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1、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.

2、 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

3、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

4、些麻烦。（王尔德） 1.We (sea folk) can live to three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.-Andersen, The little mermaid我们(水族)能活到三百岁但我们死时我们成为海上的泡沫而已.-安徒生2.Writers are well-known for their powers of invention and imagination.-Andersen, The Nightingale作家以创造力和想像力闻名.-安徒生3.Teas i

5、n the listeners eyes are the finest possible reward for any singer.-Andersen, The Nightingale对任何歌唱者来说,聆听者眼中的泪水是最好的报酬.-安徒生4.But he hasnt got anything on! a little child said.-Andersen, The Emperors New Clothes但他什麼也没穿啊!一个小孩子说.-安徒生5.I have many beautiful flowers, he said, but the children are the most

6、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7.We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and we are slaves, though men call

7、us free.-Wilde, The Young King我们镣铐在身,虽然没人见到;我们身为奴隶,虽然人们认为我们自由.-王尔德8.The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the worlds 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9.What is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pi

8、ctures or conversation -Carroll, Alices Adventures in Wonderland一本既没有图画,又没有对话的书,有什麼用呢 爱丽丝想著.-卡洛儿,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

9、 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

10、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 th

11、e 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,

12、 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

13、金钱.-毛姆21.We cant 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 bet

14、ween 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 dont read.-Mark Twain经典之作.人们称赞却不想读的书.-马克吐温26.Dictionari

15、es 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 others happiness-not by eac

16、h others 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 ha

17、ve 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33.History i

18、s the might Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages.-Van Loon, The Story of Mankind历史是经验的巨塔.岁月在无限的往昔旷野中,建立此一巨塔.-房龙,人类的故事34.The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food.- Van Loon, The Story of Mankind人类历史是饥饿者寻觅食物的纪录.-房龙,人类的故事35.Gl

19、ory abroad too often means misery at home.- Van Loon, The Story of Mankind国外的光荣往往意味著国内的困苦.-房龙,人类的故事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

20、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

21、, 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.Dont believe what y

22、our 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.

23、-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 myst

24、erious. 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 ou

25、rselves 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.Dont believe what your eyes are tel

26、ling 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

27、 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 th

28、e 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56.Old soldiers never die; they only fade away.-Anonymous, War Song老兵不死,只是凋零.-作者不详,57There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.-George Sand生命中只有一件快乐的事:爱与被爱.-乔治桑58.Art for arts sa

29、ke is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.-George Sand为艺术而艺术是句空话.为真,为善,为美而艺术是我追寻的信条.-乔治桑59.All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than other.-Orwell, Animal Farm所有动物皆平等,但是有些动物比其他动物更平等.-欧威尔

30、,60.When all the people of the world remember to laugh, particularly at themselves, there will be no more dictators and no more wars.-Ben Lucien Burman, Antidote for War当世界各国的人都记得要大笑,尤其是笑他们自己,世界上就不会有独裁者,也不会有战争.-勃曼,61.People should be beautiful every way in their faces, in the way they dress, in thei

31、r thoughts and in their innermost selves.-Chekhov人们应该在每方面都美美在脸上,每在衣著上,每在思想上,每在藏於心底的自我.-契可夫62.It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are very own.-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle用几本你的真正好书展开生命,乃是一件重大的事.-柯南道尔63.There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that de

32、pends on borrowing and debt.-Ibsen A Dolls House仰赖借贷与债务过活的家庭生活,毫无自由或美言.-易卜生,玩偶之家64.You can tell character of every man when you see how he receives praise.-Seneca看人如何接受称赞,你就能分辨他的品德.-塞尼加65.No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.-Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story未经你的认可,没人会使你自觉较差.-爱丽娜

33、 罗斯福,我的故事66.Human suffering is mostly made by man himself.-Leon J. saul, Suffering Is Self-Manufactured人的苦难多半是自作自受. 67.The way to find joy in life is to understand that you are given life to enjoy it.-Alexandra Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy在生命里寻觅快乐的方法,就是了解你被赋予生命是为了享受生命.-亚历山卓 扥尔斯泰,扥尔斯泰68.If a free society can

34、not help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.-Kennedy, Inaugural Address自由社会如果不能帮助众多的穷人,也就不能保全少数的富人.-甘乃迪 就职演说69.Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.-Kennedy人类必须消灭战争,否则战争将消灭人类.-甘乃迪70.He who loves another tries truly to understand the other.-Overstre

35、et, The Hidden World Around Us爱别人的人,就会真诚的设法了解别人.-奥佛斯特里特,隐密的世界71.Man cannot have dignity without loving the dignity of his fellow.-Bernstein, The Mountain Disappears人若不尊重别人的尊严,自己就不能有尊严.-伯恩斯坦,山不见了72.Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation

36、to generation to, as present to the prosterity of those who are yet unborn.-Addison, The Spectator书是伟大的天才留给人类的遗产,当作给予尚未出生的后代的礼物.-亚狄生,旁观者73.Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now always.-Schweitzer, Out of My Life and Thought真理没有属於它自己的时间.它的时间就是现在永远如此.-史怀哲,我的生命与思想74.The direction in whi

37、ch education starts a man will determine his future life.-Plato, The Republic人受教育时的开始方向,会决定他未来的生活方法.-柏拉图,理想国 75.Without the memories, its all meaningless.-Lois Lowry, The Giver没有记忆,什麼都没有意义.-露意丝 劳里,记忆受领员76.Books cannot be killed by fire. People due, but books never die. No man no face can abolish mem

