精選經典英語名人名言
Trick and treachery are the practice if fools;they have not wit enough to be honest.
傻瓜習慣於詭計和背判的伎倆,他們還沒聰明到學會真誠待人。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
唯有有教養者方知如何承認錯誤,或意識到自己行為。
If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
若做了不應做之事,則必然會聽見不願聽之語。
An honest man will receive neither money nor praise; that is not his due.
正直的人既不收受他人的錢財,也不接受他人的奉承,這些都不是他應得的。
Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.
生命是一束純淨的火焰,我們依靠自己內心看不見的太陽而存在。
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance.
憤怒以愚蠢開始,以後悔告終。
All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺,馬善被人騎。
He who commences many things finishes but a few.
樣樣都搞,完成者少。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇氣和堅定是美德的精神與靈魂。
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
麻煩沒有來找你,不要去找麻煩。
You cannot step twice into the same river.
你不能兩次踏入同一條河流。
Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友,在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知識能使好人更好,壞人更壞。
There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world’s trade.
要知世事奧祕多,須要長期作學徒。
Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和專心會使我們度過難關。
A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
健康的身體貴於黃金鑄成的皇冠。
Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.
每個成功男人的背後,都有一個女人. 每個不成功男人的背後, 都有兩個。
Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
再快樂的單身漢遲早也會結婚,幸福不是永久的嘛。
The wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.
聰明人都是未婚的,結婚的人很難再聰明起來。
Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
成功是一個相關名詞,他會給你帶來很多不相關的親戚。
Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.
不要等明天交不上差再找藉口, 今天就要找好。
The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.
學的越多,知道的越多, 知道的越多,忘記的越多, 忘記的越多,知道的越少, 為什麼學來著?
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.
失去心中所欲的和得到心中所欲的,是人生的兩大悲劇。
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
學識可使老年時舒適地退隱和有所寄託;但如果年青時不使它紮下根,老年就得不到它的庇護。
It is always morning somewhere in the world.
世界上總是有某個地方可以看到陽光。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.
常人只想如何消磨時間,智者則努力利用時間。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
真正的勇氣是:無所畏懼地接受上天給你的一切。
He that does what he should not, shall feel what he would not.
若做了不應該做的事,則將產生自己所不希望有的感覺。
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. or resolution enough to mend them!
承認並改正錯誤,需要有足夠的勇氣和決心。