Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.——C. Nepos
值得學習的英語名言
1、Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。
2、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諒解之心，而懦夫和愚者則毫無憐憫之。
3、Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.
不幸與幸運都是正直的試金石。
4、Who judges best of a man,his enemies or himself?
誰能最恰當地評價一個人，他的敵人還是他自己?
5、All things are difficult before they are easy.
萬事開頭難。
6、Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.
狡詐出自于能力的缺乏。
7、You may be too cunning for one,but not for all.
蒙騙得了一人，但蒙騙不了所有的人。
8、Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴少。
9、Clean your finger,before you point at my spots.
先洗浄你的手指，再指出我的污跡。
10、He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so.
能承受責備并據此改過者，若不算是智者，也距之不遠。
11、Keep conscience clear,then never fear.
問心無愧，永無畏懼。
12、Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其詞是謊話的近親。
13、A great talker is a great liar.
最會夸夸其談的人也最會說謊。
14、When you're good to others,you are best to yourself.
善待他人，即是最善待自己。
15、What is serving God?'Tis doing good to man.
什么才算是為上帝奉獻?即對人行善。
16、A quite conscience sleeps in thunder,but rest and guilt live far adunder.
平靜的良心能在雷聲中入睡，而安寧和負罪則無法毗鄰。
17、There is no man so bad,but he secretly respects the good.
再壞的人都會暗自敬重好人。
18、A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.
真正的偉人既不大肆踐踏小人物，也不會在皇帝面前奴顔卑膝。
19、Do me the favour to deny me at once.
立即把我拒絕，以此給我恩惠。
20、You may be more happy than pinces,if you will be more virtuous.
如果你能多做善事，你會比王子還要幸福。
21、Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self?
欺騙你的莫過于自己。
22、Nothing so popular as goodness.
最的歡迎的是善行。
23、The excellency of hogs is fatness,of men virtue.
豬的優點在于肥壯，人的優點在于美德。
24、Don't throw stones at your neightbours,if your own windows are glass.
假如你家的窗戶是玻璃做的，別用石頭打你的鄰居。
25、The good seaman is known in bad weather.
驚濤駭浪，方顯英雄本色。
26、Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.
亞麻遠離火苗，青年遠離賭博。
27、The sun never repents of the good he does,nor does he ever demand a recompence.
太陽絕不為它所做的善事后悔，也從不指望任何報酬。
28、The sting of a reproach,is the truth of it.
指責帶給你刺痛，正是它的忠實之處。
29、Virtue and happiness are mother and daugher.
美德和幸福猶如母女。
30、TAll mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.
行善者，人人銘記之。
31、It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
自欺是世上最易之事。
32、An old man in a house is a good sign.
家中有老是一個好跡象。
33、Beware,beware!he'll cheat'ithout scruple,who can without fear.
當心，當心!行騙而無所畏懼者，也將無所顧慮。
34、How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults.or resolution enough to mend them!
承認并改正錯誤，需要有足夠的勇氣和決心。
35、Thirst after desert,not reward.
渴求美德而非獎賞。
36、If thou injurest conscience,it will have its revenge on thee.
傷害良心，將受到良心的嚴懲。