙物能夠沾到泥牆上，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，也不接收他人的阿諛，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. 正派的人先閱歷苦楚，而後享受歡喜;惡棍

·he that doth what he should not,shall feel what he would not. 若做了不應當做的事，則將發生自己所不盼望有的感到。

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

·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體諒之心，而怯夫和愚者則毫無惻隱之

·calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity. 可憐與榮幸都是正直的試金石。

·who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself? 誰能最適當地評估一個人，他的敵人還是他自己?

·cunning proceeds from want of capacity. 狡猾出自於才能的缺少。

·you may be too cunning for one,but not for all. 矇騙得了一人，但矇騙不了所有的人。

·clean your finger,before you point at my spots. 先洗?你的手指，再指出我的汙跡。

·he that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so. 能蒙受斥責並據此改過者，若不算是智者，也距之不遠

·tis hard to be poor and honest:an empty sack can hardly stand upright,but if it does,'tis a stout one! 要做到貧困而又老實切實不容易·keep conscience clear,then never fear. 心安理得，永無畏懼。

·when you're good to others,you are best to yourself. 善待別人，等於最善待本人。dj嗨嗨網

·what is serving god?'tis doing good to man. 什麼才算是為上帝貢獻?即對人行善。

·a quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder. 安靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡，而安定跟負罪則無奈毗連。

·there is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good. 再壞的人都會暗自敬佩好人。

·a true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor. 真正的巨人既不大肆蹂躪君子物，也不會在天子眼前奴?卑膝。

·do me the favour to deny me at once. 即時把我謝絕，以此給我恩情。

·you may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous. 假如你能多做善事，你會比王子還要幸福。 勵志小說

·who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self? 詐騙你的莫過於自己。

·nothing so popular as goodness. 最的歡送的是善行。

·don't misinform your doctor nor your lawyer. 別向醫生和律師供給過錯的新聞。 仁慈的謠言

·a good lawyar a bad neighbour. 好律師壞鄰居。

·the excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue. 豬的長處在於肥壯，人的優點在於美德。

·don't throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass. 如果你家的窗戶是玻璃做的，別用石頭打你的街坊。

·keep flax from fire, youth from gaming. 亞麻遠離火苗，青年闊別賭博。

·one mend-fault is worth two find-faults,but one find-fault is better than two make-faults. 一個矯正之錯相稱於兩個發現之錯，但一個發明之錯好

·the sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence. 太陽毫不為它所做的善事懊悔，也從不指望任何報酬。