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Some wise sayings in English, the more commonly used ones

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

Constant dropping wears the stone.

Experience is the mother of wisdom. (Experience is the mother of wisdom.)

Every man is his own worst enemy. (A person's worst enemy is himself.)

Saying and doing are two different things. (Speaking and doing are two different things.)

Actions speak louder than words. (Actions speak louder than words.)

From small beginnings comes great things. (Greatness begins with smallness.)

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. (Knowledge in the mind is better than money in the hand.)

The The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (A person's voice has no power.)

A great ship asks for deep waters. (A big ship wants to go in deep waters.)

While there is life, there is hope. (Where there is life, there is hope/Leave the green hills, even if there is no firewood)

Two heads are better than one. (One person is not as smart as two people; three stooges) , better than Zhuge Liang)

Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.

(Smart people learn from other men's mistakes; fools learn from themselves. Pay the price.)

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

It takes all sorts to. make a world. (The world is made up of all kinds of people.)

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. )

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. (Without perseverance and only strength, great deeds cannot be accomplished.)

It is never too late to learn.

It is never too late to mend.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Persistence.)

Misfortunes never come alone/single.(Misfortunes never come alone.)

Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.) < /p>

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

To an optimist every change is a change for the better. . )

Truth never fears investigation. (Facts are never afraid of investigation.)

A good medicine tasks bitter. (Good medicine tastes bitter.)

Great minds think alike . (Heroes see the same thing.)

Storms make trees take deeper roots. (Storms make trees take deep roots.)

Live and let live. Life.

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Better late than never. (Better late than never; better late than never.)

A bold attempt is half success. Half the battle. )

All things are difficult before they are easy. (Everything must be difficult before it is easy.)

What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. (As long as you have a strong will, nothing will happen.)

Work makes the workman. (Hard work makes a skilled craftsman.)

Constant dropping wears the stone. (Drip of water wears the stone.)

He that can have patience, can have what he will.

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. (Most of our failures are due to lack of self-confidence.)

The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.

(There is no way to success, but to devote yourself to work without any intention of seeking fame.)

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. (Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.)

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. The thing is to establish a great goal and the determination to achieve it.)

One of these days is none of these days.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.(Every horse thinks its own pack is the heaviest.) )

Nothing down, nothing up. (Nothing down, nothing up./How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain?)

A good book is your best friend. Dear friend.)

Asking costs nothing.

Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies. Can't tell lies.)

The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.

A good name is easier lost than won. (Every profession produces its own best.)

Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. (Today's work is done today.) IDEAL Don't, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)

Don't give up the purpose you were determined to achieve just because of one failure.

(British playwright Shakespeare.W.)

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain, American writer)

Don't give up on your fantasy. When the illusion is gone, you can still survive, but even though you are alive, you are still dead. ((American writer Mark Twain)

I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world. (Thomas Edison, American inventor)

I want to reveal the secrets of nature and use them to benefit mankind. I think that in our short life, there is no better contribution than this. (American inventor Thomas Edison)

Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. (Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer)

Ideals are guiding lights. Without ideals, there is no firm direction; without direction, there is no life.

If winter comes, can spring be far behind? (P. B. Shelley, British poet)

If winter comes, can spring be far behind? (British poet, Shelley. P. B.)

If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .(

Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist )

If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground (Norway. Playwright Henrik Ibsen)

If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads. (F. W. Nietzsche , German Philosopher)

If you want to reach high places, use your own two legs! Don't let others lift you up; don't sit on other people's backs and heads. (German philosopher Nietzsche. F. W.)

It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them. (Mark Twain, American writer)

It is at our mothers' knees that we acquire our noblest, truest, and loftiest ideals, but there is rarely any money in them. (American writer Mark Twain)

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)

Living without a goal is like sailing without a compass.

(French writer Alexandre Dumas. A.)

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness, beauty and truth.(Albert Einstein, American scientist)

Some ideals have led the way for us and continue to give me new courage to face life happily. Those ideals are-truth, goodness, and beauty. (American scientist Einstein. A.)

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet and dramatist)

The most important thing in life is to set a great goal and be determined to achieve it. (German poet and dramatist Goethe J. M.)

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (Mark Twain, American writer)

With new ideas The idea man is a weirdo until his idea is realized. (American writer Mark Twain)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (Franklin Roosevelt, American president)

The only obstacle to the realization of tomorrow’s ideals is today’s doubt. (F. Roosevelt, President of the United States)

When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is also lawful and obligatory. (Abraham Lincoln, American statesman)

If an end If the purpose is legitimate and must be done, the necessary means to achieve the purpose are also legitimate and must be taken.

(American politician Lincoln A.)