命运是暴君施虐的权威,傻瓜失败的借口。(比尔斯)
Have no fear of perfection ---- you'll never reach it. ( S. Dali )
不要为十全十美担心——你永远作不到十全十美。(达里)
The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others. ( F. Bacon )
人的行为准则是,维护自己的尊严,不妨碍他人的自由。(培根)
One may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor.
( Nehru ) 一个人能在战场上制胜千军,但只有战胜自己才是最伟大的胜利者。(尼赫鲁)
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid )
人越伟大,越能克制怒火。(奥维德)
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. ( A. E. Stevenson )
为原则而斗争容易,按原则的要求活着难。(史蒂文森)
There is nothing permanent except change. ( Heracleitus )
惟有变化才是永恒的。(赫拉克利特)
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ( T. Paine )
想要收获自由之果的人,必须承受维护自由的劳苦。(潘恩)
No road of flowers lead to glory. ( La Fontaine )
没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。(拉封丹)
Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare )
不要只因一次挫败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".( Napoleon )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。(拿破仑)
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann )
奇迹有时候是会发生的,但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。(魏茨曼)
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge )
没有黑暗这种东西,只有看不见而已。(马格里奇)
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot )
天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。(艾略特)
Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson )
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。(罗伯逊)
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison )
如果你年轻时不学会思考,那就永远不会。(爱迪生)
A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson )
一天是永恒的缩影。(爱默生)
The course of true love never did run smooth. ( Shakespeare )
真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。(莎士比亚)
Love is stronger than death.
爱的力量大于死亡。(《圣经》)
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel )
少时喜欢聪明人,老来喜欢仁厚人。(赫歇尔)
All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( H. D. Thoreau )
一切好的东西都是便宜的,所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。(梭罗)
Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( Andy J. Sklivis )
耐心等待!风车从不跑去找风。(斯克利维斯)
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum )
品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。(布鲁斯)
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( O. W. Holmes )
通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。(霍姆斯)
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( W. Penn)
妒忌者对别人是烦恼,对他们自己却是折磨。(佩恩)
If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde )
如果世界上少一些同情,世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德)
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( E. Hubbard )
许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。(哈伯德)
Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( Emerson )
不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。(爱默生)
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. ( A. M. Lindbergh )
生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。(林德伯格)
It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ( N. Coward )
令人沮丧的是,有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊,而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。(科沃德)
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. ( George Eliot )
我从不怜惜自负的人们,因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。(艾略特)
Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. ( Bernard Shaw )
人可以爬到最高峰,但他不能在那儿久住。(萧伯纳)
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (Kierkegaard)
暴君死了,他的统治就结束了;烈士死了,他的统治刚开始。(克尔凯郭尔)
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ( T. S. Eliot )
世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。(艾略特)
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing. ( Lady Astor )
生活中的主要危险来自那些想要改变一切或什么也不想改变的人。(阿斯特子爵夫人)
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. ( Mark Twain )
习惯就是习惯,谁也不能将其扔出窗外,只能一步一步地引它下楼。(马克吐温)
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ( C. K. Chesterton )
可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义:没有观点的人的愤怒。(切斯特顿)
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ( W. Winchell )
乐观主义者:被狮子逼上了树但仍能欣赏风景的人。(温切尔)
You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus )
你知道什么是魅力:一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。(加谬)
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau )
对于诗人来说,最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。(科克托)
The essence of language is human activity. ( O. Jesperson )
语言的本质是人类活动。(耶斯佩森)
Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ( George Eliot )
动物是极容易相处的,它们从不提问,也从不会批评。(艾略特)