狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。

 “Classic” A book which people praise and don't read. -Mark Twain “经典之作”是人人皆称赞却不愿去读的书。 -马克·吐温 People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. -Franklin Roosevelt 人会死亡，书却无朽。没有任何人可以丢弃记忆。 -拂兰克林·罗斯福 Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. -Chinese Proverb 行万里路，胜读万卷书。 -中国谚语 Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors; and the most patient of teachers. -C.W.Eliot 书籍是人类最宁静很最永恒的朋友，也是最易接近和最具智慧的顾问，还是最有耐心的良师益友。 -C.W.艾略特 Life being very short, and the quiet hour of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.-John Ruskin 人生十分短促，宁静的时间又不多；我们不应该浪费宝贵的时间去读毫无价值的书。 -约翰·拉斯金 If well used, books are the best of all things; if abused, among the worst. -R.W.Emerson 如果利用得当，书籍就是最好的朋友；反之，如果滥用，它就会变成最坏的东西了。 -R.W.爱默生 The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries. -Rene Descartes 读好书，如同与先哲们交谈。 -雷内·笛卡尔 If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. 如果一个人倾其所有以求学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。 Ignorance is not innocence but sin. 无知并非纯真，而是罪恶。 Isn’t it a happy thing if you review what you have learned on time? 学而时习之，不亦乐乎? It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. 天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。 Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. 知识来了，智慧却迟迟不前。 Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another. 知识是一回事，美德是另一回事。 Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without studying results in tardiness. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。 Reading make a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. 阅读使人充实，交谈使人机智，写作使人精确。

有句古话：一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。这说明了时间的珍贵与重要性，古今中外很多名人写了不少关于时间的谚语，今天我们就来分享几句关于时间的英语谚语。 Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失 To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。 When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。 Make hay while the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳

[en]A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.[/en][cn]蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠，不是鸟，便被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三请求不要吃他。这只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是鸟类，并非老 鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名字，终于死里逃生。[/cn] [en]It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.[/en][cn]这故事说明，我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。[/cn]

[en]A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replied, "Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent."[/en][cn]很多山羊被牧羊人赶到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好东西，单独落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一块石头扔了过去，正巧打断了山羊的一只角。牧羊人吓得请求山羊不要告诉主人， 山羊说：“即使我不说，又怎能隐瞒下去呢？我的角已断了，这是十分明显的事实。”[/cn] [en]Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.[/en][cn]这故事说明，明显的罪状是无法隐瞒的。[/cn]

[en]A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.[/en][cn]乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。[/cn] [en]Change of habit cannot alter Nature.[/en][cn]这故事是说，人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。[/cn]

友谊是一种人际关系而交友是人的一种本能。生活中关于友谊的英语句子你知道几条呢？关于英语谚语，你又了解多少呢？ 下面和小编一起来看看以下的句子中是否有你熟悉的： [en]Without a friend, the world is a wilderness。[/en][cn]没有朋友，世界成了荒野。[/cn] [en]The best mirror is a friend’s eye。[/en][cn]朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。[/cn] [en]Success has many friends。[/en][cn]成功者朋友多。[/cn] [en]No man is the whole

不渝。 Old friends and old wine are best. 陈语谚语酒味醇, 老友情深。 A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。 Etween friends all is common 朋友之间不分彼此。 I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face. 我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。 It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world 世界上没有不犯错误的人-- 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。 A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。 Friendship is like a plant of slow growth. 友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。 My friend is not perfect—nor am I—and so we suit each other admirably. 朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。 好了，以上的这些句子希望能对大家的生活或学习有所帮助。

驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。

谚语是民间集体创造、广为口传、言简意赅并较为定型的艺术语