Excerpts from Common Proverbs in Senior High School English Composition
An idle youth, a poor age.
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
Work before play.
Work before play.
Diligence approaches success.
Diligence approaches success.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Hard work is the mother of success.
Diligence is the mother of success.
Diligence is the mother of success.
Actions speak louder than words.
Facts speak plainer than words.
Adversity brings prosperity.
Adversity brings prosperity.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
Time is gone forever.
One cannot put back the clock.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy.
A close friend is better than a distant relative.
A good neighbor is better than a brother in a neighboring village.
The purpose of education is to mold character.
The purpose of education is to mold character.
Every brave man is a man who keeps his promise.
Every brave man is a man who keeps his promise.
Everyone is the architect of his own destiny.
Everyone is the architect of his own destiny.
Everyone is the master of his own destiny.
Everyone is the master of his own destiny.
Failure is the mother of success.
Failure is the mother of success.
Faith can move mountains.
Faith can move mountains.
Friendship-one soul in two bodies.
Friendship-one soul in two bodies.
Seize everything and lose everything.
Too much greed leads to loss.
Recommended proverbs for senior high school English composition
People without knowledge are poor.
People without knowledge are poor.
Health is higher than wealth.
Health is higher than wealth.
Health is better than wealth.
Health is higher than wealth.
If you don't advance, you will retreat.
If you don't advance, you will retreat.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hope is life and life is hope.
Hope is life and life is hope.
Idle young people, poor old people.
If a person doesn't work hard when he is young, he will regret when he is old ―― laziness when he is young will make him regret when he is old; Reckless youth makes regretful old age; Idle youth, poor old age
If your goal is not high, you will never reach it.
If you don't aim high, you can't climb the peak.
I might say that success is won by three things: first, hard work; Second, work harder; Third, more efforts are still needed.
There are only three ways to succeed: work hard, work hard, and work hard again.
Improve your time and your time will improve you.
Cherish time, and time will cherish you.
We learn by doing.
Know by doing.
Industry is lucky's right hand, and frugality is lucky's left hand.
Diligence is the right hand of happiness, and frugality is the left hand of happiness.
In the real battle of life, only those who go forward bravely every day and never give up can win.
In the struggle of life, only those who are unwilling to fail can win.
Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
Don't judge by appearances.
Never judge a book by its cover.
Labor is often the father of happiness.
Labor is often the father of happiness.
A selection of proverbs commonly used in senior high school English composition
Learning without thinking is useless; Ideas without learning are dangerous.
Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous.
Like a tree, like a fruit.
Like a tree, like a fruit.
Politeness makes a man.
Politeness makes a man.
Never ignore the opportunity for improvement.
Never ignore the opportunity for improvement.
It is never too old to learn.
I'm too old to learn.
There is no big loss for nothing.
Unfortunately, it may be a blessing in disguise.
No one can call back yesterday.
No one can call back yesterday.
Keep your word.
Keep your promise.
There is no sweetness without sweat.
Without sweat, there is no sweetness.
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.