1、 The person who knows “how” will always have a job. The person who knows “why” will always be his boss. DIANE RAVITHCH, Speech (1985)知道“怎么办”的人总能有份工作做，而知道“为什么”这么办的人总是前者的上司。 Honesty is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. George Sandys, American traveler and poet 诚实是高贵得以发展的芽。 美国旅行家、诗人
2、 桑迪斯 G. Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. D. Hume, British philosopher 事物的美存在于仔细观察者的心目中。英国哲学家 休谟 D. A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. C. M. Schwab, American businessman 无论何事，只要对它有无限的热情你就能取得成功。 美国实业家 施瓦布C.M. Life is a flower of whic
3、h love is the honey.Victor Hugo, French writer 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。 法国作家 雨果 V. Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues (美德)mount. Clare Boothe Luce, USA dramatist 勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。美国剧作家 卢斯 C. B. When a true genius(天才 )appears in the world you may know him by his sign, that the dunces(蠢才) are
4、all in confederacy(联合) against him.Jonathan Swift, British satire writer 当一个真正的天才问世时，你可以根据一种现象来认识他，即所有的蠢才联合一致来反对他。 英国讽刺作家 斯威夫特 J. A contented( 知足) mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in thisworld. Joseph Addison, American writer 知足是人生在世最大的幸事。 美国作家 艾迪生 J. The Lord prefers common-looking peo
5、ple. That is the reason he makes so many of them. ABRAHAM LINCOLN上帝更喜欢长相平平的人，这也是他创造了那么多相貌一般的人的缘故。 Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, 政治是唯一一种无须准备即可就业的职业。 The man who makes no mistakes doe, s not usually make anything.WILLIAM
6、CONNOR MAGEE, Sermon (1868)不出错的人通常也一事无成。 An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.ALBERT CAMUS智者是其心灵一直盯着自己的人。 There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.G. K. CHESTERTON, Charles Dickens一般的伟人总使每个凡人都自觉渺小；而真正的伟人却让每个
7、凡人都觉得自己伟大。 The great man is he who does not lose his childs heart.MENCIUS伟人就是那种没有失去童心的人。 Experience is the name(which ) everyone gives to their mistakes.OSCAR WILDEThe object of education is to prepare the young to educate thehimselves throughout their lives. R. Hutchins, American educator 教育的目的在于能让
8、青年人毕生进行自我教育。美国教育家 哈钦斯 R. Jevons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice （高兴）of a child; Marshal too had seen the kettle boil and sat down silentlyto build an engine.John Maynard Keynes, British economist 杰文斯看见壶开了，高兴得像孩子似地叫了起来；马歇尔也看见壶开了，却悄悄地坐下来造了一部蒸气机。 英国经济学家 凯恩斯 J.M. It is not eas
9、y to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. A. Repplier, American female essayist 要在自身找到幸福是不容易的，要在别的地方找到幸福则是不可能的。 美国女散文家 里普利厄 A. The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide(分摊) it. Paul Herman Scherer, Swiss Physicist 世界上唯一成倍增加幸福的办法是将其分摊。 瑞士物理学家 席勒尔 .P
10、. H. Nothing is easier than to deceive(欺骗) ones self. Demothenes, ancient Greek statesman 再没有什么比欺骗自己更容易的了。 古希腊政治家 德摩西尼 After the verb to love, to help is the most beautiful verb in the world. Aldous Leonard Huxley, British novelist 除了“爱”之外， “帮助”是世界上最美的动词。 英国小说家 赫胥黎 A. L. There is no whetstone like p
11、raise, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learn. Roger Ascham, British scholar and writer 在刺激智力发展和鼓励学习的愿望方面，没有比嘉奖更有效的办法。 英国学者、作家 阿斯卡姆 R. Marriage may be compared to a cage: the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.Michel de Montaigne, French thinker and essa
