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英语中的格言、谚语亦属习语的范畴。谚语不作句子成分使用，而是起句子的作用。谚语往往是经过几辈人的雕琢、锤炼，是人们智慧的结晶。在学有余力的情况下，不妨背诵一些优秀的谚语，这不仅可以提高英语素养，同时，由于它所具有的语言精练、寓意深刻的特点，如果能恰当地运用到文章中去，常常能起到画龙点睛的作用，为文章增色不少。下面介绍部分谚语供参考： 001. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 002. A miss is as good as a mile.差之毫厘，失之千里 。 003. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 004. Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。 005. An idle youth, a needy age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 006. Better late than never.亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。 007. Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口。 008. Do wrong once and you’ll never hear the end of it. 一失足成千古恨。 009. Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。 010. Every man has his faults.人孰无过。 011. Faint heart never wins fair lady.不入虎穴, 焉得虎子。 012. Look before you leap.三思而后行。 013. To pay a person in his own coin. 以其人之道，还治其人之身。 014. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 015. Practise what you preach. 言行一致。 016. Pride will have a fall. 骄者必败。 017. In prosperity think of adversity.居安思危。 018. Two heads are better than one.一人计短，二人计长。/ 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 019. Well begun(is)half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 020. Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。 021. Speech is silvern, silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沉默是金。 022. Fortune favors the prepared mind. 机遇偏爱有准备的人。 023. All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席。 024. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 025. Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。 026. What’s done cannot be undone.木已成舟。 027. It’s dogged that does it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 028. Adversity often leads to prosperity.梅花香自苦寒来。 029. Providence is always on the side of the big battalions. 天助强者。 030. God gives the milk, but not the pail. 上帝赐牛奶，桶要自己买。 031. Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。 032. Live and learn. 活到老学到老。 033. There is no royal road to learning. 学无坦途。 034. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 035. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。 036. It is as well to know which way the wind blows. 识时务者为俊杰。 037. Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失，失不再来。 038. You cannot clap with one hand. 孤掌难鸣。 039. No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。 040. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成