本文总结了美国上千句英文格言警句，各位网友在练习GRE写作时可以有选择的使用，只要使用得当一定会给你的作文添色不少的！S Sadness and gladness succeed one another.乐极生悲,苦尽甘来 Satan always finds work for idle hands. 魔鬼专坑懒鬼 Saving is getting. 节约等于增加收入 Say nothing, think the more. 多思寡言 Saying and doing are two things. 说是一回事，做又是一回事 Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. 你帮我，我帮你 Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行 Seeing is believing. 眼见为实 Self do, self have. 自作自受 Share and share alike. 有福同享，有难同当 Short pleasure, long lament. 痛快一时，痛苦一世 Silence gives consent. 沉默不许，就是默许 Slow and steady wins the race. 慢而稳，赛必胜 So many countries, so many customs. 国家不一，风俗各异 So many men, so many minds. 人心不同，各如其面 Soft fire makes sweet malt. 文火煮饴糖，香甜又可口(意指：慢工出细活) Something attempted, something done.有所尝试，就等于有所作为。 Soon got, soon spent. 来得容易，去得快 Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器 Speech is silver; silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沉默是金 Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声 Standers-by see more than gamesters. 当局者迷，旁观者清 Still waters run deep. 流静水深，人静心深 Stolen fruit is sweetest. 偷来的果子分外甜 Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁 Sweet are the uses of adversity. 祸兮福之所倚 Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.话若投机嫌日短 T "The grapes are sour", as the fox said when he could not reach them. 狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸 Take away my good name, take away my life. 夺去了美名也就夺去了生命 Take honour from me and my life is done. 没有了名誉也就没有了生命 Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. 用枪打蝴蝶，小题大做(意同：杀鸡焉用牛刀) Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到 Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长 The bait hides the hook. 饵中必有诈 The best mirror is an old friend. 老友是明镜 The cheap buyer takes bad meat便宜无好货. The course of true love never did run smooth. 爱情之路，崎岖不平 The day has eyes, the night has ears.若要人不知，除非已莫为 The early bird catches the worm. 鸟儿起得早，蚯蚓吃得到 The end makes all equal. 死神面前，人人平等 The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. 烈火炼真金，逆境炼壮士(火对金子是考验；逆境对人是磨炼。) The fool does think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.愚者自以为智，智者自知其愚。 The fox may grow grey, but never good. ;江山易改，本性难移 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，所见不广 The future becomes the present if we fight for it.只要为之奋斗，未来就会变成现在。 The great thieves punish the little ones. 大贼罚小贼(意同：大鱼吃小鱼) The higher up, the greater the fall. 爬得越高，跌得越重 The lazy man’s the beggar’s brother. 懒鬼是乞丐的兄弟 The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改，本性难移 The longest day must have an end. 天虽长，必有尽 The love of money is the root of all evil. 贪财是万恶之源 The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 知识越广博，越感已无知 The more haste, the less speed. 欲速则不达。 The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 傻瓜越富越蠢 The more we read, the more we discover our ignorance.书读得越多，越感到学识之不足。 The more you have, the more you want. 越有钱，越贪心 The most precious of all possessions is a wise and loyal friend.最宝贵的财富是明智而忠实的朋友。 The nearer the church, the farther from God. 离教堂越近，离上帝越远 The proof of the pudding is in the eating . 实践出真知 The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.人的正确功能是生活，而不是生存。 The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. 痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫为自己是否幸福而烦恼。 The wealth of the mind the only wealth.精神财富才是惟一的财富。 The world is his who enjoys it.世界属于热爱世界的人。 The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.缺乏一件东西，才知道这的可贵。 The years teach much which the days never know.学问积年而成，而每日不自知。 There is no disputing about tastes.人各有所好。 Time gives good advice. 时间给予金玉良言。 Time works wonders.时间能创造奇迹。 Two heads are better than one. 两人智慧胜一人。 U Under water, famine; under snow, bread. 洪水造饥馑，瑞雪兆丰年 Union is strength. 团结就是力量 Use makes perfectness. 熟能生巧 V Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 欲钓大鱼，先舍小鱼 Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。 Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝 Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜于美貌 Virtue is its own reward. 善有善报(意指：德行的酬报就是德行本身) W Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳 Wash your dirty linen at home家丑不可外扬. Waste not, want not. 俭则不匮 Wasting time is robbing oneself.浪费时间就是掠夺自己。 Water-drops, gathered together, become a sea; experience, gathered together, becomes knowledge. 水滴汇集成大海，经历汇集成学问。 We can’t judge a person by what he says but by what he does. 判断一个人，不听言语看行动 We never know the value of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水可贵 We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough. 年华没虚度，一生也足矣。 Weak things united become strong. 一根筷子易折断，十根筷子硬如铁 Wealth is best known by want. 人穷方知钱可贵 Well begun is half done. 良好的开端，是成功的一半 What is done by night appears by day.若要人不知,除非已莫为 When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push. 墙倒众人推 When children stand quiet, they have done some harm. 孩子不吭声，一定闯了祸 When in Rome do as the Romans do. 入国问禁，入乡随俗 When one will not, two cannot quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响 When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来，爱情越窗飞 When the cat is away, the mice will play猫儿不在，鼠儿成精. When wine sinks, words swim. 美酒一下肚，话匣关不住 Where there is a will there is a way. 有志者，事竟成 Where there is smoke, there is fire. 无风不起浪(事出有因) Where there’s life there’s hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Will is power. 意志就是力量 Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.为了求得智慧，代价再高也值得。 Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于头脑，犹如健康之于躯体。 Wise men are silent; fools talk.智者沉默寡言，愚者滔滔不绝 Wise men change their minds; fools never do. 智者通权达变，愚者刚愎自用 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it. 智者热爱真理，愚者回避真理 Without hard work there won’t be any scientific creations.没有艰苦劳动就常有科学创造。 Words are but wind, but seeing is believing. 耳听为虚，眼见为实 Y You are never too old to learn. 学习不嫌老 You cannot have everything in this life. 万事如意古来难。 You can’t see the wood for the trees.见树不见林，问题难看清 You never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓 Youth and age will never agree. 老少难相投 Z Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火 Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. 无知的热情近乎愚蠢