部分英文常用谚语，都是非常好的GRE写作素材，在自己的文章中出现这些充满智慧性的常用语言，可为自己的GRE作文增色不少。

1. Waste not,want not.

俭以防匮。

2. From saving comes having.

富有来自节俭。

3. A penny saved is a penny gained.

省一文是一文。

4. Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves.

金钱积少便成多。

5. Frugality is an estate alone.

节俭本身就是一宗财产。

6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.

小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。

7. Small gains bring great wealth.

积小利，成巨富。

8. Many a little makes a mickle.

积少便成多。

9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.

试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

10.Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

11.The path to glory is always rugged.

光荣之路常坎坷。

12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要人肯试。

13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.

烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

14.Great hopes make great man.

远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

15.No way is impossible to courage.

勇士面前无险路。

16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。

18.The best hearts are always the bravest.

行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.

求神不如求己。

20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

21.Rome was not built in a day.

罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

22.Success belongs to the persevering.

胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.

我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.

登梯需要逐级登。

26.Adversity leads to prosperity.

困苦通向昌盛。

27.Patience and application will carry us through.

忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

28.Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.

做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。

29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.

只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

30.Constant dropping wears the stone.

滴水不绝可穿石。