1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. a day is a miniature of eternity. ( emerson )
一天是永恒的缩影.(爱默生)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10."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
11.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
12.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
13.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
14.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
15.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
16.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
17.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
18.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
19.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
20.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,
21.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
22.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,
23. 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
24.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
25.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
26.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
27.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
28."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
29.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
30.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