Proverb

附錄七   ----   英語俗諺167句

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      勵志
      1.Actions speak louder than words.   (坐而言，不如起而行。)
      2.After a storm comes a calm.   (否極泰來。)
      3.All roads lead to Rome.   (條條大路通羅馬。)
      4.Art is long, life is short.   (人生苦短，而學術無涯。)
      5.Better late than never.   (寧遲勿缺。)
      6.Easier said than done.   (說來容易做來難。)
      7.A fault confessed is half redressed.   (肯認錯是改過的一半。)
      8.Heaven helps those who help themselves.   (天助自助者。)
      9.It is easy to be wise after the event.(經一事長一智。)
      10.It is never too late to mend. （亡羊補牢猶未晚也。）
      11.Knowledge is power.   (知識就是力量。)
      12.Live and learn.   (活到老學到老。)
      13.Never do things by halves.   (做事切莫半途而廢。)
      14.No pains, no gains.   (不勞則無獲。)
      15.Nothing venture, nothing have.   (不入虎穴，焉得虎子。)
      16.Practice makes perfect.   (熟能生巧。)
      17.Rome was not built in a day.   (羅馬不是一天造成的。)
      18.Strike while the iron is hot.   (打鐵趁熱。)
      19.Two heads are better than one.   (三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮。)
      20.Well begun is half done.   (好的開始是成功的一半。)
      21.What can't be cured must be endured.   (盡人事以待天下命。)
      22.Where there is a will, there is a way.   (有志者事竟成。)
      23. A watched pot never boils.   (心急水不沸（等待的時間特別長）。)
      24. All men naturally desire to know.     (人的天性皆欲求知。)
      25. All things come to him who waits.   ( 忍為上策。)
      26. Better be the head of an ass than the tail of o horse.
      = Better be the head of a dog than the tail of o lion.   ( 寧為雞首，不為牛後。)
      27.Constant dripping wears away the stone. ( 滴水穿石。)
      28. Time is money.   ( 時間就是金錢。)  
      29. The early bird catches the worm.   (早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。)  
      30. Time will tell.     ( 時間會證實一切。) 
      31. Strike while the iron is hot.   ( 打鐵趁熱。) 
      32. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.   ( 今日事，今日畢。)
      33. What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.   ( 心想事成。)
      34. While  there  is  life,  there  is  hope.   (留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。)
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