名言与谚语(英汉)

名言与谚语（英文）

Quotes and Idioms（English）

Happiness is a station between too much and too little.～Pollock, British jurist

幸福是太多和太少之间的一站。～英国法学家 波洛克 ★ Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.～Thomas Fuller, British churchman

知识是一座宝库，而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。 ～英国教士 富勒 . T.

★Mistakes are an essential part of education.～Bertrand Russell, British 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.

★ Age(年纪) is a matter (问题) of feeling, not of years.～George William Curtis, American writer

年纪只是个感觉问题，而不是岁月问题。～美国作家 柯蒂斯 ★ Money is a good servant(仆人) and a bad master(主人).～Francis Bacon, British philosopher

金钱是善仆，也是恶主。～英国哲学家 培根

★ Activity(行动 )is the only road to knowledge. ～George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

行动是通往知识的唯一道路。～英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G. ★Experience is the father of wisdom and memory (is) the mother.～Charles Bernard, French philosopher

经验是智慧之父，记忆是知识之母。～法国哲学家 贝尔纳 . C. ★All the splendor（荣华富贵 ）

in the world is not worth a good friend .～Voltaire, French thinker 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。～法国思想家 伏尔泰  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。～文学家 托尔斯泰 . L.

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★The golden age is before us, not behind us.～Mark Twain, American writer

黄金时代在我们前面而不在我们背后。～美国作家 马克 . 吐温  Love is a kind of warfare.～Ovid, Ancient Greek poet 情场如战场。～古希腊诗人 奥维德  Not ignorance(无

知), but the ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.～A. N. Whitehead. British philosopher

不是无知本身，而是对无知的无知，才是知识的死亡。～英国哲学家 怀特海 . A. N.

★Information is power. The information domain （领域）

is the future battlefield.～Cebrows Arthur, American economist 信息就是力量,所在之处将是未来的战场。～美国经济学家 阿瑟 . C.

★There is a skeleton(骷髅，家丑) in every house. ～William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist

家家都有一本难念的经。～英国小说家 萨克雷 . W. M. ★In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up. (第二名)～Omar Bradley, American general

在战争中，第二名是没有奖的。～美国将军 布拉德利 . O. ★Ideal is the beacon（灯

塔）.Without ideal, there is no secure direction;

without direction, there is no life.～Leo Tolstory, Russian writer 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。～作家 托尔斯泰

★There is no royal road to learning.～Anthony Trollope, British novelist

求学没有平坦的大道。～英国小说家 特罗洛普 . A. ★Few rich men own(拥有) their property(财产). The property owns them.～

Robert Green Ingersoll, American lawyer

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极少富人拥有他们的财产，是财产拥有他们。～美国律师 英格索

 Beauty lives with kindness.～

William Shakespeare, British dramatist 美寓于善。～英国剧作家 莎士比亚 . W.

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Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.～Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss writer

傻瓜向聪明人学之甚少，而聪明人却向傻瓜学之甚多。～瑞士作家 拉瓦特 . J. K.

 Work banishes（撵跑） those three great evils（魔鬼）: boredom（无聊）, vice（堕落）, and poverty

（贫穷）.～Voltaire, French philosopher

工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊，堕落和贫穷。～法国哲学家 伏尔泰

 At twenty years of age, the will(意志) reigns（支配）; at thirty, the wit （机智）; and at forty, the judgement（判断）.～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

★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. ● Charms strike（吸引） the sight, but merit wins the soul.～Alexander Pope, British poet

美色中看，美德感人。～英国诗人 蒲伯 .

● Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.～James Anthony Froude, British historian

从经验中学习收效很慢，而且要以错误为代价。～英国历史学家 弗路德 . J. A.

● Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize（理想化 ）love too much. ～John Ray, British scientist

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年轻人一生中常犯大错误，其中之一就是把爱情太理想化了。～英国科学家 雷伊 . J.

● The fiercest（猛烈） agonies（痛苦） have shortest reign.～William Cullen Bryant, American poet

最猛烈的痛苦持续的时间也最短。～美国诗人 布莱恩特 . W. C.

● Rules and modesty destroy genius and art.～William Hazlitt, British Essayist

规则与谦逊会毁掉天才和艺术。～英国散文家 哈兹里特 . W. ● Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.～

June Masters Bacher, American social, activist

爱情犹如小提琴。曲调可时断时续，但琴弦却永世长存。～美国社会活动家 贝沏 . J. M.

