5.
"I have many beautiful flowers," he said, "but the children are the most
beautiful flowers of all."
------Wilde, "The Selfish Giant"
「我有许多美丽的花,」他说:「但这些孩子是所有花中最美丽的.」
------王尔德
6.
In war, the strong makes slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes
slaves of poor.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
战争时,强者奴役弱者;和平时,富者奴役贫者.
------王尔德
8.
The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world's
sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
这世界的担子太重了,一个人承担不起;这世界的悲伤太沉重了,一颗心承受不了.
------王尔德
10.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
人并不是生来给打败的.人可消灭,但打不败.
------海明威
11.
Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
比起那些伟大的鸟兽来,人算不了什麼.
------海明威
12.
Pain does not matter to a man.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
对男子汉而言,痛苦算不了什麼.
------海明威
13.
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
------Camus, The plague
人之可称赞之点,多於其可鄙视之处.
------卡缪
14.
What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.
------Camus, The plague
我感到兴趣的是:为所爱而生,为所爱而死.
------卡缪
15.
If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is
human love.
------Camus, The plague
如果有一件人可以永远渴望,而且有时能够得到的东西,那就是人类的爱.
------卡缪
16.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say it.
------Voltaire
我不赞成你的意见,但我誓死保卫你的发言权.
------伏尔泰
17.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
------Stevenson, "Solitude"
欢笑,世界与欢笑;哭泣,你自己一个人哭泣.
------史蒂文生,
18.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do
his work, however hard, for one day.
------Stevenson
不论肩上的担子如何沉重,总能负担到日暮时分.不论工作如何艰辛,总可以支撑著做一整天.
------史蒂文生
19.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
------Maugham, Of Human Bondage
人们请你批评,但他们要的却是赞美.
------毛姆,
20.
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom;
and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it
will lose that too.
------Maugham
如果国家对任何事的评估高於自由,它会丧失自由;讽刺的是,如果它评估高的是安逸或金钱,它也会丧失安逸或金钱.
------毛姆
21.
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love
them as God gives them to us.
------Goethe
我们不能依据自己的观念来训练孩子;我们必须把他们当成上帝的赏赐,接纳他们,爱护他们.
------哥德
22.
Life teaches to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
------Goethe
生活教导我们对自己,对别人不要太严苛.
------哥德
23.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat
has only nine lives.
------Mark Twain
猫与谎言最显著的差异之一:猫只有九条命.
------马克吐温
24.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
------Mark Twain
人人都是月亮,都有不愿让人见到的阴暗面.
------马克吐温
25.
"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.
------Mark Twain
「经典之作.」人们称赞却不想读的书.
------马克吐温
26.
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best
cannot be expected to go quite true.
------Johnson
字典像手表;最坏的比没有好,最好的不能期待分秒不差.
------约翰生
27.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
------Johnson
生活是需求不断的过程,而非享乐不断的过程.
------约翰生
28.
We want to live by each other's happiness-not by each other's misery.
------Chaplin, "The Great Dictator"
我们必须仰赖彼此的快乐过活—而非仰赖彼此的不幸.
------卓别林,〈大独裁者〉
29.
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
------Dickens, Little Dorrit
一日为绅士,终身为绅士.
------狄更斯,《小杜丽》
30.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
------Browning
无知并非单纯,而是罪恶.
------勃朗宁
31.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have
both.
------Emerson
上帝说,你可以拥有喜悦,或者你可以拥有权势;但是你不可以拥有二者.
------爱默生
32.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
------Bradstreet, "Meditations Divine & Moral"
如果没有冬天,春天不会如此悦人; 如果人们不是有时得尝尝不幸,幸运不会如此受人欢迎.
------布雷史崔,〈神圣与道德之沉思〉
34.
36.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friend.
------Balthasar Gracian, "The Golden Mean"
智者从他的敌人那而所得到的益处,要比愚者从他的朋友那所得到的益处为多.
------葛雷辛,〈中庸〉
37.
People are never ridiculous for being what they really are, but for
affecting what they really are not.
------Lord Chesterfield, "Affectation"
人们在保持本来面目的时候,绝对不会是可笑的;只有在装腔作态的时候,他们才是可笑的.
------柴斯特菲尔德,〈矫饰〉
38.
He who hunts for flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
------Beecher, "The Cynic"
寻觅花朵的人将找到花朵;喜爱杂草的人将找到杂草.
