1.If you smile when one is around, you really mean it.
如果你独自一人笑了,那是真心的笑。--Andy Rooney
2.Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful then man.
天下奇迹无数,却无一比人更奇妙。--Sophocles
3.The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.
人应该生活,而非单纯生存。--Jack London
4.The great advantage of telling the truth is one's so much more likely to sound convincing.
说真话最大的优势就是听上去很可能更令人信服。--Susan Howatch
5.Misers are no fun to live, but they make great ancestors.
与吝啬鬼生活毫无乐趣,但他们却为后人称道不已。--Tom Snyder
6.There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better, nobler and holier than it knows before.
每个人都有向往的时候,渴望比以前更美好,更高贵,更神圣的东
西。--H.W.Beecher
7.Conquer fear of death and you are put into possession of you life.
战胜对死亡的恐惧才能真正享受生命。--G.Meredith
8.He that is once born, once die.
有生比有死。--Herbert
9.The more alternative, the more difficult the choice.
选择越多越难抉择。--Abbe D'Allaiva
10.The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
江山易改,本性难移。--Suetonius
11.forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they never pardon who have done wrong.
受害者有权宽恕,但他们永远也不能原谅那些害人者。
--Dryden 加德莱顿
12.There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
该说话时说话,该沉默时沉默。
--Caxton卡克斯顿
13.People with tact have less to retract.
智者悔少。
--Arnold Glasgow阿诺德·格拉斯哥
14.To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.
制造不公比承受不公更可耻。
--Plato柏拉图
15.Regardless of how much patience we have, we would prefer never to use any of it.
无论我们有多大的耐心,我们都希望永远不要用到它。
--James TO.O'Brien詹姆士·T·奥布赖恩
16.Some folks never exaggerate--they just remember big.
有些人从来不有夸张—他们只是记错了。
--Audrey Snead奥德丽·斯尼德
17.Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
盗贼尊重财产权,他们只是希望财产能变成他们的财产,因为这样,他们才能更尊
重这财产权。
--G.K.Chesterton G.K.切斯特顿
18. In a way, nobody sees a flower really. It is so small; we haven't time. And to see takes time, as to have a friend takes time.
在某种意义上,没有人真正看过一朵花。花那么小,我们又没有时间,要看可要花
时间的,就像交朋友也要花时间。
--Georgia O'keeffe乔治亚·奥基夫
19.How majestic is naturalness.I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.
自然是多么高贵呀。我从不认为不自然不简单的人是真正伟大的人。矫揉造作不可
避免的会暴露不能肯定自己的人。
--Charles Daves查尔斯·戴夫斯
20.The worst bankrupt is the person who lost his enthusiasm.
最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。
-- H.W.Arnold H.W.阿诺德
21.People want know how much you care before they care how much you know.
人们首先想知道你在乎多少,然后才在乎你知道多少。
--James Hind 詹姆斯.欣德
22.There are good man everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.
到处都是好人,我只希望他们声音大一些。
--Louis L'Amour 路易斯.拉穆尔
23.The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.
我们的自我感觉越良好,我们就越用不着把别人打倒在地才觉得自己伟大。
--Brian Lanker 布赖恩.兰克
24.The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.
神奇的是我们分享得越多,我们拥有的也越多。
--Leonard Nimoy 伦纳德.莫尼哀
25.It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.
在白天对什么都不动感情是极为容易的,但在夜晚就是另外一回事。
--Hemingway 海明威
26.A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.
如果有一天,母亲不在为儿子做的糟糕事操心,而为她的孙子孙女做的令人惊讶的
事而欣喜,她就是一位真正的祖母。
--Loise Wyse落伊丝.怀斯
27.Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
在这个世界的某一地方,每个人都会失败,有的人为失败所毁,有的人被成功变得
小气吝啬。同时战胜失败和成功的人才是了不起的人。
--John Steinbeck 约翰.斯坦贝克
28.Don't fool yourself that you going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
别欺骗自己以为你能得到一切。你办不到。从心理学角度说,拥有一切甚至都不是
一个有意义的概念。人类的精彩之处是我们永远伸着手想摘星星。我们得到的越
多,想要的就越多。由于这个原因,我们永远不能拥有一切。
--Joyce Brothers乔伊斯.布拉泽斯
29.There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
有许多人将他们的想象当做记忆。
--Josh Billings 乔希.比林斯
30.To err is human, to forgive, divine.