● At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet(诗人).～Plato, ancient Greek philosopher

经爱的触摸，人人皆为诗人。～古希腊哲学家 柏拉图

● A light heart lives long.～William Shakespeare, British dramatist 豁达者长寿。～英国剧作家 莎士比亚 .W.

● If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch(沟).～BIBLE

瞎子领着瞎子走，俩人终会一起掉到沟里。

★The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigations.～EDWARD GIBBON, ★The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 风浪总是有利于最富航行能力的船只。

● Zeal without knowledge is fire without light～THONAS FULLER

仅有热心而没有知识，如同想点火却没火柴。 ● Fortune favors the brave.～TERENCE 幸运青睐勇敢的人。

● Curiosity（好奇心）is a willing（愿望）, a proud（骄傲）, an eager confession（坦白）of ignorance（无知）.～S. LEONARD

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RUBINSTEIN

好奇心是一种愿望、一份骄傲、一种对无知的迫切坦白。 ● No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.～ROBERT FROST

如果作家没有泪，读者也不会流泪。

★People ask you for criticism（批评）, but they only want praise（赞扬）.～W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 人们请你批评的本意是想听你的赞扬。

★The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music.～AGNES DE MILLE

一个民族最真实的表达在于她的舞蹈和音乐。

● No man ever yet became great by imitation（模仿）.～SAMUEL JOHNSON

世上没人可以靠模仿而成为伟大的人。

● Genius（天才）is one percent inspiration（灵感） and ninety-nine percent perspiration（汗水）.～THOMAS EDISON

天才是1%的灵感和99%的汗水。～艾迪生

● Noble（高尚）deeds and hot baths are the best cures（治疗） for depression（沮丧）.～DODIE SMITH 做几件高尚的事，洗几次热水澡即可治疗沮丧。

● A great fortune（财富）is a great slavery(苦役).～SENECA 巨富如同巨大的苦役。

● Hope is the poor man’s bread. ～GEORGE HERBERT 希望是穷人的面包。

★There is no love sincerer than the love of food.～GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

没有哪种爱比爱吃更真诚。

★All I am, or can be, I owe to (归功于)my angel （天使）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 . A.

★Maxims(格言) are the condensed good sense(意识) of nations.～James Mackingtosh, British philosopher

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格言是民族意识的结晶。～英国哲学家 麦金托什 . J. ● You can learn from everyone.～

Derek Boke, American president of Harvard University 三人行必有我师。～美国哈佛大学校长 伯克 . D.

● Turn off the TV and read great books. They open doors in your brain.～Wolkomir Richard, American writer

关掉电视，阅读伟大的著作，它会启开你的智慧之门。～美国作家 理查德 . W.

● Oh, do not cry ---be good children and we will all meet in heaven（天堂）.～Andrew Jackson, American president

哦，不要哭，要做乖孩子，我们都会在天堂见面的。～美国总统 杰克逊 . A. （遗言）

● I am about to --- or I am going to --- die: either expression is correct.～

Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, D.

我将或者我即将～死去：两种表达方式都正确。～法国语法学家 伯阿沃斯 . D. （遗言）

● The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.～Franklin Roosevelt, American president

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。～美国总统 罗斯福 ● If you have great talents, industry(勤

勉) will improve them; if you have But moderate(一

般)abilities(能力), industry will supply their deficiency(缺陷).～Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist

如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完美；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。～美国女散文家 雷诺兹 .J.

★You have to believe in yourself. That is 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 ● Sunshine can burn you, food can poison(毒) you , words can condemn you, Pictures can insult (侮

辱)you; music cannot punish ---only bless(祝福).～Arthur Schnabel, Austrian pianist

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阳光可能炙烤你，食品可能毒害你，言语可能诅咒你，图画可能侮辱你～音乐不会惩罚你，只会祝福你。～奥地利钢琴家 施纳贝尔.

● Beggars cannot be choosers.～

Du Bose Hey wood, American writer 乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦。～英国作家 海伍德

● Politeness（礼貌 ）is like an air cushion（气

垫）: there may be nothing in it, but it eases ours jolts wonderfully.～Samuel Johnson, British writer

礼貌像只气垫：里面可能什么也没有，但是却能巧妙地减少颠簸。～英国作家 约翰逊. S.

● Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.～George Gordon Byron, British poet

友谊可能而且经常发展成爱情，但是爱情却永远不会下降为友谊。～英国诗人 拜伦. G. G.

● If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, an investment(投

资 )in knowledge always pays the best interest.～Benjamin Franklin, American president 倾己所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。～

美国总统 富兰克林 . B. ● Do your duty, and leave the rest to the gods.～PIERRE CORNEILLE 尽人事，听天命。

● I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.～ELLEN STURGIS HOOPER, Beauty and Duty

我睡着了，梦里人生美的很。我醒来了，才发觉人生是责任。 ● Never explain --- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. ～ELBERT HUBBARD 永远不要解释～你的朋友不需要解释；你的敌人无论如何也不会相信你的解释。

★A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.～

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LAO-TZU

千里之行，始于足下。

● A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.～MISTINGUETT, in Theatre Arts

一个亲吻可以是个逗号、一个问号或一个感叹号；这是每个女人都应该知道的基本拼写。 Opportunities are usually disguised（乔装） as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.～ANN LANDERS

机遇往往乔装成一项艰难的工作，所以大多数人才识别不出来。 ● I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.～

Thomas hardy, British poet and novelist

可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力、努力、再努力。英国诗人 ● Our life is frittered(浪费) away by detail. Simplify it, simplify it.～David Thoreau Henry, Aerican writer

我们的生活都被琐事浪费掉了，简单点，简单点。～美国作家 亨利. D. T.

★Without health, no pleasure can be tasted by man.～

Henry Bollingbroke, British statesman

没有健康就没有乐趣。～英国政治家 博林布鲁克 .H.

● Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance (节

制)or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever.～Samuel Smiles, British writer

失去的财富可以靠勤奋换来，失去的知识可以靠学习得来，失去的健康可以靠节制或药物得来，但是失去的光阴一去不复返。～英国作家 斯迈尔斯 . S.

★Truth exists, only falsehood（谎言） has to be invented.～GEORGES BGAQUE

真理原本就存在，谎言才是人发明的。 ● Money may be the husk(外壳) of many things, but not the kernel(果实). It brings you food,

but not appetite(胃口); medicine, but not health; acquaintances相识,but not friends; servants, but not loyalty(忠心); days of

joy, but not peace of happiness.～Henrik lbsen, Norwegian dramatist

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金钱可以是许多东西的外壳，却不是里面的果实。它带来食物，却带不来胃口；带来药，却带不来健康；带来相识，却带不来友谊；带来仆人，却带不来他们的忠心；带来享受，却带不来幸福的宁静。～挪威剧作家 易卜生 .H. ● Histories make men wise; poems witty（灵秀）; the mathematics subtle（周

密）; natural philosophy deep; moral （伦理）grave（庄重）;logic and rhetoric（修辞） able to contend（善辩）.～Francis Bacon, British philosopher

历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辩。～英国哲学家 培根. F. ★Comparison(攀

比) , more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.～Thomas Fuller, American inventor

使人高兴的或者沮丧的，与其说是事实，还不如说是攀比。～美国发明家 富勒 . T.

★Necessity never makes a good bargain.～Benjamin Franklim, American president

急需难买便宜货。～美国总统 富兰克林 . B.

★Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.～Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic 完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。～英国作家和评论家 约翰逊

★I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.～BLAISE PASCAL

这封信我写得比以往长了些，只是因为我没时间把它写短些。

★If you pick up a starving dog and make him properous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.～MARK TWAIN

如果你捡了一条饥饿的狗，并且让它从此活得很好，它就再也不会咬你。这就是狗和人的重要区别。

★Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.～Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman

不要忘了，世界上最强大的力量是爱情。～美国实业家 洛克菲勒 . N. ● Experience proves that most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes.～Paul Meyer, French linguist

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经验证明，大部分时间都是被一分钟一分钟地而不是一小时一小时地浪费掉的。～法国语言学家 梅耶 . P.

★I forget what I was taught; I only remember what I have learned.～Patrick White, British novelist

我忘了别人教我的东西，我只记得我自己学的东西。～英国小说家 怀特 . P.

★What we love to do we find time to do.～

John Lancaster Spalading, American educator and writer

我们喜欢做的事，总能找到时间去做。～美国教育家、作家 斯波尔丁 . J. L.

● I don't know who my grandfather was. I am much more concerned (关心)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.

● Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.～B. F. SKINNER, in New Scientist 教育是指那些学了又忘了，最后幸存的东西。

★Character is what you are in the dark.～D. L. Moody, USA churchman 暗处最能反映一个人的真正品格。～美国教士 穆迪 . D. L. ★Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower.～C. C. Schwab, USA businessman

品格之于人，犹如芳香之于花。～美国实业家 施瓦布 . C. C. ● I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.～Jules Renard, French playwright

我终于明白人与野兽的区别在于：人为钱而担忧。～法国剧作家 勒纳尔 .J.

● 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，也能使大火熊熊燃烧。～法国作家 比西 - 拉比旦 . R.

● Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiment in the world weigh Less than a single lovely action.～R. Lowell James, American poet and critic

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人们生来就认为人世间所有美好的情感都不如一个高尚的行动显得更力量。～美国诗人、评论家 詹姆斯 . R. L.

● Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.～Charles Montesquieu, French thinker

成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。～法国思想家 孟德斯鸠 .C.

● I don’t like work--- no man does --- but I like what is in the work --- the chance to find yourself.～JOSEPH CONRAD, Heart of Darkness

我不喜欢工作～没有人喜欢～可是，我喜欢工作中才有的～发现你自己的机会。

★Tell me what company you keep, and I’ll tell you what you are.～MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

告诉我你有什么样的伙伴，我就能说出你是什么样的人。

● A door slamming makes one jump, but it doesn’t make one afraid. What one fears is the serpent that crawls(爬)underneath it.～COLETTE

摔门的声响会吓人一跳，但不会让人害怕；真正使人感到害怕的却是在门下爬行的毒蛇。

● I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, that shows at the same time pearls（珍珠 ） and the soul（灵魂）.～Victor Hugo, French writer

我喜欢能开启双唇和心扉的笑声，喜欢能展示皓齿和灵魂的笑声。～法国作家 雨果 . V.

● Happy is the man who is living by his hobby.～G. Brnard. Shaw, British dramatist

醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。～英国剧作家 肖伯纳 .G. ● He laughs best who laughs last.～Walter Scott, British writer 谁笑到最后，谁就笑得最美。～英国作家 司各脱 . W. ● The landscope(风景) belongs to the man who looks at it .～Ralph Waklo Emerson, American thinker 风景属于看风景的人。～爱默生 . R. W.

● What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.～William Shakespeare, British dramatist 名字有什么关系？把玫瑰花叫做别的名称，它还是照样芳香。～英国剧作家 莎士比亚 . W.

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● Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean（卑鄙） or sarcastic（讽刺） thing.～John Erskine, American educator 音乐是唯一不能用来表达卑鄙的或讽刺的事物的语言。～美国教育家 厄斯金 . J.

★A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.～C. M. Schwab, American businessman

无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。～美国实业家 施瓦布 .C.M.

● 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 man who has made up his mind to win will never say \"impossible\".～Bonapart 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

● 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. ● People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.～

John Wanamaker, American merchant

腾不出时间娱乐的人，早晚会被迫腾出时间生病。～美国商人 沃纳梅克 . J.

● He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.～

William Drummond. British engineer

不愿说理的人是顽固分子；不会说理的人是傻瓜；不敢说理的人是奴隶。～英国工程师 德拉蒙德 . W.

● Happiness is not something you experience; it’s something you remember.～O. Levant, American pianist

幸福不是你经历的事，而是你记得的事。～美国钢琴家 利万特. O.

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● Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happinesswhich this world affords.～Samuel Johnson, British writer 希望本身是一种幸福，也许是这个世界能提供的主要的幸福。～英国作家 约翰逊 . S.

★The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.～Vitor Hugo, French novelist

生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。～法国小说家 雨果 . V. ★Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.～D. Hume, British philosopher

事物的美存在于仔细观察者的心目中。～英国哲学家 休谟 . D. ★The years teach much which the days never know.～Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker

学问积年而成，而每日不自知。～美国思想家 爱默生 . R. W.

