a generation without a cause in its youth has no legacy in its old age.

　　一代人如年輕時沒有事業 ,老了就不會有遺產可以傳下去.

　　e.kennedy 肯尼迪

　　a glass at supper is not amiss.

　　晚酌一杯也無妨。

　　a good anvil does not fear the hammer.

　　好砧不怕鐵錘砸

　　a good archer is not known by his arrows but his aim.

　　神箭手因其射中靶子而非因其箭而聞名。

　　john lyly 約翰 黎里

　　a good beginning is half the battle.

　　好的開端等于成功了一半

　　a good beginning makes a good ending.

　　欲善其終 ,先善其始.

　　a good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.

　　好書如好友 ,友情永不渝.

　　m.tupper 塔珀(英國詩人)

　　a good conscience is a continual feast.

　　問心無愧天天樂。

　　a good deed is never lost.

　　好心一定有好報。

　　a good face is a letter of recommendation.

　　漂亮的面孔就是推薦書。

　　a good face needs no band, and a pretty wench no land.

　　英俊的小伙子無需吹鼓手 ,漂亮的村姑無需田地.

　　a good friend is my nearest relation.

　　好友即至親

　　英語格言

　　a good horse cannot be of a bad color.

　　好馬無劣色

　　a good horse should be seldom spurred.

　　好馬無需用鞭抽。

　　a good husband makes a good wife. a good jack makes a good jill.

　　丈夫好 ,妻子也好.

　　英語諺語

　　a good man can no more harm than a sheep.

　　好人像綿羊，為惡不在行。

　　a good man terminates a friendship with out rancor.

　　君子絕交不記仇

　　a good marksman may miss.

　　好射手也有失手的時候

　　a good marriage is like an incredible retirement fund. you put everything you have into it during your productive life, and over the years it turns from silver to gold to platinum.

　　美滿婚姻就像一筆豐厚得難以置信的退休金盛年時你將一切所得放入其中,經過積年累月,它便會從白銀變成黃金,再從黃金變成白金.

　　a good name is better than riches.

　　美名勝過金錢。

　　a good name is sooner lost than won.

　　美名難得而易失

　　a good neighbor, a good morrow.

　　鄰居好 ,日子好.

　　a good newspaper, i suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

　　我認為，一份好的報紙是一個民族在同自己談話。

　　a.miller 米勒(美國劇作家)

　　a good reputation sits still; a bad one runs about.

　　好名不出門，惡名傳四方。

　　a good shift may serve long, but it will not serve ever.

　　好的推諉之詞或許長期有用，但不會永遠有用。

　　a good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

　　一個好外科醫生要有鷹的眼、獅子的膽和女性的手。

　　a good tale ill told is marred in the telling.

　　好故事還要講得好。

　　a good tale is none the worse for being told twice.

　　好戲不厭兩回看。

　　/好故事百聽不厭。

　　a good thing is soon snatched up.

　　好貨賣得快。

　　a good tongue is a good weapon.

　　會說話的舌頭是一件精良的武器。

　　a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

　　好樹不會結壞果子，壞樹不會結好果子。

　　西方箴言

　　a good tree is a good shelter.

　　枝葉茂盛的大樹是躲避風雨的好去處 /大樹底下好乘涼.