學英語，諺語名句

「Things that can"t go on forever, don"t.」 – Herbert Stein, former chairman of the US presidential Council of Economic Advisers

Keynes once wrote that the inevitable never happens, it is always the unexpected.

凱恩斯曾寫道，不可避免的事情從不會發生，發生的總是意想不到的事情。

if we don"t have the money for something we want, we don"t need it!

Bertrand Russell says, 「Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.」

You don』t know when it will happen, but you just wait for the fat pitches within your circle of competence.

To focus on what you don』t have is a terrible mistake.

I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I』ll tell you how you』ll turn out to be. One of your most important jobs in life will be raising your children.They will learn more from you than they will in graduate school.My father was a huge influence, and later on Graham came along. I was also never let down by my heroes.

Finding the right spouse is 90% of it. If you are lucky on health and lucky on your spouse, you are a long way home.

The philosopher, Alasdair MacIntyre, put it acerbically: 「When imputed organisational skill and power are deployed and the desired effect follows, all that we have witnessed is the same kind of sequence as that to be observed when a clergyman is fortunate enough to pray for rain just before the unpredicted end of a drought!」

You are what you eat. A French author : Tell me what you eat, and I"ll tell you what you are.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Latin proverb: Eat well, drink moderation, and sleep sound, in these three health abound.

Comedy is tragedy happening to someone else.

golden rule:Treat others the way you want tobe treated.

Adam Smith"s maxim that the invisible hand needs to be supported by an appropriate legal and regulatory

亞當?斯密(Adam Smith)的格言：看不見的手需要有合適的法律和監管框架的支持。

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,as they say in America

愚弄我一次，是你的恥辱；愚弄我兩次，是我的恥辱。

Education for education sake.

As Karl Popper observed, to predict the creation of the wheel is to invent it.

John Maynard Keynes observed, it is usually better to be conventionally wrong than unconventionally right.

People are so busy documenting the moment, they forget to live in it.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.(Napoleon, to be of little account無足輕重)

East and west, home is the best.

We are not out of the woods yet.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Adversity makes strange bed-fellows 人們因為同處逆境而可能走到一條路上。

All cats are grey in the dark. 在有的情況下，難分辨賢愚忠奸。

All good things must come to an end.世上無不散的宴席。

All ships rise with the tide.

All system go. 發射登月火箭的用語。一切就緒。

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Always be nice to people on your way up; you may meet them (again) on your way down.

Always read the small(fine) print.在訂立合同時，除弄清協議條款外， 還應該閱讀附則。

An army marches on its stomach. 兵馬未動，糧草先行。

...and lived happily ever after.

April showers bring forth May flowers.四月的陣雨催開了五月的花。

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Attack (offence) is the best form of defence.

Bad news travel fast.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼裡出西施。

Beauty is only skin deep.

Beggers cannot be choosers.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.(Balzac)

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Better late than never.

Better safe than sorry.(做一件事應以安全保險為上)

Better to wear out than rust out.寧肯磨損光，也不要讓自己銹成廢鐵。

Between two stools one falls to the ground.想同時坐兩張板凳的人是一定要跌跤的。

Big deal! = It"s no big deal. 算什麼大買賣。（別拿雞毛當令箭）

Big fish, small pond.

The birds (chicken)have come home to roost.

Blood is thicker than water.

Blood will tell.遺傳的因子總是要在後輩身上反映。

Boys will be boys.打鬧滋事，不會太文靜。

Girls will be girls. 小事小非，小摩擦不斷。

Business before pleasure.事業在前，享受在後。

Buy low and sell high.

The cards are decked against us.這是用打牌來比喻人生。你跟人打牌，要是對方將整副牌都事先「砌」好了，你當然必輸。

Charity begins at home.

The check is in the mail。支票已經寄出。這是一句拒付時推諉的話。

The chips are down. 籌碼（賭注）已經押上。

Civility costs nothing.

Clothes make the man.

Copy from one, It"s plagiarism; copy from two, it"s research.

A creaking door, hangs longest.

