名人名言（中英对照）

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Answer 1

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

J. Burroughs. Averican naturalist

一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。

美国博物学家巴勒斯. J.

All of us bear witness to the dissolution of our piece of creation. Only the novelist can restore to us, in the miracle of ink that pours itself like blood onto paper, the lineaments of our lost worlds, alive.

Norma Rosen, American novelist

我们都眼见自己创造物的变化消亡，唯有小说家能凭借墨水拥有像血一样息行流注纸上的奇迹，为我们恢复失去的世界，使它的面貌活灵活现。

美国小说家罗森. N.

All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.

R. H. Stoddard, American poet

做一切事都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。美国诗人斯大林拖达德. R. H .

Between the annihilating fierceness of personal ambition and those who clutter its path, there is only one possible mediator, and that is love.

Norma Rosen, American novelist

能使凶险的个人野心湮灭和塞满实现野心的人流之间，只有一样是可能的调节剂，那就是“爱”。美国小说家罗森. N.

Creativity is no more teachable than heritable, No more than the most detail-perfect doll can transubstatiate into a living, breathing baby.

Norma Rosen, American novelist

创造能力既不是遗传的，也不是教得会的。正如再怎样完美制作的洋娃娃，也不能够变成一个会呼吸的活的婴儿。美国小说家罗森. N.

Dare and the world always yields. lf it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.

W. M . Thackeray. British novelist

大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。英国小说家萨克雷. W. M.

Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.

La Rocheforcauld, French writer

事情很少有根本做不成的；其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。

法国作家罗切福考尔德，L.

Genius only means hard-working all one's life.

Mendeleyev, Russian chemist

天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。

俄国化学家门捷列耶夫

Great works are performed not by strengh, but by perseverance.

Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic

完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。英国作家和评论家约翰逊. S.

I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat.

Winston Churchill, British politician

我能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。英国政治家丘吉尔.W.

If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist

如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。

美国女散文家雷诺兹. J.

It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

Adlai Stevenson, British writer

为原则而斗争比实践该原则要容易。

英国作家史蒂文森. A.

It is Enterprise which builds and improves the world's possessions. Thrift may be the handmaid and nurse of Enterprise. But equally she may not. For the engine which drives Enteprise is not Thrift, but Profit.

John Maynard Keynes, British economist

进取精神建造了和增加了世界上的财富。节俭可以是进取精神的仆人的护理人，同样地也可以不是。因为进取精神的动力不是节俭，而是利润。

英国经济学家凯恩斯.J. M.

It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.

G. Eliot, Btitish novelist

天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。英国小说家艾略特. G.

Jovons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice of a child; Marshal too had seen the kettle boil and sat down silently to 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.

Man errs so long as he strives.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and dramatist

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.

Man errs so long as he strives.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and dramatist 人只要奋斗就会犯错误。德国诗人、剧作家歌德.J M.

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.

C. Weizmann. Irish president 奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命的努力。爱尔兰总统魏茨曼.C.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what American 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.

Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.

Richard Nixon, American president 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

美国总统尼克松。R.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Jean Jacques Rousseau,French thinker

忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。

法国思想家卢梭.J.J

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.

Emerson, American thinker 进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。美国思想家爱默生

Should the diver parse, from the ravening monster's jaw he'd never hold the precious pearl, the bright pearl, in his grasp.

Jaber, Kuwait king 采珠人如果被海中张牙舞爪的怪物吓住，他就得不到宝贵的闪闪发亮的珍珠。科威特国王贾比尔

The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better. No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes. He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new; and have sufficient courage and skill to face novel facts and to deal with them.

Franklin Roosevelt, American president 人经过努力改变世界，这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必须敏感，随时准备接受新鲜事物；他必须有勇气与能力去面对新的事实，解决新问题。美国总统罗斯福,F.

There is no royal road to science,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous 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。德国革命家马克恩.K.

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".

Bonapart Naploeon, French emperor 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。法国皇帝拿破仑.B.

To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest basin of freedom.

Ronald Reagan, American president 为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。美国总统里根.R.

To strive, to seek ,to find and not to yield.

Alfred Tennyson, British poet 要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。

英国诗人丁尼生，A.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

Franklin Roosevelt, American president 我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来，但我们能够为未来造就我们的青年一代。美国总统罗斯福，F.

We cannot wait for favors from nature; we must take them from her-- that is our task.

Ivan V.Michurin, Russian agronomist 我们不能等待大自然的恩赐，我们必须向她索取——这就是我们的任务。俄国家艺学家米丘林I.V

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seebohm CAaroline, British writer 艰难之路，唯勇者行。英国作家卡罗琳，S.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Thomas Edison, American inventor 有志者，事竟成。美国发明家爱迪生.T.

Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.

Sanuel Johnson, British writer and critic 哪里没有希望，哪里就不可能有努力。

英语作家、评论家约翰逊.S

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.Henry Ford, American businessman

你不能靠你声称将要去做的事情来建立声誉。美国实业家福特.H.

You never know what you can do till you try.

Frederick Marryat, British novelist 除非你亲自尝试一下，否则你永远不知道你能够做什么。英国小说家马里亚特。

Answer 2

IDEAL
理想篇
Do not , for one repulse , 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.)

If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .
Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生)

It is at our mother\'s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.( Mark Twain , American writer )
就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家 马克•吐温)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 (美国总统 罗斯福. F .)

When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory .(Abraham Lincoln , American statesman)
如果一个目的是正当而必须做的，则达到这个目的的必要手段也是正当而必须采取的。(美国政治家 林肯. A.)

