文化与修养（一）
On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind.
世上唯有人最伟大；人中唯有头脑最重要。——A.Hamilton
What is a man but his mind?
人无头脑，何以为人？——Clarke
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
笑，这世界与你同笑；哭，独自去哭吧。——E.W.Wilcox
When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something.
当一个人内心开始斗争时，其生存才有价值。——Robert Browning.
Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.
把握过去的人也把握未来，把握现在的人才能把握过去。——George Orwell.
Optimism is an intellectual choice.
乐观是明智的选择。——Diana Schneid
Chiefly the mold of a man’s fortune is in his own hands.
一个人的命运模式主要是由自己决定的。——Francis Bacon
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
智慧通常不出现，所以我们不能因为它来得晚就拒绝它。——Felix Frankfurter
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
死后仍活在人们心中的人，虽死犹生。——Thomas Campbell
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
我认为至少每隔三年就得提醒自己谨慎行事。——Molly Ivins
In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
长远看来也许悲观者是正确的，但乐观者在路上会过得更愉快一些。——Daniel L. Reardon
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death—ourselves
如果我们不能忍受独自一人，这意味着我们不能好好珍惜我们从生到死的唯一伙伴—我们自己。——Eda LeShan
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
趁别人小题大做之前赶快承认错误。——Andrew V. Mason
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
智慧让你远离需要智慧才能应付的处境。——Doug Larson
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
悲观主义者抱怨有风，乐观主义者期待变天，现实主义者调整船帆。——William Arthur Ward
God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
上帝就像一面镜子。镜子从不变化，但每个照镜子的人都会看到不同的东西。——Rabbi Harold Kushner
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