------毕奇尔,〈犬儒主义者〉
39.
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures
of excellence and intelligence and skill.
------Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
我们可以提升自我,远离无知,可以发现自己是卓越,聪明,技巧高超的动物.
------李察 巴哈,《天地一沙鸥》
40.
The gull sees farthest who flies highest.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
飞的最高的海鸥看得最远.
------李察 巴哈,《天地一沙鸥》
41.
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation.
Look with your understanding.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
不要相信眼睛告诉你的.眼睛展现的有限的.用你的悟性来观照.
------李察 巴哈,《天地一沙鸥》
42.
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the
truth.
------Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
想卖弄机智的人,有时会偏离真理少许.
------修伯里,《小王子》
43.
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you
succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true
wisdom.
------ Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
判断自己远比判断他人困难.如果你能正确判断自己,你实际上是一位具有真正智慧的人.
------修伯里,《小王子》
44.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and science.
------Einstein, "What I Believe"
我们能体验的最美好的东西是神秘的事物.它是所有真正艺术和科学的来源.
------爱因斯坦,〈我的信仰〉
45.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love
of ourselves.
------Hazlitt, "Political Essays"
爱自由即爱他人;爱权势即爱自己.
------海斯利特,〈政治散文〉
46.
Order makes possible the highest human relationships which are the
principle source of man's education.
------Meyer, "A Tick of Clock"
秩序使最完美的人类关系得以改变,这种关系是人类教育的主要来源.
------梅育,〈一瞬间〉
47.
The love and freedom I want for myself are to be tested by the love and
freedom I give others.
------Raymond Swing, "Action Is the Measure"
我所要的爱和自由,取决於我给予他人的爱和自由.
------史温,〈尺度〉
48.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
------Santayana The Life of Reason
记不得过去的人,注定要重蹈覆辙.
------桑塔亚那,《理性生活》
49.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not
laugh is a fool.
------ Santayana
不曾哭泣的年轻人是野人;不愿欢笑的老人是愚人.
------桑塔亚那
Be it ever so humble , there is no place like home. (John Howard Payne, Averican drmatist and actor)
金窝,银窝,不如自家的草窝。(美国剧作家、演员佩恩. J. H.)
Every soil where he is well, is to a valiand man his natural country. (Masinger Phililp, British dramatist)
勇敢的人随遇而安,所到之处都是故乡。(英国剧作家 菲利普.M.)
Go where he will, the wise man is at home His harth the earth, his hall the azure dome. (R.W.Emerson, American thinker)
明智者四海为家--地球是他的壁炉,蓝天是他的客厅。(美国思想家 爱默生.R.W.)
Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher)
幸福的家庭,父母靠慈爱当家,孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。(英国哲学家 培根.F.)
He is the happiest ,be he King or peasant , who finds peace in his home. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German dramstist and poet)
无论是国王还是农夫,家庭和睦是最幸福的。(德国剧作家、诗人歌德. J.W.)
You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor)
人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.( Thomas Edison , American inventor)
有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president)
但是难道败局已定,胜利已经无望?不,不能这样说! (法国总统 戴高乐. C.)
I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon, French emperor)
我成功是因为我有决心,从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)
If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. (Thomas Edison , American inventor )
如果你希望成功,当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.(Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).
只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人,才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗
人 席勒. F.)
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt, American president)
实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)
Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)
成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
在这个世界上,取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人,如果找不到机会,他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)
初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)
Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。(俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)
我所能奉献的没有其它,只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . W.)
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 (德国诗人、剧作家
歌德. J. W.)
My fellow Americans , ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man . (John Kennedy , American President )
美国同胞们,不要问国家能为你们做些什么,而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们,不要问美国将为你们做些什么,而要问我们共
同能为人类的自由做些什么。 (美国总统 肯尼迪. J.)
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President )
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。(美国总统 尼克松 . R.)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的,但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. J. J.)
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow . (Emerson, American thinker )
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 家默生)
The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can
lead to something new and better .No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes . He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new ; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them . (Franklin Roosevelt , American President )
人经过努力可以改变世界,这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必
须敏感,随时准备接受新鲜事物;他必须有勇气与能力去面对新的事实,解决新问题。(美国总统 罗斯福. F.)