STRUGGLE
奋斗篇

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.)

Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 (德国诗人、剧作家 歌德. J. W.)

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. J. J.)

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow .
(Emerson, American thinker )
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 家默生)

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
(Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)

Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor )
有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)

SUCCESS
成功篇
Achievement provides the 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. )

I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)

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，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.)

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).
只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.)

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)
实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)

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 .they make them.(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

You have to believe in yourself . That\'s the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)

HEALTH
健康篇
A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)

Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

WEALTH
财富篇
All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire , French thinker)
人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。 (法国思想家 伏尔泰)

If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some .
(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Money is a good servant and a bad master .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
金钱是善仆，也是恶主。( 英国哲学家 培根. F. )

Money is like muck , not good except it be spread .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)
金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。(英国哲学家 培根. F.)

No country , however rich , can afford the waste of its human resources .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。(美国总统 罗斯富. F.)

HAPPINESS
幸福篇

Happiness is form courage .( H. Jackson , British writer )
幸福是勇气的一种形式。 (英国作家 杰克逊. H.)

Happy is the man who is living by his hobby .(G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G .)

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。(美国总统 罗斯福. F.)

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen , as by little advantages that occur every day .
（Benjamin Franklin ,American president).
与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运，不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be .(Abraham Lincoln ,American president )
对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。(美国总统 林肯. A.)

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G .)

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved .(Victor Hugo , French novelist )
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。( 法国小说家 雨果. V .)

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)
正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样，我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G. )

TIME
时间篇
At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president)
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。(美国总统 富兰克林 . B.)

Each moment in history is a fleeting time , precious and unique .(Richard Nixon , American president )
历史巨轮飞转，分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵，也独具意义。(美国总统 尼克松. R.)

I am a slow walker , but I never walk backwards .(Abraham Lincoln , American president)
我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。 (美国总统 林肯. A.)

If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday .(
Pearl Buck , American female writer )
想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠)

Never leave that until tomorrow , which you can do today . (Benjamin Franklin , American president )
今天的事不要拖到明天。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B. )

Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; a man of talent tries to use it . (Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher )
普通人只想到如何度过时间，有才能的人设法利用时间。(德国哲学家 叔本华. A. )

The golden age is before us , not behind us . (Mark Twain , American writer )
黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。( 美国作家 马克•吐温)

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.)

To choose time is to save time .( Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
合理安排时间就是节约时间 。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)

We always have time enough , if we will but use it aright. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )
只要我们能善用时间,就永远不愁时间不够用。(德国诗人歌德. J.W.)

STUDY
学习篇

Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .
(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辨。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)

If you don\'t learn to think when you are young , you may never learn .(Thomas Edison , American inventor )
如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。(美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.)

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。(英国哲学家 培根 . F.)

WORK
工作篇
Don\'t gild the lily.
不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚 . W .)

I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer)
只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克•吐温)

It is no use doing what you like ; you have got to like what you do .
(Winston Churchill , British prime minister)
不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.)

When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is slavery .(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer )
工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。
(俄国作家 高尔基. M.)

Work banishes 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)

KNOWLEDGE
知识篇
Activity is the only road to knowledge .
(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)
行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books .
(Thomas Jefferson , American president)
一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(
美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.)

A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way .(Adams Franklin , American humorist )
我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。
(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.)

If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest .
(Benjamin Franklin , American president )
倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Imagination is more important than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )
想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. )

Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)

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EDUCATION
教育篇
And gladly would learn , and gladly teach .( Chaucer , British poet)
勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人, 乔叟)

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)

Genius17 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。 (美国总统 富兰克. B.)

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)

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CULTURE
文化篇
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight .(P. B. Shelley , British poet )
伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱. P. B)

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( Stendhcl , French writer )
一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)

Art is a lie that tells the truth .( Picasso , Spanish painter )
美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕加索)

Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist )
幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国小说家 马克•吐温)

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )
文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)

When one loves one\'s art no service seems too hard .( O. Henry, American novelist )
一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。 (美国小说家 欧•亨利)

Answer 3

Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you
interrupt yourself ----Brendan Francis
别人对你工作的干扰与你自己无数次地打断自己相比，微不足道。 ----布兰丹·拂朗西斯

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning ----JWGardner
对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。 ----JW加德纳

Don't believe that winning is really everything It's more important to stand for something If you don't stand
for something, what do you win? ----Lane Kirkland
不要认为取胜就是一切，更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念，那胜利又有什么意义呢？
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age ----Aristotle
学问在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是庇护所，在年老时是供应品。 ----亚里士多德
People of high intellectual endownments do not require familiar ones in those they love They are just the persons
to appreciate the wholesome gush of natural feeling, the honest affection, the simple joy, the fullness of contentment
with what they love ----Hawthorne
富有才华的人不要求他们的爱人像自己一样出众。他们所欣赏的只是感情的自然流露、真诚的爱、朴素的乐趣以及与所爱的人在一起时
的满足。 -----霍桑
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries ----Rene Descartes
读好书，如同与先哲们交谈。 ----雷内·笛卡尔
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight ----Shelley
一首伟大的诗犹如一座喷泉，不断地喷出智慧和快乐的泉水。 ----雪莱
There are two motives for reading a book: one that you enjoy it; the other that you can boast about it
-----Bertrand Russell
读书有两种动机：一是从中获得乐趣；另一种则是可以向人夸耀。 ----罗素本回答被提问者采纳

Answer 4

do not for repulse,give up the purpose thatyou resolved to effect
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age ----Aristotle
学问在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是庇护所，在年老时是供应品。 ----亚里士多德