Curses, like chicken, come home to roost.

The customer is always right.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.因地制宜。

Dead men don"t talk.死人不會去告密。Dead men tell no tales.

A deal is a deal.

Death pays all debts. 人死冤讎解。

Diligence is the mother of good luck.(confidence, intelligence)

Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是發明之母

Distance lends enchantment.距離產生美

Don"t call us, we"ll call you.這是搪塞的話

Don"t change horses in mid-stream.渡河至半不換馬。 _go with (against)the stream.（不）隨波逐流

Don"t get mad, get even.別發火，要去回敬。

Don"t react, respond.不要消極應對，應積極對應

Dream go by contraries.夢是反的。

Easy does it.只要冷靜處之，事情就能辦成。

Eat to live, not live to eat.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

Enough is enough.你認為對事態非加以制止不可了。=to put your foot down.

Every man hs his price.

Every little bit helps.能省一點，就省一點。

Every silver lining has its cloud.每個明亮處都有烏雲。原諺語：Every cloud has a silver lining.壞事中有好的一面。

Everybody"s business is nobody"s business.一件事大家都管就誰也不管。

Everything in lift is a trade-off.有所得必有所失。Because time is so fair that when you do A, you can"t do B.

Example is better than precept.榜樣優於箴言。言傳不如身教。

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

Extremes meet.

Famous people have lots of long-lost cousins.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.傷風感冒要吃，流感發燒要餓。

First the good news. Now (Then)the bad news.形式很好，但也有不足的一面。

First things first.要緊的事先辦。

A fish always stinks from the head downwards.上樑不正下樑歪。

Fish and guests stink after three days.

The force of example is powerful.

Forewarned is forearmed.有備可以無患。

Garbage in, garbage out.(原電腦術語)

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Good question!這個問題不好回答，需好好想想。

Great minds think alike.And fools seldom differ.

Half a loaf is better than none.

He may be a sonofabitch, but he is "our sonofabitch.那個傢伙是個王八蛋，但是站在我們一邊。美政界用語。

He who can does(?), he who cannot teaches(?).有能耐的干實務，沒能耐的教書。

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 騎虎難下。

Heads will roll. 有些人要掉腦袋（說有人要被罷官）

Smoke rolled up.煙裊裊上升

History is shaped mainly by contingent event.歷史住院是由偶然事件寫成的。

Historyis written by the victorious.

History repeats itself.History never repeats itself.

Honey catches more flies than vinegar.蜜糖比醋更能粘住蒼蠅。

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Humility is the worst form of conceit.(故作)謙卑是最大的傲慢

I never promised you a rose garden.我從未說過一切都會完美無缺的。

I wouldn"t touch it with a 10-foot pole. 這種事我是絕不沾手的，要離得遠遠的。

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

If something can go wrong, it will.(Murphey"s law)墨菲定律

If the shoe/cap fits, wear it.生活里如果出現某種情況，而你又無法爭取到更好的結果，那就應正視。

If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 家無二主，國無二君。

If you battle kings, you must slay them.

If you cannot beat/lick them, join them.

If you can"t ride two horses at once, you shouldn"t be in the circus.你若不能兩面討好，八面玲瓏，就別進政界。

If you don"t ask, you don"t get.

If you don"t like the heat, you get out of the kitchen.杜魯門（賣領帶的小販出身）。

If you don"t make mistakes, you don"t make anything.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.如果你用花生作酬金，你只能僱到猴子。

If you want peace, you must prepare for war.

If you want to get along, go along.誰想上得去，就得隨大流=If you can"t beak/lick them, join them.

If you don"t work, you shan"t eat.

If you"re not part of the solution, you"re part of teh problem.有些事你很難置身事外， 你若不屬於解決問題的一方， 就屬於造成問題的一方。

Ignorance breeds fear.恐懼源於無知。

Ignorance is bliss.無知是福。

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.仿效是最真誠的恭維。

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In the long run, we"re all dead.凱恩斯，其針對過分強調長遠的主張指出：「長遠來看，我們都不在了。」

It ain"t over until it"s over.一件事必須真正有了結果，才算了解，即蓋棺方可定論。在英美，受教育不多的人常用ain"t 替代isn"t, aren"t , haven"t

It doesn"t take a phD to figure that out.

