至理名言 修養篇SELF-CULTIVATION
1. A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior than a beautiful form.
美麗的體形勝過(guò)漂亮的臉蛋;美麗的行為勝過(guò)美麗的體形。
Ralph Waldo Emerson. American thinker 美國思想家 愛(ài)默生.R.W
2. A man is called selfish ,not pursuing his own good ,but neglecting his neighbour's.
追求自身的利益,不是自私;只有忽視他人的利益,才是自私。
Richard Whately, American churchman 美國教士 惠特利.R.
3. A man is only as good as what he loves.
一個(gè)人要用他所愛(ài)的東西來(lái)衡量他的品格。
Saul Bellow, American writer 美國作家 貝羅.S.
4. A man's own manner and character is what most becomes.
人是由自己的風(fēng)度和品格構成的。
Marcus Tullius Cicero, American statesman
美國政治家 西塞羅.M.T.
5. A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellence
of heart.
優(yōu)雅的情趣與心靈之美不可分。
John Keats .British poet 英國詩(shī)人 濟慈.J.
6. After the verb to love, to help is the most beautiful verb in
the world.
除了“愛(ài)”之外,“幫助”是世界上最美的動(dòng)詞。
Aldous Leonard Huxley. British novelist 英國小說(shuō)家赫胥黎.A.L.
7. All for one, one for all. 人人為我,我為人人。
Alexandre Dumas French writer 法國作家 大仲馬.A.
8. All men are poets at heart. 所有的人在內心深處都是詩(shī)人。
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker 美國思想家愛(ài)默生 R.W.
9. Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
憤怒是撲滅心靈之燈的風(fēng)。
Robert Green Ingersoll,American lawyer美國律師英格索爾.R.G.
10. Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
不要由于別人不能成為你所希望的人而憤怒,因為你自己也不能成為
自己所希望的人。
Thomas Mann, German writer 德國作家 托馬斯·曼
11. Being a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for
it has no time for anything else.
做個(gè)穿著(zhù)整齊的人是一種職業(yè);追求穿著(zhù)的人沒(méi)有時(shí)間做別的事情。
Heywood Broun, American columnist 美國專(zhuān)欄作家 布羅恩.H.
12. Better a frank denial than unwillig compliance.
勉強應允不如坦誠拒絕。
V Hugo, French writer 法國作家 雨果.V.
13. Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
品德不好,出生再好也無(wú)用。
Moliere, French dramatist 法國劇作家 莫里哀
14. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
美色中看,美德感人。
Alexander pope, British poet 英國詩(shī)人 蒲伯.A.
11. Custom, then is the great guide of human life.
風(fēng)俗是人生的偉大向導。
David Hume, British philosopher 英國哲學(xué)家 休謨.D.
12. Envy is blind and knows nothing except how to depreciate the
excellence of others.
嫉妒是瞎子,除了貶低別人的優(yōu)點(diǎn)之外,什么也不知。
Titus Livins Livy, Ancient Rooman historian
古羅馬歷史學(xué)家 李維.T.L.
17. Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.
天才形成于平靜中,性格來(lái)自于生活的激流。
Ohann Wolfgang German poet 德國詩(shī)人 歌德.J.W.
18. Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
誠實(shí)與勤勉, 應該成為你永久的伙伴。
Brnjamin Franklin, American president 美國總統 富蘭克林.B.
19. Honesty is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
誠實(shí)是高貴得以發(fā)展的芽。
George Sandys,American traveler and poet
美國旅行家、詩(shī)人桑迪斯.G.
20. I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's
fashions.
我不能、也不愿毀滅我的良心去迎合時(shí)尚。
Lillian Hellman ,American dramatist 美國劇作家 赫爾曼.L.
21. In a complex world ,to insist upon simplicity is foolish.
在復雜的世界上,堅持單純是愚蠢的。
Richard Wlokomir, Amercan writer 美國作家 沃克摹,R。
22. It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination
to be agreeable.
要做到與人融洽相處, 需要仔細地思考, 認真地努力和痛下決心。
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker 美國思想家 愛(ài)默生.R.W.
23. Man will become better only when you will make him see what he
is like.
只有使人看清他自己的為人,他才能變得更好。
Chekov, Russian writer 俄國作家 契柯夫
24. Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
自我節制是最大的美德。
Plutarch ,Ancent Greek dramatist |古希臘劇作家 普魯塔克
25. The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
道德修養能達到的最高價(jià)段,是認識到我們應該控制我們的思想。
Charles Darwin, British narurlist 英國博物學(xué)家 達爾文.C.
26. The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of
the heart.
生活的范圍是隨著(zhù)心胸的開(kāi)闊而變寬廣的。
H.Black American writer 美國作家 布萊克,H.
