高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃
Lesson 2 Virtue and Thought 道德与思想
A bully is always a coward.
［注解］bully 恃强凌弱者。指恃强凌弱者欺负弱小者，却总是害怕
比他强的人。
［译］欺负弱小者永远是懦夫；色厉内荏。
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
［注解］conscience 指一个人的良心，如果没有做亏心事（a clear
conscience），当然睡觉也安稳、踏实（a soft pillow）。
［译］问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
［译］纯净的良心不屑于错误的指责。
A fault confessed is half redressed.
［注解］confess 意为“承认”；redress 指“纠正，矫正”，意指错
误承认了，一半已改掉。
［译］知错能改，善莫大焉。
A fox may grow gray, but never good. (or You cannot make a crab walk
straight. or The leopard cannot change its spots.
［注解］The leopard cannot change its spots. 出自《旧约·耶利米》第
13章第23节。在文艺作品、普通书写和日常话语中用得很广。
［译］江山易改，本性难移。A good fame is better than a good face.
［译］美名胜过美貌。
A good name could bestow a capital of good will of immense value.
［注解］bestow把……赠与，把……给予。
［译］好名声能给良好的愿望带来难以估价的财富。
A good name is sooner (easier) lost than won.
［注解］语出《圣经·箴言》。
［译］美誉易失不易得。
A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
［注解］luster光泽，光彩。
［译］好名声即使在黑暗中也显光彩。
A good tale is none the worse for being told twice.
［注解］好故事往往令人回味无穷，喜欢一听再听。
［译］动人的故事令人百听不厌。
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
［注解］相同意思的表达还有：A guilty conscience is a thousand
witnesses. A guilty conscience never feels secure. 指内心有愧的人老是
害怕，做了坏事者总会显出心中有鬼，可译作“做贼心虚”。
［译］亏心者心不安。
A little neglect may breed great mischief.
［注解］breed“酝酿”，喻指“一失足成千古恨，再回首已百年
身”。［译］小小的疏忽会酿成大错。
A man of moral integrity does not fear any slanderous attack.
［注解］integrity正直，诚实。a man of moral integrity 有道德的人。
slanderous造谣的，诽谤的。
［译］人正不怕影子歪。
A man's actions show his character.
［译］行为可显示出一个人的品性。
A miss is as good as a mile.
［注解］意指小错大错皆是错，程度虽不相同，性质却是一样。如
同做一件事差一点未成功和彻底失败的效果实际相同。早先的表达
方式为：An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
［译］失之毫厘，谬之千里；毫末之错仍为错；死里逃生总是生。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram.
［译］宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
［译］缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A stumble may prevent a fall.
［译］小踬可防大跌；小惩大诫。
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
［注解］语出英国诗人Keats（济慈）。
［译］一件美好的东西永远是赏心乐事。
A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.［注解］valiant勇敢的，英勇的。
［译］勇士的眸睨比懦夫的刀剑还犀利。
"After you" is good manners.
［译］“您先请”是礼貌。
An evil lesson is soon learned.
［译］坏事易学，恶习易染。
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
［译］诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。
An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be
resisted.
［译］军队的侵略可以抵抗；思想的侵略无法抵御。
Apparel makes the man.
［注解］apparel意为“服饰，外观”。
［译］马靠鞍装，人靠衣装。
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
［译］试金石可以试金，正如黄金可以试人。
Away goes the devil when he finds the door shut against him.
［译］把紧思想关，邪念无处钻。
Beauty lives with kindness.
［注解］语出William Shakespeare，英国剧作家莎士比亚。
［译］美寓于善。
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.［译］美而无德，犹如花之无香。
Beauty without bounty avails nought.
［注解］bounty仁爱。avail有利于，有益于。nought无，零。
［译］只有美貌而没爱心，美貌等于零。
Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The
gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.
［注解］语出印度作家、哲学家R. Tagore（泰戈尔）。
［译］蜜蜂从花中吸蜜，离开时营营地道谢。浮夸的蝴蝶却相信花
是应该向它道谢的。
Beggars' bags are bottomless.
［译］乞丐不知足。
Blame not the speaker but be warned by his words.
［注解］语出中国成语。
［译］言者无罪，闻者足戒。
Caution is the parent of safety.
