A lazy youth, a lousy age. Young people who don't work hard are sad.

better a witty fool than a foolish wit.-Shakespeare would rather be a wise fool than a foolish wit. -Shakespeare

A light heart lives long. Open-minded people live long.

do not, for one reply, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.

don't, for one failure, give up the purpose that you resolved to achieve.

in delay there lies no profundity, then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, youth's a stuff that will not end. Delay, the future is numbered, twenty beauties, please come and kiss me, withered grass and withered yang, youth is easy to pass.

The time of life is short ; To spend that shortness basely, it would be too long. Life is short, and if we waste it, it will be too long.

Don't gild the lily. Don't gild the lily.

The empty vessels make the greatest sound. A full bottle is silent, and a half bottle clangs.

The course of true love never did run smooth. The road of sincere love will never be smooth.

All for one, one for all.

One for all, one for all. -[France] Dumas pére Dumas

Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.

Others live to eat, while I eat to live. -Socrates

Easy come, easy go.

what is easy to get is easy to lose. -Hazlitt Hearst

Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

Love rules his kingdom without a sword. -Herbert Herbert

We soon believe what we desire.

We soon believe what we want. Chaucer Chaucer

The dark hour is that before the dawn.

It is darkest before dawn. -fuller fuller

The longest day has an end.

The saddest days have an end. -Howell Howell

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -J. Ruskin ruskin

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the forest. -Heywood Heawood

One swallow does not make a summer.

One swallow does not make a summer. -Taverner Taverner

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he can't make it drink.

A man can take a horse to the river, but he can't make it drink. -Heywood Heawood

One can't eat one's cake and have it.

A person can't eat his cake and leave it in his hand. -Davies Davies

Time is money.

Time is money. Benjamin Franklin Franklin

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time waits for no man. -Scott Scott

There is no rose without a thorn.

No rose has no thorns. -ray ray

lookers-on see most of the game.

The beholder is clear. -smedley Smiley

Beggars cannot be choosers.

Beggars must not have a choice. -Heywood Heawood

First catch your hare.

Rabbits must be caught before they can be slaughtered. -Thackeray Thackeray

Victory won't come to me endless I go to it.

Victory won't come to me, I must go to victory by myself. -M. Moore Moore

A great man is always willing to be little.

Great people are always willing to be small people. -R.W. Emerson Emerson

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cowards have experienced the horror of many deaths before they die. -Julius Caesar Caesar

anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

But what a mortal can imagine, someone must be able to realize it. -Jules Verne

early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Benjamin Franklin Franklin

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

Life is just a series of efforts to make up your mind. -T. fuller fuller

goals determine what you are going to be.

Goals determine what kind of person you will become. -Julius Erving Owen

all human wisdom is summed up in two words? C wait and hope.

All human wisdom can be summed up in two words-waiting and hope. -Alexandre Dumas pé re Dumas (French writer)

It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?

It is not enough to be industrious, so are ants. It depends on what you work hard for. -H.D. Thoreau Thoreau

You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.

People must believe in themselves, which is the secret of success. -Charles Chaplin Chaplin

Nothing is more precious than in dependence and freedom.

Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom. -[Vietnam] Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I don't cherish the past history, but devote myself to the dream of the future. -T. Jefferson Jefferson (the third president of the United States)

Money is round. It rolls away.

Round coins are easy to roll away. -S. Aleichen Alechin

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

We should try our best to add something to life, rather than take something from it. -William Osler osler

Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.

Without the help of colleges and universities, life itself is becoming an institution of higher learning. -Thomas Alva Edison

Work while you work;

Play while you play;

This is the way;

To be cheerful and gay.

Work while working,

Play is play,

Do it this way,

Relax and be happy. -A.D. Stoddart

English famous sayings

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would be small as sweet.

What does the name matter? Roses are not called roses, but they are still fragrant. -Shakespeare

There is but one step from the sublime to the radical.

Sublime and absurdity are only one step away. -Napoleon

even when the experts all agree, they may well be misunderstood.

Even if all the experts agree, they may be wrong. -Bertrand Russell

Some times the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

Sometimes the most urgent and important thing you can do is to have a complete rest. -ashleigh brilliant

little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Little drops of water and small grains of sand will form a vast ocean and pleasant land. -Julia Carney

Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to the sea.

Even the most exhausted river will eventually enter the sea safely after twists and turns. -swinburne

the history of mankind is the history of ideas.

the history of mankind is the history of thought. -Ludwig von mises

to believe with certainty, we must begin with doubt.

To believe completely, we must first doubt. -Stanislaus

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you get rid of him on the weeks.

Give him a fish and you can feed him for a day; Teach him to fish, and he won't do it on weekends.