Everyone who reads more and accumulates some good English quotes and aphorisms will help improve our English writing skills. The following are short English famous sayings and aphorisms that I have collected for you. I hope they can help you. Everyone is welcome to read them together!

Short English famous sayings and aphorisms

1. like knows like. Cherish each other.

2. Life is but a span. Life is short.

3. nothing seek, nothing find. If you ask for nothing, you will get nothing.

4. Learn not and know not. Unlearned and incompetent.

5. Honesty is the best policy. Honesty is the best policy.

6. You can't judge a tree by its bark. People cannot be judged by their appearance.

7. believe that god is fair. Believe that God is fair.

8. Kill two birds with one stone. Kill two birds with one stone.

9. Take control of your own desting. Your destiny is in your own hands.

10. Learn and live. Live to learn.

11. Kings have long arms. In the whole world, there is nothing but the royal land.

12. Like mother, like daughter. Like mother, like daughter.

13. Circumstances? i make circumstances! Heroes make the situation.

14. Exceed your efforts. Work harder!

15. i can because i think i can. I can do it, because I believe I can do it!

16. give more than you planned to. Give a lot, don't worry about it.

17. Nature passes nature. Nurture trumps nature.

18. Never say die. Never be discouraged!

19. Sow nothing, reap nothing. If you don’t sow in spring, you won’t harvest in autumn.

20. Justice has long arms. The sky net is vast, sparse but not leaking.

21. never to old to learn. Live until you are old and learn until you are old.

22. nothing is impossible! Nothing is impossible!

23. Life without a friend is death. Without friends, life is as good as death.

24. Like teacher, like pupil. What kind of teachers teach what kind of students.

25. Failure is the mother of success. Failure is the mother of success.

26. all things in their being are good for something. I am born to be useful.

27. Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow. Today’s work is done today!

28. there is no garden without its weeds. There is no garden without weeds.

29. do one thing at a time, and do well. Do one thing at a time and do your best!

30. The unexamined life is not worth living. A life of confusion is not worth living.

31. Cease to struggle and you cease to live. Life is endless and struggle is endless.

32. Conceit is the quicksand of success. Conceit is the quicksand of success.

33. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Gratitude is a sign of high spirituality.

34. Cease to struggle and you cease to live. Life is endless and struggle is endless.

35. He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it. Being too demanding will ruin things.

36. A man can't ride your back unless it is bent. If you don't bend at the waist, others can't ride on your back.

37. An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. The purpose of life is the only wealth worth finding.

38. A man is only as good as what he loves. A man is measured by how good the things he loves are.

39. Energy and persistence conquer all things. Energy and perseverance can conquer anything.

40. I know that my future is not just a dream. I know my future is not a dream.

41. all things in their being are good for something. I am born to be useful.

42. The best hearts are always the bravest. The person with the noblest soul is always the bravest person.

43. Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. Politeness costs nothing but wins everything.

44. Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue. Politeness and beauty are inseparable companions.

45. keep good men company and you shall be of the number. Those who are close to vermilion are red, those who are close to ink are black.

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

47. The wealth of the mind is the only wealth. Spiritual wealth is the only wealth.

48. Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places.

49. Those who turn back never reach the summit.

He who looks back will never reach the end!

50. He who seizes the right moment is the right man. Whoever seizes the opportunity will have his or her dreams come true.

51. whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. Anything worth doing is worth doing well!

52. A man's best friends are his ten fingers. A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

53. Jack of all trades and master of none. He is proficient in everything and masters everything.

54. The secret of success is constancy to purpose. The secret to success is fidelity to your goals.

55. whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. Anything worth doing is worth doing well!

56. Every man at forty is a fool or a physician. When a person reaches forty, if he is not a fool, he should know how to take care of his body.

57. True mastery of any skill takes a lifetime. Mastering any skill requires a lifetime of hard work.

58. You have to believe in yourself. that's the secret of success. One must believe in oneself, this is the secret of success.

59. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. So let us seize our destiny without fear and with joy.

60. Every noble work is at first impossible. Every great project initially seems impossible!

61. You have to believe in yourself. that''s the secret of success. One must believe in oneself, this is the secret of success.

62. difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. Difficulties and ups and downs are people’s life textbooks.

63. Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably. No matter what goal you pursue, persevere.

64. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. Life without a goal is like sailing without a compass.

65. enrich your life today. yesterday is history. tomorrow is mystery. Enrich the present, yesterday is the past, and tomorrow will be full of magic.

66. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. Living without a goal is like sailing without a compass.

67. Knowlegde can change your fate and english can accomplish your future. Knowledge changes destiny, and English shapes the future.

68. You have to believe in yourself. that's the secret of success. One must have self-confidence, this is the secret of success.

69. Towering genius disdains a beaten path. it seeks regions hitherto unexplored. Brilliant geniuses disdain to follow the path of others. He sought out hitherto unexplored areas.

70. Logic will get you from a to b. imagination will take you everywhere. Logic will take you from point a to point b, imagination will take you anywhere.

71. None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. Only he who daily conquers life and seizes his freedom deserves to enjoy the freedom of life.

72. The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future. Smart people talk about the present, stupid people talk about the past, and fools talk about the future.

73. only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions. Only those who are responsible in daily life will be responsible in important moments.

74. The world is like a mirror: frown at it and it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too. The world is like a mirror: frown at it and it frowns back at you, smile at it and it smiles back at you.

75. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. A person can fail many times, but as long as he does not start blaming others, he is not a failure.