人皆犯错,你能原谅别人,你就是圣人。
--Pope 蒲柏
31.People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
人们往往坚持完美而扔掉了一些他们原本可以有的东西,
但他们是不可能拥有完美的,虽然他们还在永远找不到完
美的地方到处搜寻。
——Edith Schaeffer 伊迪丝·谢弗
32.What we all tend to complain about most in other people are those things we don't like about ourselves.
在别人身上我们抱怨最多的东西往往也是我们自身中自己
也不喜欢的东西。
——William Wharton 威廉·沃顿
33.Only God is in a position to look down on anyone.
只有上帝才处于可以俯视所有人的位置。
——Sarah Brown 萨拉·布朗
34. There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
忍耐超过了一定的限度便不再是美德了。
——Edmund Burke 埃德蒙·伯克
35.Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
每个人都在抱怨他的记忆力,却没有人抱怨他的判断力。
——La Rockefoucauld 拉罗什富科
36. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
我们惟一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。
——Franklin Roosevelt 富兰克林·罗斯福
37.Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.
有许多人总故意作对,他们即使掉进河里,也还会坚持往上
游漂。
——Josh Billings 乔希·比林斯
38.Solitary shots should be ignored, but when they come from several directions, It's time to pay attention. As someone once said, "If one calls you a donkey, ignore him. If two call you a donkey, check for hoof prints. If three call you a donkey, get a saddle."
不要理睬零星的枪声,但如果枪声来自几个方向就该注意
了。就像有人曾经说过:“一个人叫你驴子,别理他。两个
人叫你驴子,检查一下蹄印。三个人叫你驴子,还是买一副
鞍座来吧。”
——Marshall Shelley 马歇尔·谢利
39.There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.
心中的伤痛总是不知不觉渐渐愈合,虽然我们也曾痛苦地发誓说永不忘记。
——Colleen McCullough 科林·麦卡洛
40.You shall have joy or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
上帝说:你或者拥有欢乐,或者拥有权利,你不能两者兼而有之。
——Emerson 爱默生
41.Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated, needs but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace.
邪恶这个魔鬼生得面目可憎,开始时人们只需看上她一眼
就无比厌恶;然而天长日久,对她的脸蛋渐渐熟悉起来,于
是我们先是容忍,接着怜惜,最后将她揽身人怀。
——Pope 蒲柏
42.To respect a person is not possible without knowing him.
不了解一个人却要尊敬他,那是不可能的。
——Erich Fromm 埃立克·弗洛姆
43.Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
一无所求的人是幸福的,因为他永远也不会失望。
——Pope 蒲柏
44.There are more things between heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
在这天地问有许多事情是人类哲学所不能解释的。
——Shakespeare 莎士比亚
45.If money be not you servant, it will be your master. The covetous man can not so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.
如果钱财不是你的仆役,那就是你的主人。贪财的人与其
说是他拥有钱财,不如说是钱财占有他。
——Francis Bacon 培根
46.He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses courage loses all.
失去财产的人损失很大,失去朋友的人损失更多,而失去勇
气的人则失去一切。
——Cervantes 塞万提斯
47.In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
在这个世界上只有两种悲剧:一种是得不到自己想要的东
西,另一种是得到了。
——Oscar Wildle 奥斯卡·王尔德
48.You have freedon when you are easy in your harness.
在约束中能感到自如,那你就是自由的了。
——Robert Frost罗伯特·弗罗斯特
49.Heroes may not be braver than anyone else, They are just braver five minutes longer.
英雄也许不比别人更勇敢。他们只不过比别人多勇敢五分钟。
——Ronald Reagan罗纳德·里根
50.He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself.
在胜利后能控制自己的人赢得了第二个胜利。
——Frances bacon 培根
51. The man who has never made a mistake will never make else.
从不犯错的人将一事无成。
——G.B.shaw 萧伯纳
52.Naked came I into this world, and naked must I go out.