● Learning teaches more in one year that experience in twenty.～ROGER ASCHAM

学习一年所得到的东西要比经历二十年所得到的还要多。Never pay attention to what critics say. Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic.～JEAN SIBELIU

永远不要在乎评论家说什么。记住：世上没有任何一尊雕像是为评论家树立的。

● A critic(评论家)is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.～KENNETH TYNAN

评论家就是那种认识路但不会开车的人。

● Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.～MARK TWAIN

每个人都是一个月亮，有其从不示人的阴暗面。

★The person who knows “how” will always have a job. The person who knows “why” will always be his boss.～DIANE RAVITHCH, speech (1985)

知道“怎么办”的人总能有份工作做；而知道“为什么”这么办的人总是前者的上司。

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★Honesty is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.～George Sandys, American traveler and poet

诚实是高贵得以发展的芽。～美国旅行家、诗人 桑迪斯 . G. ★Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.～D. Hume, British philosopher

事物的美存在于仔细观察者的心目中。～英国哲学家 休谟 . D. ★Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.～Aesop, ancient Greek fable writer

吃不到葡萄的人说葡萄酸。～古希腊寓言作家 伊索 ★

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.～C. M. Schwab, American businessman

无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。～美国实业家 施瓦布 .C.M.

★Life is a flower of which love is the honey. ～

Victor Hugo, French writer人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。～法国作家 雨果 . V.

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★Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues (美德)mount. ～Clare Boothe Luce, USA dramatist

勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。～美国剧作家 卢斯 . C. B.

★When a true genius(天才 )appears in the world you may know him by his sign, that the dunces(蠢才) are all in confederacy(联合) against him.～Jonathan swift, British satire writer

当一个真正的天才问世时，你可以根据一种现象来认识他，即所有的蠢才联合一致来反对他。～英国讽刺作家 斯威夫特 . J. ★A contented(知

足) mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. ～Joseph Addison, American writer

知足是人生在世最大的幸事。 ～美国作家 艾迪生 .J. ★The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them. ～ABRAHAM LINCOLN

上帝更喜欢长相平平的人，这也是他创造了那么多相貌一般的人的缘故。

★Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.～ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,

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政治是惟一一种无须准备即可就业的职业。

★The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.～WILLIAM CONNOR MAGEE, sermon (1868) 不出错的人通常也一事无成。

★An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.～ALBERT CAMUS

智者是其心灵一直盯着自己的人。

★There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.～G. K. CHESTERTON, Charles Dickens

一般的伟人总使每个凡人都自觉渺小；而真正的伟人却让每个凡人都觉得自己伟大。

★The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.～MENCIUS 伟人就是那种没有失去童心的人。

★Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.～OSCAR WILDE

经验就是每个人给他的错误所起的名字。

★ As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.～M. Deland, American writer

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一旦你觉得做某件事年纪太大了，赶紧做它。～美国作家 迪兰 . M.

★ A man is not old as long as he is seeking(追求 )something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.～J. Barrymore, American actor

一个人还有所追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人

才算老。～美国演员 巴里穆尔.J. ★ Put the medicine where you can easily get it.

★ Where that high building stands, there used to be some low, dilapidated（荒废的）houses. ★ Where there is a flatterer (拍马屁的人)there is also a fool.～Joseph Addison, British writer

哪里有拍马屁的人，那里就有傻瓜。

★ I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated(踌躇).～Bonapart 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. ★ When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin

on to grow so that you can skin them again.～

Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman of the former Soviet Union 如果你要剥客户的皮，你应当给他们留点皮，别剥光，让它长新皮，这样你下次还可以继续剥他们的皮。～前苏联政治家 赫鲁晓夫 . N.

★ Cultivation（学习）to the mind is as necessary as food for the

body.～Cicero, ancient Roman statesman and orator

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学习对于头脑，如同食物对于身体一样不可缺少。～古罗马政治家、演说家 西塞罗

★ A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior( is) than a beautiful form.～Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker 美丽的体形胜过漂亮的脸蛋；美丽的行为胜过美丽的体

形。～美国思想家 爱默生 . R. W.

★ The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.～George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

一个人感到羞耻的越多，他就越体面。～英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G.

★If winter comes, can spring be far behind?～D. B. Shelley, British poet 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？～英国诗人 雪莱 .P.B. ★Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.～M. Moore, American poetess

胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。～美国女诗人 穆尔 .M.

★An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms（形成） an orberly queue of one.～Gergert Mikes

即使剩下一个人，英国人也整整齐齐地排成一对。

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★Those who have some means财富

think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.～Gerald Brenan, British writer

手头上有点钱的人认为爱是世界上最重要的东西，而穷人则明白世界上最重要的是金钱。～英国作家 布伦南 .G. ★

It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.～G. Eliot, British novelist

天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。～英国小说家 艾略特 .G.