［译］谨慎是安全之母。
Character is what you are in the dark.
［译］暗处最能反映一个人的真正品格。
Children and fools tell the truth. (or Children and fools cannot lie.)
［注解］孩子幼稚，傻瓜迟钝，他们一般不会说慌。
［译］孩子和傻子口中无诈语。
Children are what the mothers are.［译］耳濡目染，身教言传。
Civility cost nothing.
［注解］汉语谚语也说：“舌头打个滚，叫人不折本”；“礼多人
不怪”。
［译］待人文明礼貌，却不花费分文。
Conscience is an instinct to judge ourselves in the light of moral laws. It
is not a mere faculty; it is an instinct.
［注解］in the light of 意为按照，根据。faculty本领，能力。instinct
本能，天性。
［译］良知是一种依靠道德来批判自己的本能。它不只是一种能
力，还是一种本能。
Conceit may puff a man up, but it can never prop him up.
［注解］puff膨胀，prop支撑，支持。
［译］自高自大可以使一个人膨胀，但不能支撑住他。
Conversation makes one what he is.
［译］言如其人。
Credit keeps the crown of the causeway.
［注解］credit 信誉，声誉。causeway = causey 大路，公路。keep
the crown of the causeway 是苏格兰短语，意为：1）在街道中间走；
2）堂堂正正地出现。
［译］守信誉的人堂堂正正走在大街上；守信者心地坦荡不怕见
人。Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
［译］心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾病更危险。
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.
［译］早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
［译］培养上流人士从教育入手，经过社交使之日趋完美。
Education has for its object the formation of character.
［注解］语出Herbert Spencer，英国哲学家斯宾塞。
［译］教育的目的在于培养品德。
Envy has no holidays.
［注解］语出Francis Bacon，英国哲学家培根。
［译］忌妒无假日。
Envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anyone's nature.
［注解］语出Oscar Wilde（王尔德），爱尔兰作家。
［译］嫉妒是最可怕的东西，它会损坏人的天性。
Envy never enriched any man.
［译］嫉妒从不使人得益。
Every bean has its black. (or Every man has his faults. or Every man has
his weak side.)
［注解］颗颗豆子有黑嘴；比喻每人都有自己的弱点。
［译］人孰无过；金无足赤，人无完人。
Every one's faults are not written on their foreheads.［注解］语出英国自然主义作家 John Ray（雷伊）。受人责备时常
用此谚语反驳，暗示对方也有过错，只是没写在脑门上，不被人
知。Every (all) ... not这种结构表示部分否定。
［译］人的错误并不都写在脑门上。
Example is better than precept. (or Example is more powerful than
precept.)
［注解］实例优于口训，本谚语指以身作则胜于口头训诲。
［译］身教重于言教；喊破嗓子不如做出样子。
Extremes meet.
［注解］相对的事物通常是可互通的，比如说否极泰来。任何品
德、信仰、感情趋于极端就会走向反面。
［译］两极相通，物极必反。
Fish begins to stink at the head. (or Fish begins to rot from the head.)
［注解］出自拉丁语。意指上梁不正下梁歪。
［译］鱼要腐烂头先臭。
Fine feathers do not make fine birds.
［译］鸟美不在羽毛；人美不在衣裳。
Forgive and forget.
［注解］莎士比亚的戏剧《终成眷属》第 5 幕第 3 场中有：I have
forgiven and forgotten all. 可是现在我已宽恕一切，忘怀一切了。在
《李尔王》第 4幕第 7场中有：Pray you now, forget and forgive; I am
old and foolish. 你必须原谅我。请你既往不咎，宽恕我的过失；我是个年老糊涂的人。（以上朱生豪译）
［译］既往不咎，尽释前嫌。
Give credit where credit is due.
［注解］credit 荣誉，称赞。due 应得的。意指给某人在某事上应有
的评价。不管喜欢与否，别人有成就，有优点，我们就应该公正地
承认或称赞。
［译］有优点就该承认；该称赞的就应称赞。
Give the devil his due.
［注解］语出莎士比亚。
［译］即使对坏人也要公平对待；平心而论；做好事应得到称赞。
Good fame is better than a good face.
［译］美名胜美貌。
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit—and man is
his own gardener.