If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday .(Pearl Buck , American female writer )
想要懂得今天,就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠)
In delay there lies no plenty , Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty , Youth's a stuff that will not endure . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist)
迁延蹉跎,来日无多,二十丽姝,请来吻我,衰草枯杨,青春易过。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)
Never leave that until tomorrow , which you can do today . (Benjamin Franklin , American president)
今天的事不要拖到明天。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B. )
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; a man of talent tries to use it . (Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher )
普通人只想到如何度过时间,有才能的人设法利用时间。(德国哲学家 叔本华. A. )
The golden age is before us , not behind us . (Mark Twain , American writer )
黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。( 美国作家 马克·吐温)
The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
人生苦短,若虚度年华,则短暂的人生就太长了。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)
Time is money .( Benjamin Franklin , American president)
时间就是金钱。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
There is no royal road to science ,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits .(Karl Marx, German revolutionary )
在科学上没有平坦的大道,只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人,才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家 马克思. K .)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".(Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)
To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and gr
eatest bastion of freedom .(Ronald Reagan , American President )
为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒,我们必须尽我们所能。(美国总统 里根. R.)
We cannot alwa
ys build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来,但我们能够为未来造就我们的青年一代。 (美国总统 罗斯福. F.)
Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor )
有志者,事竟成。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer)
离别之于爱情好比风之于火,它能将小火熄灭,使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)
Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher)
每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billings. American humorist)
友谊就像陶器,破了可以修补;爱情好比镜子,一旦打破就难重圆。(美国幽默作家 比林斯 .J.)
Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet
友谊是没有羽翼的爱。(英国诗人 拜伦.G,G)
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. (Albert Einstein, American scientist)
并非地球引力使人坠入爱河。(美国科学家)
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. (Burke Edmund, British statesman)
权力越大,滥用职权的危险就越大。(英国政治家 埃德蒙.B.)
The greatest of evils and the worst of crims is poverty. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)
最大的恶和最凶的罪是贫穷。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.)
The paramount duty of Congress is to stop deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which has always been the firmst prop of the Treasury. (William Mckinley, American president)
国会的最高职责是恢复始终是国家财政最坚实支柱的保护性立法,以制止财政赤字。(美国总统 科金利.W.)
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hes
itate a moment to prefer the latter. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)
人民是完全可以信赖的,应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西,然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定,我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢,还是应该有报纸而不要政府,我会毫不犹豫选择后者。(美国总统 杰斐逊.T.)
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philowopher)
暴君死了,他统治也就结束;烈士死了,他的统治刚开始。(丹麦宗教哲学家 基尔克戈德.S.)
There is something behind the throne greater than the king him-self. (William Pitt, British statesman)
在王座的后面还有比国王本人更伟大东西。(英国政治家 皮特.W.)
To be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of the people. (Junius, Unidentified letter writer)
要了解政府的政绩只需要观察民情。(国籍不明书信代理人 朱尼厄斯)
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasure, we must go to those who are seeking it :the pains of power is real, its pleasures imaginary. (C.Colton Charles, British churchman)
欲知权力带来的痛苦,去问那些当权者;欲知权力带来的乐趣,去问那些追逐权势者:权力带来的痛苦是真实的,而权力带来的乐趣只不过是凭空想象的。(英国牧师 查尔斯.C.C.)
Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. (Oliver Goldsimith, British poet)
过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。(英国诗人 哥尔德斯密斯.O.)
We need in politics man who have something to give,
not men who have something to get. (Bernard Baruch, Averican economist)
在政治中我们需要能有所奉献的人,而不是想有所收获的人。(美国经济学家 巴鲁克.B.)
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. (Thomas Jefferson, American President)
当一个人受到公众信任时,他就应该把自己看作公众的财产。(美国总统 杰斐逊.T.)
When society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan. (John Stuart Mill, BAritish economist)
当社会需要重建时,试图墨守旧的蓝图重建它是徒劳无益的。(英国经济学家 穆勒.J.S.)
All is but lip-wisdom that wants experience. (Philip Sideney, British satesman)
凡是没有实际经验的,都只是口头智慧。(英国政治家 锡得尼 D .)
Expericence is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. (Law Vernon, British writer)
经验是一位先行测试然后才授课严厉的教师。(英国作家 弗农. L.)
Experience is not interesting till it begins to repeat itself, in fact, till it does that ,it hardly is experience. (Elizabeth Bowen, British novelist)
经验直到自我重复时才变得有意义,事实上,直到那时才算得上经验。(英国小说家 鲍恩 E.)