★If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky (不稳固)ground.～Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist

如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。～挪威剧作家 易卜生

★If you would hit the mark(靶), you must aim a little above it. Every arrow that feels the attraction of earth .

要想射中靶，必须瞄准比靶略为高些，因为脱弦之箭都受到地心引力的影响。 ～美国诗人 朗费罗

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★It is at our mother's knee that we acquire（获得） our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them.～Mark Twain, American writer

正是在母亲的膝上我们获得了最高尚、最真实、最崇高的理想，而这种教育与金钱毫无关系。～美国作家 马克 . 吐温

★Happiness is a butterfly(蝴蝶), which, when pursued(追逐), is always Just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight (落) upon you. ～N. Hawthorn, American writer

幸福是一只蝴蝶，你要追逐它的时候，总是追不到；但是如果你悄悄地坐下来，它也许会飞落到你身上。～美国作家 霍桑 .N. ★The man with a new idea is a crank(怪人) until the idea succeeds.～Mark Twain, American writer

具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。

～美国作家 马克 . 吐温

★

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ～J. Burroughs, American naturalist

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一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。 ～美国博物学家 巴勒斯 .J. Man errs (错误)so long as he strives. ～

Johann 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. I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.～Bonapart 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. Examination is a formidable event to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.～Charles Colton, British writer

甚至对最有准备的人来说，考试也是难对付的，因为最大的蠢才也可能提出最聪明的人不能回答的问题。～英国作家 科尔顿 . C. ★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.

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The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him .～John Burroughs, American naturalist

一个人越伟大，对表扬和奉承就越反感。～美国博物学家 巴勒斯 .J.

★Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.～M.T.Cicero, Ancient Roman orator and statesman

心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。～古罗马演说家、政治家 西塞罗 .M.T.

★Health is better than wealth.～John Ray, American naturalist 健康胜过财富。～美国博物学家 雷伊 .J. ★

Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.～Samuel Johnson, British writer, critic 健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们所赖以获得金钱的就是健康。～英国作家、批评家 约翰逊 .S.

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Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.～Bertrand Russell, British philosopher 乞丐并不羡慕百万富翁，尽管他们一定会羡慕比他们乞讨得多的乞丐。～英国哲学家 罗素 .B.

★Creditors have better memories than debtors.～Benjamin Franklin , American president

放债的比借债的记性好。～美国总统 富兰克林 .B. ★I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.～Oscar II, Swedish king

我宁愿让我的人民嘲笑我的小气也不愿让他们为我的挥霍而哭泣。～瑞典国王 奥斯卡二世

★If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? ～Benjiamin Franklin, American president

如果财富是你的，那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢？～美国总统 富兰克林 .B.

★Do you love life? Then do not squander浪费 time; for that's the stuff Life is made of. ～Benjamin Franklin, American president

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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.

★If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.～Ohn Galsworthy, British novelist and dramatist

如果你不考虑未来，那么你就不能拥有未来。～英国小说家、剧作家 高尔斯华绥 . J.

★If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.～Thomas Edison , American inventor

如果你年轻时没有学会思考，那就永远学不会思考。～美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.

★The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant.～Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician 学，然后知不足。～法国哲学家、数学家 笛卡尔 . R. ★Every man is a poet when he is in love .～Plato, ancient Greekphilosopher

每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。～古希腊哲学家 柏拉图

★Love built on beauty, soon as beauty dies.～John Donne, British poet

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建立在美貌基础上的爱情，会与美貌一样很快消失。～英国诗人 多恩 . J.

★Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.～JULIUS C.HARE AND AUGUSTUS HARE 人生中百分之五十的失败均在于起跳的同时勒住了马。

★Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.～LORD CHESTERFIELD, Letters to His Son

青年多自以为才智过人，就如同醉汉总觉得自已清醒无比。

★When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. ～SAMUEL JOHNSON

如果一个人厌倦了伦敦，他就是厌倦了生活；因为伦敦拥有生活所能给予的一切。

★An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.～GEORGE MIKES, How to be an Alien

一个英国男人，即使只有他一个人，他也站成一队。（指很自律） ★Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him. ～CHARLES DE GARLLE

由于政治家从不相信他自己说的任何话，因此当他发现竟有人相信

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他的话时，他也惊讶不已。

★Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.～NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, comment made to American reporters