我赤裸裸地来到这个世界,也要赤裸裸地离去。
——Cervantes 塞万提斯
53.The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them.
上帝喜欢长相平凡的人,所以他创造了这么多普通人。
——Abraham Lincoln 林肯
54.The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of chance without the capacity.
人生的前半部分是有享乐的能力无享乐的机会,而后半部
分则是有享乐的机会而无享乐的能力。
——Mark Twain 马克·吐温
55.The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes and wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbor.
这个世界到处是蠢人和怯懦者,然而每个人都有足够的勇
气去忍受别人的不幸,有足够的智慧去管别人的事情。
——Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林
56.He who gives himself entirely to his fellowman appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist.
一个人如果将自己毫不保留地奉献给别人,那么在他们的
眼中他常显得无用甚或自私,而如果他只奉献一部分的话,
他们倒觉得他慷慨大方、乐善好施。
——H.D.Thoreau H.D.梭罗
57.Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
激情虽难以驾驭,却是种强大的动力。
——Emerson 爱默生
58.Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences. Therefore, it is ill counsel, good in execution.
大胆的人总是盲目的,因为他看不到危险和不便。因此,这
种人不宜出谋划策,但适于执行任务。
——Francis bacon 培根
59.When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of he always declares that it is his duty.
当一个蠢人做自认为可耻的事时,他总说这是他的职责。
——G.b.Shaw 萧伯纳
60.Every man hath a good and bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.
每一个人的一生自始至终都会有一位善良天使和一位邪恶
天使陪伴着他。
--Robert Burton 罗伯特。伯顿
61.Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles.
把你的名字刻在人们的心里,而不是大理石上。
——Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生
62.A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
一个骗子即使在说真话时,旁人也不会相信。
——Aesop 伊索
63,I can resist everything except temptation.
除了诱惑我什么都能抵抗。
——Oscar wilde 奥斯卡·王尔德
64.When love rules, there is no will power;and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is shadow of the other.
当爱支配一切时,权力就不存在了;当权力主宰一切时,爱
就消失了。两者互为对方的影子。
——Carl Jung 卡尔·荣格
65.Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of man.
名誊也有缺陷,如果我们追求它的话,我们就不得不调整自
己的生活以迎合别人所好。
——Spinoza 斯宾诺莎
66.Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old.
人人都希望长寿,但没人愿意变老。
——Jonathan Swift 乔纳森·斯威夫特
67.Three who come unbidden;love, jealousy, fear.
三种东西不招自来:爱情、嫉妒和恐惧。
——Carl Sandburg 卡尔·桑德堡
68.What is a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
一个人的首要职责是什么?很简单:做自己。
——Henrik Ibsen 易卜生
69.Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.
告诉一个人他很勇敢,就会把他变得勇敢。
——Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔
70.The worst Sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them;that's the essence of inhumanity. if you watch people carefully you'll be surprised to find how like hate is to love.
我们对别人所犯的最大罪过不是怨恨他们,而是对他们漠
然处之,这就是残酷不仁的本源所在。如果你仔细观察人
们,你就会惊奇地发现恨和爱是多么得相似。
——G.B.Show 萧伯纳
71.An apology for the Devil:It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
为魔鬼辩护一句:必须记得一点——我们听到的只是一面之
辞,所有的书籍都是上帝一手写的。
——Samuel Butler 塞缪尔。巴特勒
72.I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts.
我真奇怪一个人在对自己的思想进行检讨后怎么还能有脸
去谴责别人。
——W.S.Maugham W.S.毛姆
73.The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our way, so long as long as we do not attempt to deprive other of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.
可以称之为自由的只有一种形式,那就是,以我们自己的方
式追求自己的利益,但不能以剥夺别人的利益或阻碍别人追
求利益的努力为代价。
——John Mill 约翰·米尔
74.It seldom happens that any felicity comes pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
几乎没有任何一种幸福是纯粹的,总是多少掺杂着一些悲哀。
——Cervantes 塞万提斯
75.If people would dare to speak to one anther unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
如果人们敢于互相推心置腹地讲出心里话,一百年后世间将
会减少许多痛苦。
——Samuel Butler 塞缪尔·巴特勒
76.The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。
——Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔
77.Dissimulation is innate in women, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.
