简单又实用的英语短语有哪些？用简单的英语表述那些耳熟能详的语句

The first wealth is health .

健康是人生的第一财富。

Behind every successful man there ' s a lot of unsuccessful years .

每个成功者的背后都有很多不成功的岁月。

What makes life dreary is the want of motive .

没有了目的，生活便会郁闷无光。

Someone prefer reading to talking .

有些人喜欢读书而不喜欢聊天。

Accept what was and what is , and you ' ll have more positive energy to pursue what will be .

接受过去和现在的模样，才会有能量去追寻自己的未来。

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world .

知足是人生在世最大的幸事。

Enrich your life today ; yesterday is history . Tomorrow is mystery .

充实今朝，昨日已成过去，明天充满神奇。

The wealth of the mind is the only wealth .

精神的财富是唯一的财富。

What you don ' t start today won ' t be finished by tomorrow .

你今天不开始行动，明天怎么可能完成呢。

You cannot change what you refuse to confront .

不去面对，何谈改变。

No matter how smart you are , you will make mistakes .

智者千虑，必有一失。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse .

囊中有钱，不如朝中有友。

Everything is good when new , but friend when old .

东西新的好，朋友老的好。

Choose an author as you choose a friend .

选书如择友。

Between friends all is common .

朋友之间不分彼此。

A near friend is better than a far - dwelling kinsman .

远亲不如近邻。

In time of prosperity , friends will be plenty ; in time of adversity . not one amongst twenty .

富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人理。

Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is .

友谊地久天长。

Friends must part .

天下无不散之筵席。

A true friend is known in the day of adadversity .

疾风知劲草，患难见真情。

We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbors .

生活可无友，邻居不能无。

Better an open enemy than a false friend .

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

A friend is never known till a man has need.

不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us .

一本好书，莫逆之交。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side .

来而不往非礼也。

God helps those who help themselves .

自助者天助之。

Pencil and a dream can take you anywhere .

拿起笔，写下你的梦想，你的人生就从此刻起航！

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live .

行动是根本，想法锦上添花。

Someday you will understand , you were the first to love yourself .

总有一天你会明白，人首先要爱自己。

Promise more , not to be ; that is just a lie .

承诺再多，做不到，那也只不过还是谎言。

Everthing stays the same ; I just can ' t do it .

一切没有改变，只是我已无能为力。

Life is really simple , but we insist on making it complicated .

生活一直都很简单，但是我们也一直都忍不住要把它变得很复杂。

To me , the past is black and white , but the future is always colorful .

对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，却是绚烂缤纷。