1、 -托马斯-莱尔4. Originality and the feeling of ones own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. -Dostoevsky只有通过工作和斗争,人才能获得自己的独创性和自尊。 -驼斯妥也夫斯基5. To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. -J. W. Gardner对聪明人来说,每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。 -J. W. 加德纳6. Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decr
2、ease in bitterness. -Nietzsch智慧的增长可用痛苦的减少来精确衡量。 -尼采7. It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious about? -Thoreau光勤劳是不够的,蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么要勤劳。 -梭罗8. Reading make a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. -Bacon阅读使人充实,交谈使人机智,写作使人精确。 -培根9. Some books
3、are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. -Bacon一些书可以浅尝即止;一些书可以狼吞虎咽;而有些书则需要细嚼慢咽,好好消化。 -培根10. The three foundations of learning; seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. -Catherall求学的三个基本条件是:多观察,多吃苦,多研究。 -加塞罗尔11. Natural abilities are like natural plants
4、, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth direction too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. -Bacon天生的能力好象天然生成的植物,必须通过学习加以修整;然而学习本身如若不由实践去约束,必然方向纷杂而漫无目的。 -培根12. If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begi
5、n with doubts, he shall end in certainties. -Bacon若一确信而始者,将止于怀疑;而一怀疑而始者,将止于确信。 -培根13. Ignorance is not innocence but sin. -Robert Browning无知并非纯真,而是罪恶。 -罗伯特-布朗宁14. Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another. -John Newman知识是一回事,美德是另一回事。 -约翰-纽曼15. Life is short and art is long. -Sophocles人生短暂,学术无涯。 -萨福克
6、里斯16. Reading is not merely sympathizing and understanding; it is also criticizing and judging. -Virginia Woolf阅读不仅是同情与理解,也是批评与判断。 -拂吉尼亚-伍尔夫17. It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. -George Eliot天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。 -乔治-艾略特18. Reading is to the mind
7、what exercise is to the body. -Richard Steele读书之于心灵,犹如运动之于身体。 -理查德-蒂尔19. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, writing an exact man. F. Bacon读书使人充实,讨论使人机智,写作使人严谨。培根20. .Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.天才等于百分之一的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水。Thomas Edison21. Work bani
8、shes those three great evils : boredom , vice, and poverty.(Voltaire , French philosopher )工作撵跑三个魔鬼:无聊、堕落和贫穷。 (法国哲学家 伏尔基泰)II Education22.To care for wisdom and truth and improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honor and reputation.注重智慧、真理和魂进步远比追求金钱、荣誉和名胜要好得多。Socrates23.To err is
9、 human, to forgive, pine.人皆犯错,你能原谅别人,你就是圣人。Pope24.What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. Addison 教育之于灵魂,犹雕刻之于大理石。 阿狄生25.Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)26.The empty vessels make the greatest sound. (William Shakespeare , Bri
10、tish dramatist )满瓶不响,半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)III Adversity 27.Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer)虽然世界多苦难,但是苦难总是能战胜的。(美国作家 海伦-凯勒)28. As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so chara
11、cter needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow (使(变)柔美, 使成熟)it. (Hugh Black, American writer)水果不仅需要阳光,也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐,也需要考验和困难。(美国作家 布莱克 H)29. Sweet are the uses of adversity.(William Shakspeare, British Playwriter)苦尽甘来。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚 W)IV. SUCCESS成功30.Achievement provides the
12、 only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor) 有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T. )31. 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
13、,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.)V. HEALTH健康32. A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)33.Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president)懒惰像生锈一样,比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)VI IDEAL 理想 34.D
14、o not , for one repulse (击退) , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .(William Shakespeare , British dramatist) 不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚.W.)35.If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley , British poet )冬天来了,春天还会远吗?( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)36.The ideals which have light
15、ed my way , and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness , beauty and truth .(Albert Einstein , American scientist) 有些理想曾为我们引过道路,并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生,那些理想就是-真、善、美。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦 . A .)VII. EDUCATION 教育 37. And gladly would learn , and gladly teach .( Chaucer
16、, British poet)勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人, 乔叟)38. 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)39. Genius without education is like silver in the mine. (Benjamin Franklin , American president )未受教育的天才,犹如矿中之银。 (
17、美国总统 富兰克. B.)40. The roots of education are bitter , but the fruit is sweet .(Aristotle , Ancient Greek philosopher )教育的根是苦的,但其果实是甜的。( 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)VIII. Life 41. The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Goethe)人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标,并有决心使其实现。(歌德)42. At twen
18、ty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. ( B. Franklin)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。(富兰克林)43. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. | ( V. Hugo )生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。(雨果) 44.What makes life dreary is the want of motive. (George Eliot
19、 )没有了目的,生活便郁闷无光。(艾略特)45. A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson )一天是永恒的缩影。(爱默生)46. I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)我所能奉献的没有其它,只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . W.)47. My fellow Americans , ask not what your country can do for you; ask w
20、hat you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man . (John Kennedy , American President )美国同胞们,不要问国家能为你们做些什么,而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们,不要问美国将为你们做些什么,而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。 (美国总统 肯尼迪. J.)48 Where there
21、is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor )有志者,事竟成。49 .The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )人生苦短,若虚度年华,则短暂的人生就太长了。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)50. There is no royal road to science ,and only those who do
22、 not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous (sublime;超自然的)summits . (Karl Marx, German revolutionary )在科学上没有平坦的大道,只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人,才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家 马克思. K .)XI Persistence 励志51.The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates 混混噩噩的生活不52.What makes life dreary is the want of motive
23、. - George Eliot - 乔治 埃略特 值得过。 - 苏格拉底53.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, make them. - Bernara Shaw 在这个世界上取得成就的人,都努力去寻找他们想要的机会,如果找不到机会,他们便自己创造机会。 - 萧伯纳54. A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. - Thomas Addison 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 - 爱迪生55.The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. - Henry David Thoreau 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们,一次次地夺走青春的容颜,但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严,这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。 - 梭罗