名人名言(五)
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. ( Mark Twain )
习惯就是习惯,谁也不能将其扔出窗外,只能一步一步地引它下楼。(马克吐温)
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ( C. K. Chesterton )
可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义:没有观点的人的愤怒。(切斯特顿)
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ( W. Winchell )
乐观主义者:被狮子逼上了树但仍能欣赏风景的人。(温切尔)
You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus )
你知道什么是魅力:一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。(加谬)
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau )
对于诗人来说,最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。(科克托)
The essence of language is human activity. ( O. Jesperson )
语言的本质是人类活动。(耶斯佩森)
Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ( George Eliot )
动物是极容易相处的,它们从不提问,也从不会批评。(艾略特)
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ( W. Durant )
教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。(杜兰特)
In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.( W. A. White )
教育不是为了教会青年人谋生,而是教会他们创造生活。(怀特)
I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. ( M. P. Cato )
我宁可看到青年人脸红,也不愿看到它脸色变得苍白。(加图)
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo )
在争论中是无法击败无知者的。(麦卡杜)
A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. ( Voltaire )
持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。(伏尔泰)
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )
通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。(切斯特顿)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )
明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。(萧伯钠)
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ( C. G. Jung )
任何形式的瘾都是不好的,不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是唯心主义。(荣格)
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( C. Darrow )
只要世界还存在,就会有错误,如果没有人反叛,这些错误将永远存在下去。(达罗)
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire)
我不同意你说的话,但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。(伏尔泰)
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )
唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。(勒纳尔)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.( Mark Twain )
具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。(马克吐温)
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid )
人越伟大,越能克制怒火。(奥维德)
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