［译］好思想结好果，坏思想结劣果——人是他自己的园丁。
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
［注解］凡事须由基础开始。此谚语与下面的汉语成语基本对应。
［译］参天橡树长自小小橡树子；合抱之树，生于毫末。
Greed has no limits.
［译］人心不足蛇吞象。
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
［译］违背良心者胆怯。Handsome is as handsome does.
［译］行为漂亮才漂亮。
Hardly shall you find anyone so bad but he desires the credit of being
thought good.
［注解］credit 信誉，荣誉。
［译］很难找到哪个人会堕落到不希望人们对他有个好印象。
He gives twice that (or who) gives in a trice.
［注解］源自拉丁语。trice 瞬间，顷刻。in a trice 及时，马上。比
喻及时帮助效益大。
［译］助人及时等于助人两次；急人所急。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
［译］先自嘲者，不会见笑于人；先自嘲者才能免受讥笑。
He that is full of himself is very empty.
［注解］人若十分自恃，必定十分无知。
［译］妄自尊大，腹中空空。
He that knows others is learned, and he who knows himself is wise.
［注解］语出中国古代哲学家Laoze（老子）。
［译］知人者智，自知者明。
He that once deceived is ever suspected.
［译］骗人一次，受疑一世。
He that would know what shall be must consider what has been.
［注解］指欲知将来如何，必须考虑自己的过去。［译］欲知未然，须思已然。
He who digs a pit for others, falls in himself.
［注解］dig a pit for为（某人）挖陷阱。
［译］为他人挖陷阱，自己会先掉进去；害人反害己。
He who denies all confesses all.
［译］欲盖弥彰。
He who laughs at crooked men should walk very straight.
［注解］比喻正人先正己。
［译］要笑别人驼背，先把自己的身子挺直。
He who touches pitch will be defiled. (or You can't touch pitch without
being defiled.)
［注解］指环境对人有很大影响。劝人不可与坏人同流合污。词组
touch pitch指参与干坏事，与坏人有瓜葛。引申为“近墨者黑”。
［译］与沥青打交道哪能保持干净；与坏人为伍必染其恶。
Hide nothing from your minister, physician, and lawyer.
［注解］意指对神父、医生、律师隐瞒实情，会伤害自己的灵魂、
身体，还有财产。
［译］对神父、医生和律师，事事都要讲清楚。
Honesty is the best policy.
［译］诚实才是上策；做人要诚实，做事要踏实。
Human pride is human weakness.
［译］骄傲是人类的弱点。Humility is the foundation of all virtues.
［译］谦逊是一切美德的基础。
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
［注解］fleas 跳蚤。意同“近朱者赤，近墨者黑”。直译：与狗同
眠者，身上必有跳蚤。
［译］常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come
in contact with it.
［译］内心的快乐不仅温暖了自己的心，也温暖了所有与之接触者
的心。
Isaac Newton said (that) he saw further than others because he stood on
the shoulders of giants.
［译］牛顿说过，他看得比别人远些，因为他是站在巨人的肩膀上
看的。
It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart thinks none.
［译］好嘴不出恶言，善心不思邪念。
It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill.
［译］与其抱怨，不如积善。
It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the
error.
［注解］err犯错；persevere in坚持。
［译］人总不免要犯错误，只有蠢人才坚持不改。Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.
［注解］意指青少年若受到不良教育，长大了也会成为行为不端的
人。意同汉语谚语里的“上梁不正下梁歪”。
［译］歪苗长大成弯树；苗弯树不直。
Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make
friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.
［注解］语出《圣经·箴言》第13章第20节。
［译］与智慧者同行，必得智慧；和愚昧人做伴，必受亏损。
Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number.
［注解］company 意指做伴，同行。同义的表达有：Who keeps
company with the wolves, will learn to howl. 与狼结交，必学狼嗥。
［译］与好人做伴，必定学好样；近朱者赤。
Keeping a good name is reward not only by outsider's esteem but when
those who know you best put their confidence in you.
［译］维护名誉不仅能受到外人的尊敬，而且还能让那些最了解你
的人信得过你。
Kind words are the music of the world.
［译］善言是世上的音乐。
Kindness always begets kindness.
