文化与修养（二）
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit—and man is his own gardener.
好思想结好果实，坏思想结坏果实—人可以做自己的园丁。——John Sculley
If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.
如果你赢不了，就帮你前面那个破记录吧。 ——Jan McKeithen
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
我们知道的最大的喜悦是偷偷地做件好事，而被人偶然发现。——Charles Lamb
What are the aims which at the same time are duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, and the happiness of others.
什么既是目的又是职责呢？那就是，使我们自己完美，使别人幸福。——I’mmanuel Kant
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
有时我们需要提醒自己，心怀感激实在是一种美德。——William J. Bennett
Let no man imagine that he has no influence.
不要让任何人以为他没有影响力。 ——Henry George
A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own.
某种笨拙是借用他人思想的标志；但是一旦我们学会运用这些思想，他们便成为我们自己的东西了。——Emerson
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
道德文化有可能达到的最高境界是认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。——Charles Darwin
Politeness is like an air cushion:There may be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully.
礼貌就像一只气垫，里面可以什么也没有，却能奇妙地减轻颠簸。——Samuel Johnson
Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.
沉默并不是智慧的标识，但唠叨永远是一项愚行。——Benjamin Franklin
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。——Socrates
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
真理是无情的，但也可以很可爱，它使爱它的人自由。——Sartre
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
不懂得你沉默的人也不懂得你的语言。 ——Elbert Hubbard
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
满足所得，但不能满足现状。 ——J. Mackingtosh
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都好，好的东西不一定都美丽。——L’Enclos
Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
生活教会了我去思考，但思考却没有教会我怎么去生活。——Alexander Herzen
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