27. The noble soul has reverence for itself. 靈魂高尚的人必自尊。
Heinrich Gotthard Treitschke, German historian
德國歷史學(xué)家 特賴(lài)奇克.H.G.
28. The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
人生在世首要大事是保持靈魂的高尚。
Flaubert, French writer 法國作家 福樓拜
29. What is a man's first duty? The answer is brief ; to be himself.
人的第一天職是什么?答案很簡(jiǎn)單:不偽飾自己。
Ibsen, Nowegian dramatist 挪威劇作家 易卜生
30. You can tell the size of a man by the size of the things which
make him mad.
根據多大的事物可以使一個(gè)人暴跳如雷,你可以判斷出這個(gè)人的份
量。
Adlai Stevenson, Averican statesman 美國政治家 史蒂文森. A.
時(shí)間篇TIME
1. A generation without a cause in its youth has no legacy in its
old age.
一代人如果年輕時(shí)候沒(méi)有事業(yè),老了就不會(huì )有遺產(chǎn)可以傳下去。
Eeward Kennedy. American plliticia 美國政治家肯尼迪.E.
2. Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
年紀只是個(gè)感覺(jué)的問(wèn)題,而不是歲月的問(wèn)題。
George William Crutis, American witer 美國作家柯蒂斯.G.W.
3. An energetic middle life is ,I think, the only safe precursor
of a vitally happy old age.
我認為,精力旺盛的中年生活是生氣勃勃的幸福晚年的唯一可靠
預兆。
Vida Drtton Sucader, Averycan educator and writer
美國教育家、作家斯卡德.V.D.
4. As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.
一旦你覺(jué)得做某件事年紀太大了,趕緊做它。
M.Deland, American writer美國作家迪蘭.M.
5. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit;
and at forty, the judgement.
二十歲時(shí)起支配作用的是意志,三十歲時(shí)是機智,四十歲時(shí)是判斷。
Benjamin Franklin, American president 美國總統富蘭克林. B.
6. Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff
life is made of .
你熱愛(ài)生命嗎?那么,別浪費時(shí)間,因為生命是由時(shí)間組成的。
Benjamin Franklin, American President 美國總統富蘭克林.B.
8. Experience proves that most time is wasted, not in hours, but
in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just
as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over.
經(jīng)驗證明,大部分時(shí)間都是被一分鐘一分鐘地而不是一小時(shí)一小時(shí)
地浪費掉的。一只底部有小洞的桶和一只故意踢翻的桶同樣會(huì )流空。
Paul Meyer, French linguist 法國語(yǔ)言學(xué)家梅耶.P.
9. Fish and visitors smell in three days.
魚(yú)放三天發(fā)臭,客住三天討嫌。
Franklin Benjamin, American president 美國總統富蘭克林.B.
10. He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have ma.y
可以為時(shí)不想為,想要為時(shí)已經(jīng)不可為。
Thomas Heywood, British dramatist 英國作家海伍德.T.
11. I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
我走得很慢,但是我從來(lái)不會(huì )后退。
Abraham Lincoln. American president 美國總統林肯.A.
12. I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
我浪費不起時(shí)間去賺錢(qián)。
L Agassiz.Swiss naturalist 瑞士博物學(xué)家阿加西斯,L。
13. If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
如果你不考慮未來(lái),那么你就不能擁有未來(lái)。
John Galsworthy.British novelist and dramatist
英國小說(shuō)家、劇作家高爾斯華綏.J.'
14. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
想要懂得今天,就必須研究昨天。
Pearl Buck, American female writer 美國女作家賽珍珠
15. Let bygones be bygones.
過(guò)去的事就讓它過(guò)去吧。
Homer ancient Greek poet 古希臘詩(shī)人荷馬
16. Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行動(dòng),而不是時(shí)間。
J. Lubbock British banker and statesman
英國銀行家、政治家盧伯克.J.
13. Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest
half of your life.
不管你活得多久,頭二十年都是你一生中最長(cháng)的一半。
Robert Southey, British writer and poet 英國作家、詩(shī)人騷塞,R.
14. Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by
study, lost health by temperance of medicine, but lost time
is gone for ever.
失去的財富可以靠勤奮換來(lái),失去的知識可以靠學(xué)習得來(lái),失去的健
康可以靠節制藥物得來(lái),但是失去的光陰一去不復返。
Samuel Smiles, British writer 英國作家斯邁爾斯.S.
15. Make use of time if you love eternity, yesterday cannot be
recalled; tomorrow cannot be assured ;only today is yours,
which if you procrastinate, you lose, and which lost is lost
forever, One today is worth two tomorrow.