［译］善有善果。
Kindness cannot be bought for gear ( = goods)
［注解］意指好心不能靠金钱而只能通过相互帮助得到。［译］金钱买不到仁慈。
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
［译］善良是连结社会的金链。
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand.
［译］善良为语言，聋子能听见，哑巴懂心间。
Kindness is the sunshine of social life.
［译］仁慈是社会生活中的阳光。
Kindness, like grain, increases by sowing.
［译］善意，就像谷物，在播种中生长。
Kindness will creep where it may not go.
［译］仁慈可进入任何禁地。
Knavery may serve for a turn, but honesty is best at long run.
［注解］a turn指“一个回合”。at long run“长期运转”。
［译］欺诈可能一时得逞，但诚实却永远是上策。
Know thyself.
［注解］thyself 指yourself，“自己”。这是古希腊阿波罗神庙中告
诫世人的一条神谕。意指人应该了解自己的才智能力、能胜任的工
作及自己的性格爱好等，并能按照自身的这些特点去发展自己。如
能不折不扣遵照此古谚去做，人就会心悦诚服地克服自己的私心，
放弃一切不应有的权利和要求。
［译］人应认识自己；人贵有自知之明。
Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs.［译］责人之前先责己。
Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.
［译］好人越学越好，坏人越学越糟。
Liars begin by imposing upon others, but end by deceiving themselves.
［注解］impose upon欺骗。deceive（古）背叛。
［译］骗子以骗人开始，以害己告终。
Lies have short legs.
［注解］指谎言终将要败露。
［译］谎言腿短；谎言是站不住脚的。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
［注解］语出J. Lubbock，英国银行家、政治家卢伯克。
［译］生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的，而不是寿命的长短。
Life is not so short but there is time enough for courtesy.
［译］人生虽短，但表示礼貌的时间还是足够的。
Like author, like book.
［注解］指是什么样的作家就写出什么样的作品。
［译］书如其人，文如其人。
Like cures like.
［注解］语出拉丁语。
［译］以毒攻毒。
Like father, like son.
［注解］用于褒贬两方面均可。类似结构的谚语还有“Like mother,like daughter. （有其母必有其女。）Like teacher, like pupil. （有其
师必有其徒。）Like tree, like fruit. （什么树结什么果。）
［译］有其父必有其子。
Little bodies may have great souls.
［注解］此谚语比喻即使是瘦弱的躯体也能孕育出伟大的思想。将
此谚语用以描述英国科学家 Stephen Hawking（霍金）再合适不过
了，在他身上充分体现了“the strength of his mind and the weakness
of his body”之间的鲜明对比。
［译］小小的躯体会有伟大的心灵。
Lying rides upon debt's back.
［译］负债的人谎话多。
Lying is the first step to the gallows.
［注解］gallows绞刑架，绞台。
［译］说谎是上断头台的第一步。
Manners make the man.
［注解］指有丰衣足食而缺乏良好教养者不能给人以好的印象。语
出 14 世纪平民出身的英国主教 William Wykeham，他的原意是“不
应以出身而应以行为品质来鉴定一个人”。
［译］礼貌造就人；观其仪态而知其人。
No man is infallible.
［注解］infallible没有错误的，无过失的。
［译］天下无完人；人非圣贤，孰能无过。No man is wise at all times.
［注解］出自拉丁语。表示人们往往对自己或别人的错误的原谅和
安慰。
［译］人活在世，都有糊涂之时；聪明一世，糊涂一时；智者千
虑，必有一失。
Nothing comes from nothing. (or Of nothing comes nothing.)
［注解］出自拉丁语。
［译］无中不能生有。
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
［注解］指家长的言行举止对孩子的影响远远超过学校老师。
［译］一个父亲胜过一百个教师。
One good turn deserves another. One ill turn deserves another.
［注解］turn 在该句中的意思是：（帮助别人或害人的）行为，举
止，英语中有：a good turn 和 a bad (ill) turn 的说法。语出伊索寓言
《蒙羊皮的狼》。相同意思的谚语还有：Harm set, harm get. 肇祸得
祸。
［译］善有善报；恶有恶报。
One honest word is better than two oaths.
［注解］oaths是oath的复数形式。意思是：誓言，誓约。
［译］两句誓言不如一句实话。
One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.
