英语格言警句15句(1.4.2)
1. Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.
来而不往非礼也。
2. Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。
3. Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训，自己才会走运。
4. History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
5. Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
6. Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
7. Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
8. Nature is the true law.
天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
9. Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
不懂世故，幼稚可笑。
10. One cannot put back the clock.
时钟不能倒转。
11. One never loses anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
12. The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
13. The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
14. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入国问禁，入乡随俗。
15. Time tries all.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
节选自《大学英语新概念阅读教程》（第一册）（主编 李华田 黎闯进 缪惠莲，武汉大学出版社，2012年6月）