It is easy to be wise after the event. = You have 20/20 hindsight.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.這是一句自我檢查的話，或給自己開脫的話。

It takes all sorts to make a world.有了各種各樣的人，才構成了這個世界。或縮為： It takes all sorts.

It takes two to tango.一個巴掌拍不響。

It"s a different ball game.現在局面已經完全兩樣了。

It"s a jungle(zoo) out there.jungle 或zoo 指商場或大辦公室。人們說：在那裡（out there）,人跟人的關係，有如叢林或動物園。

It"s academic(now).那已成為學術問題了，已無實際意義。

It"s all water under the bridge.事情已經這樣了（已經過去了）　　事已至此

It"s as simple as that.(It"s that simple.)就那麼簡單。

It"s dogged as does it. It"s dogged that does it.鍥而不捨，金石可鏤。

It"s easier to pull down than to build up.破時容易，立時難。

It"s later than you think.不要以為你有的是時間。即，如不趕緊就會失去機遇，再也追不回來。

It"snot the heat, it"s the humidity.( or: It"s not the work, it"s the pace. That is: It"s the pace that killed, not the work. Also: It"s the humidity that"s making people uncomfortable, not the heat.)死亡或不舒服的真正原因是工作節奏和空氣中的濕度，而不是工作和溫度本身。

It"s one of those days.如果有一天你事事不順，就可以用這句話：今天是一個那樣的日子。

It"s one of those things. 我都不知道怎麼會做出那樣的事。或， 我也不知道怎麼會碰上那樣的事。

It"s the tip of the iceberg. 事情的真相還未揭開。

The jury is still out. 陪審團還沒有回到法庭上。（一件事尚未定論）

Keep your fingers crossed. 將中指和食指疊在一起， 這一動作表示希望有好運氣。

Keep your nose clean. 規規矩矩， 別給自己惹麻煩。即管好自己的事情。

Knowledge is power. The more you know, the more you need to know, the more you learn, the more you need to learn.

Laws are made to be broken.即世上沒有一成不變，萬世不移的法律。

Laziness is the father of invenion. 偷懶，要舒服，才導致發明。

Let the chips fall where they may. 聽其自然。The chips are down. 籌碼（賭注）已經押上，要撤回已不可能。

Let"s cross the bridge when we come to it.車到山前必有路。

Let" face it.

A liar ought to have a good memory.說謊的人需要有好記性。

Liberty is not license.自由不等於胡來。

Live and let live.不要逼人太甚。

Life is too short.

Life is unfair.生活就是不公平的。

Life isn"t all beer and skittles.

A little bird told me.有人告訴我， 但不能說出去。

Love is blind.

Love means never having to say you are sorry.

Many hands make light work.人多好辦事。Too many cooks spoil the borth.廚師太多壞了湯。

Money begets money.錢能生錢。

Money has no smell. 錢是沒有氣味的。The greedy pursuit of money.

Money is the root of all evils.

Money makes the world go around.

Money talks.

Murder will out. 秘密總會敗露的。

My county，right or wrong!

My lips are sealed.

My son is my son till he gets a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.

A new broom sweeps clean.新掃帚掃得乾淨。新官上任三把火。

New lords, new laws.

Nice guys finish last.好人總是跑在最後.The good die young.

No news is good news.

Not quite quite.英諺語，說一個人的舉止，品性，不那麼入流。

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Old custom die hard.

One hour"s sleep before midnight is worth two after.

One man"s bane is another man"s delight.=One man"s meat is another man"s poison.

One month does not a trend make.

One swallow does not a summer make.

One of these days is none of these days.做事不要拖。one of these days 固定短語，不久的將來。

Optimism is the mother of victory.

