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Commonly used proverbs in English CET-4 writing

1. Action practice

1. Action speaks louder than words. Action speaks louder than words.

2. Rome was not built in a day.

3. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

4. Experience is the mother of wisdom. Practice brings true knowledge. (Mother is a classic metaphor expressing "reason", and is the mother of is also a classic sentence pattern. For example: Failure is the mother of success. Failure is the mother of success.)

 5. Practice makes perfect .Practice makes perfect.

6. Easier said than done. Easier said than done. (There is no grammatical error in this sentence, but the formal subject It is is omitted)

7. Seek the truth from facts. Seek the truth from facts.

2. Ideological and Ambition Category

1. Great minds think alike. Heroes think alike.

2. Look before you leap.

3. Where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is a will, there is a way.

4. Nothing seek, nothing find. No pursuit, no gain.

3. Personal cultivation

1. All that glitters is not gold. All that glitters is not gold.

2. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. (Similar to '' in Chinese: gold and jade are ruined on the outside.)

 3. God helps those who help themselves. God helps those who help themselves.

4. A small mistake will trigger huge consequences.

5. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

6. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. Poverty is the only thing in the world that can get something without pains.

7. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat. (This Chinese proverb is translated like this in English~~~orz)

8. Take things as they come. Take things as they come.

IV. Work and Study Category

1. It’s never too old to learn.

2. More hasty, less speed. Haste makes waste.

3. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes a smart boy stupid.

4. One cannot put back the clock. The clock cannot be turned back.

5. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. Race against time and be efficient.

6. Please the eye and plague the heart. Coveting for temporary happiness will inevitably leave hidden troubles.

7. Success belongs to the persevering. Perseverance is victory. (the+a. means a type of person, here the persevering means a person who persists)

8. Health is better than wealth, health is happiness. Health is better than wealth, health is happiness.