Expericence is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. (Aldous Leonard Huxley, American writer)
经验不会从天而降;经验只有通过实践才能获得。(美国作家 郝胥黎.A.L.)
Experience is the child of thought , and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books. (Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman)
经验是思想之子,思想是行动之子,了解他人不可以书本为据。(英国政治家 迪斯雷利 B .)
Experience is the na me give their mistakes. (Oscar Wilde, British playwriter and poet)
经验是每个人为其错误寻找的代名词。(英国剧作家、诗人 王尔德 O.)
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. (Dan Stanfort, American brsinessman)
经验是当你没得到想得到之物时所得到的东西。(美国实业家 斯坦福。D.)
Expreience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other. (Benjamin Franklin, Americna president)
经验始终是收费高的学校,然而,笨汉非进此学校不可。(美国总统 富兰克林 B )
Experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues. (Bendict de spinoza, Dutch philosopher)
经验给我们太多的教训,告诉我们人类最难管制 的东西,莫过于自己的舌头。(荷兰哲学家 斯宾诺沙 B)
Experience never misleads; what you are missed by is only your judgement, and this misleads you by anticipating results from experience of a kind that is not produced by your experements. (Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter)
经验永远不会对你做错误的引导;把你引导错的只是你自己的判断,而你的判断之所以对你发生误导的作用,乃是由于它根据那种并非借着实验而产生的经验来预料的结果。(意大利画家 达芬奇)
Experience without learning is better than learning without excperi-ence. (Bertuand Russell, British philosopher and mathematician)
有经验而无学问胜于有学问而无经验。(英国哲学家、数学家 罗素.B.)
I have but one lamp wait which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Patrick Henry, Americna statesman)
我只拿一盏灯来指引我的脚步
,而那盏灯就是经验,对于未来,我只是能以过去来判断。(美国政治家 享利.P.)
Mistakes are an essential part of education. (Bertrand Russell, Bdritish philosopher)
从错误中吸取教训是教育极为重要的一部分。(英国哲学家 罗素 . B .)
Neither beliver nor reject anything, because any other person has rejecte
d of believed it. Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error, Use it. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)
不要因为别的人相信或否定了什么东西,你也就去相信它或否定它。上帝赠予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。那你就去运用它吧/ (美国总统 杰斐逊 .T.)
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (James Russell Lowell, British Poet and critic)
一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。(英国诗人、批评家 洛威尔 .J. R .)
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. (Samuel Smiles, British writer)
实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。(英国作家 斯迈尔斯 . S .)
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. (Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer)
谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。(班牙作家 塞万提斯.M.)
The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. (Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and nathematician)
世界的悲剧就在于有想象力又缺乏经验,而有经验的人又缺乏想象力。(英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 .A . N.)
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. (Grorge Santayana, Spain-born American philosopher and poet)
教育之艰苦在于从意念中获得经验。(西班牙裔美国哲学家、诗人 桑塔亚那.G.)
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. (Winston Churchill. British statesman)
傻瓜有时候也是对的。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 .W.)
To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth. (Stanislars I, Polish king)
青年而有老年之经验,老年而有青年之朝气,就能使人生发挥更大的作用。(波兰国王 斯坦尼劳斯一世)
To most men , experience is like the stern light of a ship which il-luminates only the track it has passed. (Samuel Tylor Coleridge, British poet)
对于大多数人,经验像是一艘船上的尾灯,只照亮船驶过的航道。(英国诗人 柯勒津治. S .T .)
Too much ex
perience is a dangerous thing. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)
经验过多反而危险。(英国剧作家 王尔德 . O.)
We know nothing of what will happen in future , but by the analogy of past experience. (Abraham Lincoln , American president)
除了凭着对过去的经验加以类推之外,我们对今后的事一无所知。(美国总统 林肯 . A .)
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning un-necessary. (D.C,Fisher, American female novelist)
母亲不是赖以依靠的人,而是使依靠成为不必要的人。(美国女小说家 菲席尔.D.C.)
All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (Leo Tolstoy ,Russian writer)
所有幸福的家庭都十分相似;而每个不幸的家庭各有各自的不幸。(俄国文学家 托尔斯泰.L.)