Theparty is over.美好的時光已經過完了。

Patriotism is the refuge of scoundrels.

A picture is wortha thousand words.

Politics is the art of compromise.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is the art of repackaging.

艾柯（Umberto Eco）在《色情電影之真諦》中說：到電影院去看電影，如果主人公從A地到B地花費的時間超出你願意接受的程度，那麼你看的就是一部色情片。（由此可見，色情與否一定程度上還是取決於主觀，即觀者，比如小時候看紅樓，只看有愛情情節的。）

周星星的台詞：「我是一個感情很複雜的人，一個感情很複雜的人如果只愛一個人的話，就會變得感情有缺陷，一個感情有缺陷的人，你就算永遠地擁有他，也是沒用的。」

伏爾泰說，"人人手持心中的聖旗，滿面紅光走向罪惡。"荷爾德林說，"總是使一個國家變成人間地獄的東西，恰恰是人們試圖將其變成天堂。"

曾經寫過一些東西紀念坦普頓----當時他的去世讓我感觸挺多。個人感覺，宗教、世界觀這類東西是大格局觀，是根本。根本對了，心才能正，或淡然，或堅守...-...也只有"心"正了"術"才能對。其次，世界觀決定財富觀。決定我們如何攫取財富，又打算如何花掉它們。The main focus in my life now is to open people"s minds so no one will be soconceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager tolearn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, thosewho disagree with them----Templeton.

聖嚴法師：「面對它、接受它、處理它、放下它」。

macroeconomists have simply discarded the difficult stuff to make their models more elegant: 「They took these non-linear stochastic dynamic general equilibrium models into the basement and beat them with a rubber hose until they behaved.」

宏觀經濟學家們為了把自己的模型做得更漂亮，完全摒棄了其中的難點：「他們把那些非線性隨機動態一般均衡模型拿到地下室用橡膠水管鞭打，一直打到它們聽話為止。」

Those confused should recall P.J. O"Rourke"s explanation of the difference between the two: microeconomics concerns things that economists are specifically wrong about, while macroeconomics concerns things that they are wrong about generally.到困惑的讀者應該回憶一下P?J?歐魯克(P?J?O"Rourke)對二者不同之處的解釋：微觀經濟學關注經濟學家所犯的具體錯誤，宏觀經濟學則關注他們所犯的一般性錯誤。

銀行只是一個簡單的產物。它僅僅是一座架在借方和貸方之間的橋樑。「信貸關係給銀行下了定義，」他說。「所有這些元素必須得到平衡。這就是銀行生存的方式。」

A bank, he says, is a simple creation. It merely stands between the depositor and the borrower. 「Each is defined by a credit relationship,」 he says. 「All these elements must be in equilibrium. That"s how a bank survives.」

撒切爾夫人知道，政治如法律，陪審團要的是動機和意圖。所以她才會告訴菲利普?拉金(Philip Larkin)，她最喜愛的他的詩句是：「你敞開思想，彷彿裝滿了刀子的抽屜。」

Lady Thatcher knew that in politics, as in law, the jury seeks motive and intent. This is why she told Philip Larkin that her favourite line of his poetry was: 「Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives.」

J?K?加爾布雷思(J.K. Galbraith)所說：「對公民自由的最大限制就是身無分文。」J. K. Galbraith said: 「The greatest restriction on the liberty of the citizen is a complete absence of money.」

葛林兄曾說過，人心中有些地方原先是不存在的，要到受苦進入之後才出現。葛林兄是受外遇不倫之苦。而他，若沒有第三代，他一直認為自己是冷淡無情的人，錯了。

他想把話語扭往另一個方向，但話語已有了它自己的出路而走向前方。

「每當你想要批評什麼人的時候。」他對我說，「你切要記得這個世界上的人並非都具備你稟有的條件。」

-----------摘自《了不起的蓋茨比》

亞里士多德就說過「人人都在尋找快樂，得到永久快樂的唯一方法就是對他人有用！」

「虛構比紀實更真實。」當時馬上聯想到的是王爾德的名言：Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.