哪儿的政治家都一样，他们甚至可以在根本没有河的地方承诺建造一座桥。

★When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

～THOMAS JEFFERSON, “A Decalogue of Carons for

observation in practical life”

生气时，在开口说话前，先从1数到10；特别生气时，就数到100。

★If you steal from one auther, it’s plagiarism(剽窃); if you steal from many, it’s research.～WILSON MIZNER

如果你从一个作家那儿抄袭，那叫做剽窃；如果你从许多作家那儿抄袭，那就叫研究。

★They can because they think they can. ～VIRGIL 他们能够做到是因为他们相信自己能做到。

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★Where we love is home, Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.～OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR. , Homesick in Heaven 家是我们所爱的地方，也是我们的双脚可以离开，而心却不能离开的地方。

★Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun(避免) the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate(模仿) the successes of the wise.～CATO THE ELDER

聪明人从傻瓜那儿获益要比傻瓜从聪明人那儿获益多，因为聪明人能够避免再犯傻瓜的错误；而傻瓜并不能模仿聪明人的成功。

★As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts(物质东西), it's the love and attention you shower on them. Scaring attitude can not only save you a small fortune钱, 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

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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. ★The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.～William John Locke, British nowvlist

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.

★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. ★Imagination is more important than knowledge.～Albert Einstein, American scientist

想象力比知识更为重要。～美国科学家 爱因斯坦 . A. ★Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.～Chesterfield, British diplomat and writer 知识使我们老年时能舒适地隐退，并有所寄托；但是如果年轻时不接受知识并且使它扎不下根，年老时我们就不能受益。～英国外交家、作家 切斯特菲尔德

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge……Although both love and knowledge are necessary, love is in a sense more fundamental, since it will lead intelligent people to seek knowledge, in order to find out how to benefit those they love. ...Delight without well-wishing may be cruel; well-wishing without delight easily tends to become cold and little superior.～Bertrand Russell, British philosopher 美好生活由爱来激励，受知识指导。 ...... 尽管爱与知识都必要，但在某种意义上爱更重要。因为爱会引导聪明的人去寻求知识，看看怎样能使他们所爱的人得益。 ...... 没有善良的愿望的喜悦可能是残酷；没有喜悦的善良容易变得冷漠和傲视一切。～英国哲学家 罗素 . B.

★When you want knowledge like you want air under water then you will get it.～Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher

当你需要知识就像你在水底需要空气时，你准能得到它。 ～古希腊哲学家 苏格拉底

★The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. ～William Hazlitt, British critic and essayist 事越做越能做，人越忙越有空。～英国评论家、散文家 哈兹里特 . W.

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★Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and the half-wise that are dangerous.～

Johann wolfgang von Goethe, German poet

愚者和智者同样是无害的。只有半愚者和半智者才是危险的。～德国诗人 歌德 . J. W. ★

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.～James Gibbons Huneder, American critic

敢于当傻瓜是走向聪明的第一步。 ---美国批评家 赫尼克 . J. G. ★

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.～

-Martin Luther King, American leader of non-violent civil right movement

世界上再也没有比实实在在的无知和认认真真的愚蠢更危险的了。～-美国非暴力民权运动领袖 马丁 . 路德 . 金 ★

The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife. You insult her intelligence

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if you assume that a mere slogan and a few vapid adjectives will persuade her to buy anything. ～David Ogilvy, American advertisement manager 消费者不是傻瓜；她是你的妻子。如果你认为仅凭一句口号，几个干巴巴的形容词就能诱使她掏腰包购买任何东西的话，那么你就亵渎了她的智慧。 ～美国广告经营家 奥格尔维 . D. ★

Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.～Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher

与其不受教育，不如不生，因为无知是不幸的根源。～古希腊哲学家 柏拉图

★Example is always more efficacious than precept.～Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic

身教胜于言教。～英国作家、批评家 约翰逊 . S.

★When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.～Charles A. Dana, American journalist

狗咬人不是新闻，人咬狗才是新闻。～美国记者 达纳 . C. A. ★I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation

where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.～MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., speech (at the March on Washington, 1963)

我有一个梦想，我的四个孩子有一天将会生活在这样一个国度里：

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在那儿，人们不是根据他们的肤色，而是根据他们性格的内涵来看待他们。现在我就有（这）一个梦想。

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