假装是女人的天性,无论是在愚蠢或是聪明的女人身上表现
都同样明显。
——Schopenhouer 叔本华
78.Be not angry that you can not made others as you wish them to be. since you can not made yourself as you wish to be.
不要因为别人没有达到你的要求而气恼,因为你自己也达不
到自己的要求。
——Thomas Kempis 托马斯·坎普斯
79.If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
如果我们能了解敌人内心隐秘,我们就会发现原来人人都经
历过许多悲伤和痛苦,这就足以消除我们之间的敌意了。
——Longfellow 朗费罗
80. The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.
最有才智的人能做最好的事,也能做员坏的事。
81.It is strange that all great men should have some little grain of madness mingled with whatever genius they possess.
很奇怪,大凡伟人在他们所拥有的天才中都混杂着一些疯狂
的成分。
——Moliere 莫里哀
82. Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess it becomes foolishness.
乐观是种优秀品质,但如过分乐观就是愚蠢了。
——Theodore Roosevelt 西奥多·罗斯福
83.To be a leader of men, one must turn one's back on men.
如果想做人们的领导者,就必须以后背对他们。
——Havelock Ellis 哈夫洛克·艾里斯
84.Morality is the custom of one's country: Cannibalism is moral in a country.
所谓道德,就是某国的习俗:在吃人的国家里,吃人是合乎道德的。
——Samuel Butler 塞缪尔·巴特勒
85.Nobody who considers himself a patriot fights with fear.
爱国的人对战斗无所畏惧。
——W.A.Bustamante W.A.巴斯塔曼特
86. The love of country is the first virtue in a civilized man.
爱国是文明人类第一美德。
—— Napoleon 拿破仑
87. From the words to deeds is a great space.
语言和行动间有相当大的距离。
——I.C.Sandford E.C.桑德福
88. I want, by understanding myself, to understand others.
我要通过了解自己去了解他人。
——K.Mansfield K.曼斯菲尔德
89. We can only love what we know and we can never know completely what we do not love.
我们只能爱我们理解的东西,却永远也不能彻底理解我们不爱的东西。
——A.L.Huxley A.L.赫胥黎
90. When I say I know you, I mean I knew you yesterday. I do not know you actually now.
当我说认识你的时,我是说我认识昨天的你。我不认识现在的你。
——Kaishnamurti 克里什纳默尔迪
91.There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
在无益和无望的悲哀中绝无智慧可言。
——Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊
92. Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.
人们在谈论着怎么消磨时间,而时间在不声不响地销蚀着人们的生命。
——Dion Boucicault 戴恩·布什科
93.The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.
爱美是所有健康人性的一个本质部分。
——John Ruskin 约翰·罗斯金
94.A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face;a beautiful behavior than a beautiful form.
美丽的外形胜于美丽的脸蛋,美丽的举止胜于美丽的外形。
——Emerson 爱默生
95.Man is,Properly speaking, based upon hope;he has no other possession but hope.
恰当地说,人是靠希望活着的,除了希望,一无所有。
——Thomas Caarlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔
96.Hope is bad for the happy man, and good for the unhappy.
希望对于幸福的人来说是坏事,但对于不幸的人来说是好事。
——Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托尔斯泰
97.Steeping is the best cure for waking troubles.
睡眠是治疗一切醒时烦忧的良药。
——Cervantes 塞万提斯
98.To abstain from sin when a man can not sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
一个人在没有能力犯罪时才不犯罪,那不是他抛弃了罪恶,
而是罪恶抛弃了他。
——St.Augustine 圣奥古斯
99.Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
只有对自己有信心的人才会对别人守信用。
——Erich Fromm 埃立克·弗洛姆
100.You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
绝对不能对人性失去信念。人性就像是大海;如果大海中
有几滴水脏了,大海也不会变脏。
——Mohandas Gandhi 甘地
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