［注解］mar 损坏，弄糟。直译：一根毒草坏了一锅汤。人们常用此谚语比喻一个人如果犯了错、干了坏事，就会影响别人或集体。
［译］一粒老鼠屎弄坏一锅汤。
One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret.
［译］一念之错可铸终生之恨。
Open confession is good for the soul.
［译］坦白交代，身心愉快。
Pain is the price that God puts upon all things.
［译］辛劳是上帝给所有东西加上的价格。
Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden.
［注解］比喻忍耐并非人人都能做到。
［译］忍耐是朵花，并非人人园中都种它。
Patience is a plaster for all sores.
［注解］plaster膏药。比喻忍耐能减轻一切痛苦。
［译］忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。
Patience is a virtue.
［译］耐心是一种美德。
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
［注解］语出Jean Jacques Rousseau，法国思想家卢梭。
［译］忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。
Patience is the best remedy (or medicine).
［译］忍耐是最好的药物。
Patience overcomes all things.［译］忍耐能征服一切。
People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.
［注解］语出《圣经·箴言》第27章第17节。
［译］铁磨铁，磨出刃来，人们互相学习，也是如此。
People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.
［注解］语出《圣经·箴言》第11章第2节。disgrace丢脸，耻辱。
［译］骄傲来，羞耻也来，谦虚才是明智之举。
Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower.
［译］人格之于人如同芳香之于花。
Pride and grace dwell never in one place.
［译］傲慢和温文尔雅决不会共处在一起；骄傲与高雅永远不融
洽。
Pride goes before a fall. (or Pride will have never left his master without a
fall.)
［注解］在莎士比亚的戏剧《查理二世》第 5幕第5场中有：Would
he not stumble? Would he not fall down? —Since pride must have a fall.
他不会踉跄吗？他不会失足倒地吗？骄傲必会遭到倾覆。（朱生豪
译）
［译］骄傲之后要摔跤；骄者必败。
Pride must be pinched.
［注解］pinch这里表示“使……萎缩”。
［译］骄傲必须收敛。Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues.
［译］顺境显邪恶，逆境见善德。
Reap as (or what) one has sown.
［译］自食其果。
Reason binds the man.
［译］理智约束人。
Reason deceives us often, conscience never.
［译］理性常骗人，良心永不欺。
Reason governs the wise man and cudgels the fool.
［译］理智指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。
Repentance is good, but innocence is better.
［注解］repentance后悔，忏悔。指悔罪不如无罪，告戒人们不要因
犯罪而后悔终身。
［译］悔罪虽好，无罪更佳。
Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.
［注解］人不自重，无人敬重。只有自敬之人才会受人尊敬。
［译］君须自敬，人乃敬之；若要人敬必先自敬。
Self-praise is no recommendation.
［译］自己说好不算好。
Sweep before your own door.
［注解］直译：自家门前先扫干净。引申义为“要求别人前先要求
自己”。［译］自家不干净，别说人家脏；先律己，后律人。
Take away my good name, take away my life.
［译］丧失名誉等于丧失了生命；荣誉重于生命。
Take honour from me and my life is undone.
［注解］该句是莎士比亚的名言。undone意为毁掉，完蛋。
［译］将名誉从我身上拿走，我的生命也完了。
Teaching others teaches yourself. (or He who teaches, learns.)
［译］诲人也诲己；教学相长。
Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
［注解］temperance节制，自我克制。
［译］自我节制是最大的美德。
The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching.
［注解］本句强调训练和教育的重要性。
［译］玉不琢不成器。
The biter is sometimes bit.
［译］骗子有时反被骗。
The day has eyes, the night has ears.
［注解］直译为：白天有眼，夜晚有耳。
［译］若要人不知，除非己莫为。
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
［注解］指那些饱食终日，无所事事者容易失足犯大错误。同义谚
语有：Idle brains are the evil's workshop.［译］魔鬼专找游手好闲者；无所事事者易作恶。
The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
［注解］语出英国诗人George Byron（拜伦）。
［译］思想的大厦是灵魂的宫殿。
The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.
［注解］指只看见别人的缺点不知自己有过错的人。
［译］眼睛能看见一切的东西，惟独看不见自己。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
［译］井底之蛙。
The heart sees further than the head.