如果你愛(ài)永恒,就該很好地利用時(shí)間。昔日不再來(lái);明天難保證;把
握住今天,稍耽誤它也會(huì )逝去;失去的將不再復返。一個(gè)今天抵得上
兩個(gè)明天。
Anatole France, French novelist and critic
法國小說(shuō)家、文藝評論家法朗士.A.
20. Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today.
今天的事不要拖到明天。
Benjamin Furanklin, American president 美國總統富蘭克林.B.
21. Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time;a
man of talent tries to use it.
普通人只想到如何度過(guò)時(shí)間,有才能的人設法利用時(shí)間。
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosoher德國哲學(xué)家叔本華A.
22. Procrastination is the thief of time . 拖延即偷竊時(shí)間。
Young Edward, British poet 英國詩(shī)人愛(ài)德華.Y.
23. The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is
past.
推測將要發(fā)生什么,最好的方法是記住已經(jīng)發(fā)生了什么。
George Halifax. British statesman 英國政治家哈利法克斯.,G.
24. The golden age is before us, not behind us.
黃金時(shí)代在我們前面而不在我們背后。
Mark Twain ,American writer 美國作家馬克·吐溫
25. The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely, it
would be too long.
人生苦短,若虛度年華,則短暫的人生就太長(cháng)了。
William Shakespeare, British dramatist 英國劇作家莎士比亞
26. There is an important trick in this time-using formula ; you
must get into your work quickly.
利用時(shí)間的準則有個(gè)重要的訣竅你必須迅速投入工作。
John Erskine, American educator and musician
美國教育家、音樂(lè )家埃爾斯金.J.
27. Time drops in delay, like a candle burnt out.
時(shí)間點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴地消失,猶如蠟燭慢慢燃盡。
William Butler Yeats, Irish playwrighter 愛(ài)爾蘭作家葉芝
28. Time is a bird for ever on the wing.
時(shí)間是一只永遠飛翔的鳥(niǎo)。
T.W.Robertson, British dramatist 英國劇作家羅伯遜.T.W
29. Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals.
時(shí)間是偉大的法官,即使在道德領(lǐng)域亦如此。
H.L Mencken , American arts artic 美國文藝評論家門(mén)肯。 H L
30. Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all
wounds, runs out and will tell.
時(shí)間是個(gè)多才多世的表演者。它能飛,能大步前進(jìn),能治愈一切創(chuàng )
傷,即使消逝,也能留下影響。
Leonhard Frank, Cerman novelist 德國小說(shuō)家弗蘭克, L.
31. Time is money. 時(shí)間就是金錢(qián)。
Benjamin Frankin.American President 美國總統富蘭克林, B.
32. Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth, and
gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
時(shí)間在飛逝中仍然帶給她更多的真理,使她意識到青春丟失的東西。
Edward Moore, British dramatist 英國劇作家穆?tīng)?. E
33. Time tames strongest grief. 時(shí)間能沖淡巨大的悲傷。
Walt Kelly.British Picture story book painter
英國連環(huán)畫(huà)畫(huà)家 凱利。 W.
34. We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.
只要我們能善用時(shí)間,就永遠不愁時(shí)間不夠用。
35. Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.
銘記在心:每一天都是一年中最好的日子。
36. Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
青年魯莽犯錯,中年奮斗不止,老年后悔無(wú)窮
奮斗篇STRUGGLE
1. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins
to blame somebody else.
一個(gè)人可以失敗多次,但是只要他沒(méi)有開(kāi)始責怪旁人,他還不是一個(gè)
失敗者。
J. Burroughs. Averican naturalist 美國博物學(xué)家 巴勒斯. J.
2. All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are
never done right.
做一切事都應盡力而為,半途而廢永遠不行。
3. Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
大膽挑戰,世界總會(huì )讓步。如果有時(shí)候你被它打敗了,不斷地挑戰,
它總會(huì )屈服的。
W. M. Thackeray. British novelist 英國小說(shuō)家 薩克雷. W. M.
4. Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.
事情很少有根本做不成的;其所以做不成,與其說(shuō)是條件不夠,不如說(shuō)是由于決心不夠。
La Rocheforcauld, French writer 法國作家 羅切??紶柕?,L.
5. Genius only means hard-working all one's life.
天才只意味著(zhù)終身不懈地努力。
Mendeleyev, Russian chemist 俄國化學(xué)家 門(mén)捷列耶夫
6. Great works are performed not by strengh, but by perseverance.
完成偉大的事業(yè)不在于體力,而在于堅韌不拔的毅力。
Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic
英國作家和評論家 約翰遜. S.