All I am , or can be, I owe to my angel mother. (Abraham lincoln, American president)
我之所有,我之所能,都归功于我天使般的母亲。(美国总统林肯)
As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents. (O,Hare Noel, American writer)
作为一个现代的父母,我很清楚重要的不是你给了孩子们多少物质的东西,而是你倾注在他们身上的关心和爱。关心的态度不仅能帮你省下一笔可观的钱,而且甚至能使你感到一份欣慰,因为你花钱不多并且给予了胜过礼物的关怀。(美国作家 诺埃尔.O.)
Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse. (Grorge Bernard Shaw, British dramstist)
家是姑娘的监狱,女人的教养院。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.)
Home is the place where ,when you have to go there , it has to take you in. (Frost Robert, American poet)
无论何时何地家永远是向游子敞开大门的地方。(美国诗人 罗伯特.F.)
How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)
逆子无情甚于蛇蝎。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚W.)
Husbands and wives in the process of divorce (and those in the throes of another argument )easily fall into the trap of denigraging the other, publicly if possible, and as often as possible. (Howards Mel, American writer)
正在闹离婚的(包括那些处于吵闹不停的痛楚中的)夫妻们很容易陷在对方的泥沼中不能自拔,这种诋毁是尽可能公开的,尽量频繁地进行。(美国作家 梅尔.H.)
I don'nt
know who my grandfather was. I' m much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. (Abraham Lincoln, American president)
我不知道我爷爷是什么样的人,我更关心的是,他的孙子会成为什么样的人。(美国总统 林肯.A.)
If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shouldres. (Joh Brnyan Btitish ssayist)
你若希望你的孩子总是脚踏实地, 就要让他们负些责任。(英国散文家 班扬,J.)
It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. (Irvng Washington, Father of literature of the United States.)
让孩子感到家庭是世界上最幸福的地方,这是以往有涵养的大人明智的做法。这种美妙的家庭情感,在我看来,和大人赠给孩子们的那些最精致的礼物一样珍贵。(美国文学之父 华盛顿. I.)
Mariage may be compared to a cage:the birds outside deapair to get in and those within despair to get out. (Michel de Montaigne, French thinker and ssayist)
婚姻好比鸟笼,外面的鸟想进进不去;里面的鸟儿想出出不来。(法国思想家、散文家 蒙田.M.D.)
My father had always said that there are four things a child needs plenty of love, nourishing food, fegular sleep , and lots of soap and water---and after those, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect. (Ivy Baker Priest, American officer of government)
我父亲总是说,一个孩子需要四样东西--充分的爱、富于营养的食物、有规律的睡眠、大量的肥皂和水--这些完了呢,他最需要的是一些明智的放任。(美国政府官员 普里斯特.I.B.)
The brotherly spirit of science , which unites into one family all its votaries of whatever grade ,and however widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe. (Franklin Rosevelt, American president)
科学的博爱精神把分散在世界各地、各种热心科学的人联结成一个大家庭。(美国总统 罗斯。.F.)
The family is one of nature's masterpieses. (George Santayana, American Philosopher and poet)
家庭是大自然创造的杰作之一。(美国哲学家、诗人 桑塔亚那.G.)
The family you came from isn't as important as the family you are going to have. (D.Herbert Lawrence, British writer)
你将拥有的家庭比你出身的那个家庭重要。(英国作家劳伦斯.D.H.)
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want t
heir children to be a credit to them. (Bretrand Rrssell, British philosopher)
父亲们最根本的缺点在于想要自己的孩子为自己争光。(英国哲学家 罗素.B.)
The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress. (E.Coke, British jutist)
每个人的家对他自己都像是城堡和要塞。(英国法学家 科克.E.)
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. (William John Locke, British novelist)
越早把你的儿子当成男人,他就越早成为男人。(英国小说家 洛克.W.J.)
There is a skeleton in every house. (William Makepeace Thackeray, Bdritish novelist)
家家都有一本难念的经。(英国小说家 萨克雷.W.M.)
To make a lasting marriage we have to overcome self-centeredness. (Grorge Goreon Byron, Nritish poet)
要使婚姻长久,就需克服自我中心意识。(英国诗人 拜伦,G.G.)
We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves. (Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and orator)
不养儿不知父母恩(美国牧师、演说家 比沏.H.W.)
At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president)
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。(美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)
Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
你热爱生命吗?那么,别浪费时间,因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
Each moment in history is a fleeting time , precious and unique .(Richard Nixon , American president )
历史巨轮飞转,分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵,也独具意义。(美国总统 尼克松. R.)