［注解］在科学不发达的古代，人们把头脑的思想看成是心脏里想
的。
［译］心之所见远胜于目。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
［注解］出自《旧约·耶利米书》第 13 章第 23 节。在文艺作品，普
通书写，甚至日常说话中用得很广。直译为：豹改不了斑点。
［译］江山易改，本性难移。
The master said: "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance
and application?"
［注解］master有“大师、名家”之意。句中指中国哲学家老子。
［译］子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？”
The more noble, the more humble.［译］人品越高尚，为人越谦虚。
The path down to evil is easy.
［译］堕入罪恶的道路是容易走的。
The quality of mercy is not strained;
It drops as the gentle rain from heaven;
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blessth him that gives and him that takes.
［注解］语出莎士比亚。mercy宽恕，仁慈。strain使紧张。
［译］慈悲不是出于勉强，它像甘霖一样从天上降下尘世。它不但
给幸福于受施的人，也同样给幸福于施于的人。
The style is the man.
［译］文如其人。
There is no accounting for tastes. (or Every man to his taste. or Every one
tastes differ.)
［注解］指人的好恶各不相同。甚至有时人的好恶是不可理喻的。
［译］人各有所好；百人吃百味。
There is nothing lost by civility.
［译］礼貌不需什么代价；礼多人不怪。
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
［译］因为人有思想，才能区分好坏善恶。
They are never alone accompanied with noble thoughts.
［注解］accompany with伴随，陪同。［译］思想高尚者永不寂寞。
Thought is the seed of action.
［注解］语出Emerson（爱默生）。
［译］思想是行动的种子。
Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief
glory of man.
［译］思想是伟大、敏捷和自由的，它是世界之光，是人类的最高
荣耀。
To be virtuous is to do good.
［译］行善是美德。
To err is human.
［译］人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
［译］人难免犯错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of the folly is
the beginning of wisdom.
［注解］get rid of摆脱，清除。folly愚蠢，愚笨。
［译］远离罪恶是美德之始；摆脱愚蠢是智慧之初。
Too much humility is pride.
［译］过分谦虚即骄傲。
Too much praise is a burden.
［译］过多夸奖，反成负担。Too much water drowned the miller.
［注解］指好事不可过头。
［译］过犹不及。
True blue will never stain.
［注解］true blue 不褪色的蓝色染料；比喻对主义、党派等的忠
诚、坚定；英国坚定的保守党人。
［译］纯蓝不怕玷污；正直之人决不干坏事；真金不怕火炼。
True greatness is the greatness of the mind.
［译］真正的伟大是精神的伟大。
True nobility is exempt from fear.
［注解］exempt from意为免除，豁免。
［译］真正高尚的人是无所畏惧的。
True praise roots and spreads.
［译］表扬真实，根深传远。
Vain glory blossoms but never bears.
［注解］出自莎士比亚的《亨利八世》第 3 幕第 2 场。vain glory 指
虚荣心。
［译］虚荣能开花，但从不结果。
Velvet paws hide sharp claws.
［注解］velvet paws 指猫的内爪。该句比喻虚假温柔，掩饰残酷行
为的外表。对应的汉语为：笑面虎。
［译］笑里藏刀，口蜜腹剑。Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
［译］人贪钱财，心无美德。
Virtue is a jewel of great price.
［译］美德是无价之宝。
Virtue is far fairer than beauty.
［译］美德远胜过美貌。
Virtue is her (or its) own reward.
［注解］这是一条拉丁谚语，行善的最大报酬就是行善者内心的满
足感。此谚语提醒人们不应期望获得物质方面的报偿。
［译］善行的酬报就是善行本身；为善施恩不图报最乐。
Virtue never grows old.
［译］美德永远不衰老。
We are not born for ourselves.
［译］人生非为己。
What is done by night appears by day.
［译］若要人不知，除非己莫为。
While we converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow
young.
［注解］语出美国哲学家Ralph Waldo Emerson（爱默生）。
［译］与高于自己的思想进行交流，人不会变得年老，只会变得年
轻。
You may know by a handful the whole sack.［注解］要判断一袋米面质量的好坏，只需取样检查而不必把整袋
都倒出。指从很小的事例就能判断一个人的品格。
［译］由一斑可知全貌。