12、yist 婚姻好比鸟笼，外面的鸟想进进不去；里面的鸟儿想出出不来。 法国思想家、散文家 蒙田 M. D. The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.J. Angell, American psychologist 教育最主要的目的，不是教你挣得面包，而是使每一口面包都香甜。 美国心理学家 安吉尔 J. It is a great ability to be able to conceal ones ability.LA R
13、OCHE- FO, UCAULD大智若愚。To do all that one is able to, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. NAPOLEON I做一个人能做的事，这是人；做一个人想做也愿做的事，那是神。The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. NICCLO MACHIAVELLI评估一个统治者的才智如何，首先要看看他周围
14、的人怎样。The real leader has no need to lead- he is content to point the way.HENRY WILLER真正的领袖无须去领导谁，他只须指明道路就够了。Wed all like to vote for the best man, but hes never a candidate.KIN HUBBARD我们很愿意去选举最合适的人，可是最合适的人就从未当过候选人。All wish to know, but none want to pay the fee.JUVENAL（对于未知）都希望多知多懂；可就是没人想付费。Not the p
15、ower to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, isa necessary condition for our existence. SHOLEM ASCH, The Nazarene不是记忆的力量，而是它的对立面忘记的力量才是我们生存的重要条件。Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.SENECA我们最难忍受的事情，却变成了后来美好的回忆。 * To see is to believe.百闻不如一见。Most of the trouble in the
16、world is caused by people (Who want) wantingto be important. George Eliot, British novelist 人世间的大多数烦恼都是由那些想成为重要人物的人惹出来的。 英国小说家 艾略特 G. A penny(which is) saved is a penny(which is) gained. Richard Buckminster Fuller, American architect 省下一分钱等于得到一分钱。 美国建筑师 富勒 R.B. I cannot afford to waste my time makin
17、g money. L. Agassiz, Swiss naturalist 我浪费不起时间去赚钱。 瑞士博物学家 阿加西斯 L. God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. Paul Valery, French poet and critic 上帝创造男人，发现他还不够寂寞，就给了他一个伴侣，使他更强烈地感受到自己的孤独。 法国诗人、评论家 瓦莱里 P. It was the policy of
18、the good old gentlemen to make his children feel thathome was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow(赠给). Irving Washington, Father of literature of the United States 让孩子感到家庭是世界上最幸福的地方，这是以往有涵养的大人明智的做法。这种美妙的家庭情感，在我看来，和
19、大人赠给孩子们的那些最精致的礼物一样珍贵。 美国文学之父 华盛顿 L. Education commences(始于) at the mothers knee, and every wordspoken within the hearsay(语 )of children tends towards the formationof character(性格). Hosea Ballou, British educator 教育始于母亲膝下，孩童耳听一言一语，均影响其性格的形成。 英国教育家 巴卢 H. If you would go up high, then use your own legs
20、! Do not let yourselves carried aloft(高处) ; do not seat yourselves on other peoples backs and heads. F.W.Nietzsche, German philosopher 如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。 德国哲学家 尼采 F.W. A king should die(when he is) standing. Louis XVIII, King of France国王应该站着死。 法国国王 路易十八 Proverbs are short
21、sentences drawn from long experience. Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer 谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。西班牙作家 塞万提斯 M. Patriotism(爱国主义) is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill(粪堆) .RICHARD ALDINGTON爱国主义是一种生动的集体负责意识，而民族主义则是一只站在自己粪堆上打鸣的傻公鸡。There is nothi
22、ng so bad or so good that you will not find an Englishmandoing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic(爱国) principles; he robs(掠夺) you on business principles; he enslaves(奴役) you on imperial (帝国)principles. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW你永远说不出英国人哪件事情做得特好或特差。可是你永远也找不出一个英国人的错。每件事他都会按照原则去做，他打你是根据爱国原则；他掠夺你是根据商业原则；他奴役你是根据帝国原则。Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. RUDYARD KIPLING语言当然是人类使用的最有力的药物。 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.BIBLE, Proverbs 偷来的水才甜，偷偷吃的面包味才美。圣经彦语