Fish and visitors smell three days .( Franklin Benjamin , American president )
鱼放三天发臭,客住三天讨嫌。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
I am a slow walker , but I never walk backwards .(Abraham Lincoln , American president)
我走得很慢,但是我从来不会后退。(美国总统 林肯. A.)
To choose time is to save time .( Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
合理安排时间就是节约时间 。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)
We always have time enough , if we will but use it aright. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )
只要我们能善用时间,就永远不愁时间不够用。(德国诗人歌德. J.W.)
Weep no more , no sigh , nor
人 席勒. F.)
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt, American president)
实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)
Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)
成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
在这个世界上,取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人,如果找不到机会,他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)
初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)
Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。(俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)
我所能奉献的没有其它,只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . W.)
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 (德国诗人、剧作家 歌德. J. W.)
My fellow Americans , ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man . (John Kennedy , American President )
美国同胞们,不要问国家能为你们做些什么,而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们,不要问美国将为你们做些什么,而要问我们共
同能为人类的自由做些什么。 (美国总统 肯尼迪. J.)
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President )
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。(美国总统 尼克松 . R.)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的,但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. J. J.)
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow . (Emerson, American thinker )
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 家默生)
The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can
groan. Sorrow calls no time that's gone.(John Fletcher , British dramatist )
别哭泣,别叹息,别呻吟;悲伤唤不回流逝的时光。(英国剧作家 弗莱沏. J.)
All for one, one for all.
人人为我,我为人人。—— [法] Dumas pére大仲马
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
别人为食而生存,我为生存而食。—— Socrates 苏格拉底
Easy come, easy go.
易得者亦易失。 —— Hazlitt赫斯特
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱,统治了他的王国,不用一枝利剑。—— Herbert 赫伯特
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西,我们很快就信以为真。—— Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。—— Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标,犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—— Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边,但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。—— Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子,然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前,已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凯撒
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物,必定有人能将它实现。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。—— T. Fuller 富勒
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。—— Julius Erving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马(法国作家)
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
光勤劳是不够的,蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer)
只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克·吐温)
It is no use doing what you like ; you have got to like what you do .
(Winston Churchill , British prime minister)
不能爱哪行才干哪行,要干哪行爱哪行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.)
Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president)
懒惰像生锈一样,比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)
But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president )
但是难道败局已定,胜利已经无望?不,不能这样说! (法国总统 戴高乐. C.)
I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
我成功是因为我有决心,从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)
Genius only means hard-working all one’s life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)
我所能奉献的没有其它,只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . W.)
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 (德国诗人、剧作家 歌德. J. W.)
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (Horace, ancient Roman poet)
苦难显才华,好运隐天资。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯)
Almost any situation—good or bad —is affected by the attitude we bring to. (Lucius Annaus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher)
差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的的影响。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加 L A)
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer)
虽然世界多苦难,但是苦难总是能战胜的(美国作家 海伦·凯勒)
As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. (Hugh Black, American writer)
水果不仅需要阳光,也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的陶冶不仅需要欢乐,也需要考验和困难。(美国作家 布莱克 H)
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances. (Leonhard Frand , German novelist)
我可以拿走人的任何东西,但有一样东西不行,这就是在特定环境下选择自己的生活的自由。(德国小说家 弗兰克 L)
Good order is the foundation of all things. (E.Burke, Btritish statesman)
良好的秩序是一切的基础。(英国政治家 伯克 E)
Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie. (Lawence Durrell, British writer)
犯罪总是以惩罚相补偿;只有处罚才能使犯罪得到偿还。(英国作家 达雷尔 L)
where there is a will , there is a way .( thomas edison , american inventor )
有志者,事竟成。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. t.)
absence to love is what wind is to fire. it extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (roger de bussy-rabutin, french writer)
离别之于爱情好比风之于火,它能将小火熄灭,使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.r.)
every man is a poet when he is in love. (plato ancient creek philosopher)
每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (richard nixon, american president )
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。(美国总统 尼克松 . r.)
patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (jean jacques rousseau , french thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的,但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. j. j.)
progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow . (emerson, american thinker )
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 家默生)
英文:Wish many good wishes for the holidays and the coming year.
中文:新的一年,向你献上最诚挚的祝福。
英文:Wishing you all the blessings of a beautiful season.
中文:愿你拥有美丽的新年所有的祝福。
英文:Take your passion and make it come true.
中文:发挥你的热情,让理想变为现实。