7. I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat.
我能奉獻的沒(méi)有其它,只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。
Winston Churchill, British politician 英國政治家 丘吉爾.W.
8. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
如果你很有天賦,勤勉會(huì )使其更加完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉會(huì )補
足其缺陷。
Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist
美國女散文家 雷諾茲. J.
9. It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
為原則而斗爭比實(shí)踐該原則要容易。
Adlai Stevenson, British writer 英國作家 史蒂文森. A.
10. It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we
must plant trees.
天上不會(huì )掉下玫瑰來(lái),如果想要更多的玫瑰,必須自己種植。
G. Eliot, Btitish novelist 英國小說(shuō)家 艾略特. G.
11. Jovons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice
of a child; Marshal too had seen the kettle boil and sat down
silently to build an engine.
杰文斯看見(jiàn)壺開(kāi)了,高興得像孩子似地叫了起來(lái);馬歇爾也看見(jiàn)壺開(kāi)
了,卻悄悄地坐下來(lái)造了一部蒸氣機。
John Maynard Keynes, British economist 英國經(jīng)濟學(xué)家 凱恩斯
12. Man errs so long as he strives. 人只要奮斗就會(huì )犯錯誤。
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and dramatist
德國詩(shī)人、劇作家 歌德.J M.
13. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
奇跡有時(shí)候是會(huì )發(fā)生的,但是你得為之拼命的努力。
C. Weizmann. Irish president 愛(ài)爾蘭總統魏茨曼.C.
14. 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 American will do for you, but what
together we can do for the freedom of man.
美國同胞們,不要問(wèn)國家能為你們做些什么,而要問(wèn)你們能為國家做
些什么。全世界的公民們,不要問(wèn)美國將為你們做些什么,而要問(wèn)我
們共同能為人類(lèi)的自由做些什么。
John Kennedy, American president 美國總統肯尼迪.J.
15. Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of
opportunity.
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒,而是機會(huì )之杯。
Richard Nixon, American president 美國總統尼克松。R.
16. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
忍耐是痛苦的,但它的果實(shí)是甜蜜的。
Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker法國思想家盧梭
17. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
進(jìn)步是今天的活動(dòng)、明天的保證。
Emerson, American thinker 美國思想家愛(ài)默生
18. 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 face novel(new) facts and
to deal with them.
人經(jīng)過(guò)努力改變世界,這種努力可以使人類(lèi)達到新的、更美好的境界。
沒(méi)有人僅憑閉目、不看社會(huì )現實(shí)就能割斷自己與社會(huì )的聯(lián)系。他必須
敏感,隨時(shí)準備接受新鮮事物;他必須有勇氣與能力去面對新的事實(shí),
解決新問(wèn)題。
Franklin Roosevelt, American president 美國總統羅斯福,F.
19. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread
the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining
its luminous summits.
在科學(xué)上沒(méi)有平坦的大道,只有不畏勞苦沿著(zhù)其崎嶇之路攀登的人,
才有希望達到它光輝的頂點(diǎn)。
Karl Marx, German revolutionary 德國革命家馬克恩.K.
20. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say
"impossible".
凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來(lái)不說(shuō)“不可能的”。
Bonapart Naploeon, French emperor 法國皇帝拿破侖.B.
21. To strive, to seek ,to find and not to yield.
要奮斗,要探索,要有所發(fā)現,而不要屈服。
Alfred Tennyson, British poet 英國詩(shī)人丁尼生,A.
22. We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build
our youth for the future.
我們不能總是為我們的青年造就美好未來(lái),但我們能夠為未來(lái)造就我
們的青年一代。
Franklin Roosevelt, American president 美國總統羅斯福,F.
23. We cannot wait for favors from nature; we must take them from
her-- that is our task.
我們不能等待大自然的恩賜,我們必須向她索取—這就是我們的任務(wù)。
Ivan V.Michurin, Russian agronomist 俄國家藝學(xué)家米丘林I.V
24. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
艱難之路,唯勇者行。
Seebohm CAaroline, British writer 英國作家卡羅琳,S.
25. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者,事竟成。
Thomas Edison, American inventor 美國發(fā)明家愛(ài)迪生.T.
26. Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
哪里沒(méi)有希望,哪里就不可能有努力。
Sanuel Johnson, British writer and critic
英語(yǔ)作家、評論家約翰遜.S
27. You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
你不能靠你聲稱(chēng)將要去做的事情來(lái)建立聲譽(yù)。
Henry Ford, American businessman 美國實(shí)業(yè)家福特.H.
28. You never know what you can do till you try.
除非你親自嘗試一下,否則你永遠不知道你能夠做什么。
Frederick Marryat, British novelist 英國小說(shuō)家馬里亞特。F
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