38、ory.-Roosevelt书不会毁於战火.人会死,但书勇不死.没有人也没有武力可以终止记忆.-罗斯福77.I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.-Faulkner我相信人不仅忍受;他将战胜.-佛克纳78.I am found of reading in all shapes; but particularly such as tends to educate the mind and invigorate the spirit.-Rochefoucauld, Portrait of Himself我喜欢所有形式的

39、阅读;但尤其喜欢那种倾向教育心灵与赋予精神的书.-罗彻佛柯,自画像79.The more we experience our freedom, the more we recognize that of the other.-Sartre, Why Write 我们越是感到自己的自由,我们就越承认别人的自由.-沙特,为什麼写作 80.Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.-Ruskin, The Stones of V

40、enice记住:世界上最美的事物是最没用的,例如孔雀雨百合花.-罗斯金,威尼斯之石81.Reading is a tow-way process; the reader can also write; television viewing is a one-way street: the viewer cannot create television image.-Marie Winn, Viewing vs. Reading阅读是双向过过程:读者也能写作;观赏电视单行道:观赏者无法创造电视意象.-温恩,观赏对阅读82.We decide what is important and what

41、is trivial in life.-Loseph Epstein, The Virtues of Ambition我们认定生命中何者为重,何者为轻.-艾普斯坦,雄心的美德83.Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.-Eudora Welty, Moon on a Silver Spoon早在我撰写故事之前,我就倾听故事了.-威蒂,银汤匙上的月亮84.To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.-Disraeli, Sybil自知无知乃是

42、迈向知识的一大步.-狄斯累利西碧尔85.Language is the road map of a culture.-Brown, To the Victor Belongs the Language语言是一种文化的公路线路图.-布朗,语言属於胜利者 86.The good life is one inspired by love and guide by knowledge.-Russell, The Good Life美好的生活即由爱激励,由知识引导的生活.-罗素,美好的生活87.Love is a word which covers a variety of feelings.- Rus

43、sell, The Good Life爱是一个包含多种感情的人.-罗素,美好的生活88.Delight without well-wishing may be cruel; well-wishing without delight easily tends to become cold and a little superior.- Russell, The Good Life没有祝福的喜悦可能是残忍的;没有喜悦的祝福易於倾向於冷酷与少许高傲.-罗素,美好的生活89.Education deals with the development of the intellectual powers

44、of men.-Hutchins, The Basis of Education教育与人的智力发展有关.-胡钦斯,教育的基础90.Learning does not stop as long as a man live, unless his learning power atrophies because he does not use it.- Hutchins, The Basis of Education除非人因不曾利用自己的学习力量,以致这种力量萎缩,则只要活著,学习不会停下来.-胡钦斯,教育的基础91.Books are to mankind what memory is to t

45、he individual.-Lubbock. The Delight of Books书之於人类,正如记忆之於个人.-拉布克,书之喜悦92.No man is an island, entire of itself.-Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions人非完全自立自足的孤岛.-但恩,面临危机时的祈祷93.The right to speak freely is one of the necessary means to the attainment of the truth.-Walter Lippmann, Freedom of Speech言

46、论自由的权利是获致真理的必须方式之一.-李普曼,言论自由94.Reading is not merely sympathizing and understand; it is also criticizing and judging.-Woolf, How Should One Read a Book 阅读不仅是同情与了解,也是批评与判断.-吴尔芙,人应该如何读书 95.To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it.- Woolf, How Should One Read a Book 要把一本书读好,应该读

47、得自己正在写书似的.-吴尔芙,人应该如何读书 96.Reading is one of the most arduous and exhausting of occupations.- Woolf, How Should One Read a Book 读书是一件最费力,最累人的工作.-吴尔芙,人应该如何读书 97.The ballot is stronger than the bullet.-Lincoln选票比子弹更有力量.-林肯 98.As I would not be a salve, so I would not be a master.-Basler, The collected

48、Works of Abraham Lincoln我不愿当主人,正如我不愿当奴隶.-巴斯勒,林肯全集99.Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to his parents.-Lincoln, Conversation at the White House爱是连结子女与父母的链子.-林肯,白宫谈话100.Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.-Gladstone, Speech at Hawarden自私是人类的最大祸源.-葛莱斯东,哈瓦登演讲101.It is no use to b

49、lame the looking glass if your face is awry.-Gogol, The Inspector-General如果你的脸是歪斜的,责怪镜子是没用的.-果戈里,总督察102.The history of the world is but the biography of great men.-Carlyle, Here and Hero Worship世界历史只不过是伟人的传记.-卡莱尔,英雄与英学崇拜103.As a rule, men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they act

50、ually possess.-William James一般来说,人习惯上只使用了他们真正拥有的能力的一小部分.-威廉 詹姆士104.Write a book, cross the ocean, take a new job, change your pace.- William James写一本书,越过大洋,接受新工作,变换你的步调.-威廉 詹姆士105.Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.-Newman, The Idea of a University知识是一件事,美德是另一件事.-纽曼,一间大学的理念106.Youth is like s

51、pring, an overpraised season.-Butler, The Way of All Flesh青春有如春天,一个过度赞赏的季节.-巴特勒,众生之路107.People who know little are usually great talker, while men who know much say little.-Rousseau, Emile懂得不多的人常是空论者,而渊博者则寡言.-卢梭,爱弥儿 108.Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.- Rousseau, Emile大自然从不欺骗我们;欺骗我们的永远是我们自己.-卢梭,爱弥儿109.The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.-Rousseau, Les Confessions对快乐的渴望永远不会在人心中熄灭.-卢梭,忏悔录110.A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.-Hugo, Saint Denis称赞有几分像是透过面纱的轻吻.-雨果,圣丹尼斯