经典英文名句2
1.
We (sea folk) can live to three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.
------Andersen, "The little mermaid"
我们(水族)能活到三百岁但我们死时我们成为海上的泡沫而已.
------安徒生
2.
Writers are well-known for their powers of invention and imagination.
------Andersen, "The Nightingale"
作家以创造力和想像力闻名.
------安徒生
3.
Teas in the listener's eyes are the finest possible reward for any singer.
------Andersen, "The Nightingale"
对任何歌唱者来说,聆听者眼中的泪水是最好的报酬.
------安徒生
4.
"But he hasn't got anything on!" a little child said.
------Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
「但他什麼也没穿啊!」一个小孩子说.
------安徒生
5.
"I have many beautiful flowers," he said, "but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all."
------Wilde, "The Selfish Giant"
「我有许多美丽的花,」他说:「但这些孩子是所有花中最美丽的.」
------王尔德
6.
In war, the strong makes slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of poor.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
战争时,强者奴役弱者;和平时,富者奴役贫者.
------王尔德
7.
We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and we are slaves, though men call us free.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
我们镣铐在身,虽然没人见到;我们身为奴隶,虽然人们认为我们自由.
------王尔德
8.
The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world's sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
这世界的担子太重了,一个人承担不起;这世界的悲伤太沉重了,一颗心承受不了.
------王尔德
9.
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation "
------Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
「一本既没有图画,又没有对话的书,有什麼用呢 」爱丽丝想著.
------卡洛儿,
10.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
人并不是生来给打败的.人可消灭,但打不败.
------海明威
11.
Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
比起那些伟大的鸟兽来,人算不了什麼.
------海明威
12.
Pain does not matter to a man.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
对男子汉而言,痛苦算不了什麼.
------海明威
13.
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
------Camus, The plague
人之可称赞之点,多於其可鄙视之处.
------卡缪
14.
What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.
------Camus, The plague
我感到兴趣的是:为所爱而生,为所爱而死.
------卡缪
15.
If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love.
------Camus, The plague
如果有一件人可以永远渴望,而且有时能够得到的东西,那就是人类的爱.
------卡缪
16.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
------Voltaire
我不赞成你的意见,但我誓死保卫你的发言权.
------伏尔泰
17.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
------Stevenson, "Solitude"
欢笑,世界与欢笑;哭泣,你自己一个人哭泣.
------史蒂文生,
18.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.
------Stevenson
不论肩上的担子如何沉重,总能负担到日暮时分.不论工作如何艰辛,总可以支撑著做一整天.
------史蒂文生
19.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
------Maugham, Of Human Bondage
人们请你批评,但他们要的却是赞美.
------毛姆,
20.
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too.
------Maugham
如果国家对任何事的评估高於自由,它会丧失自由;讽刺的是,如果它评估高的是安逸或金钱,它也会丧失安逸或金钱.
------毛姆
21.
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
------Goethe
我们不能依据自己的观念来训练孩子;我们必须把他们当成上帝的赏赐,接纳他们,爱护他们.
------哥德
22.
Life teaches to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
------Goethe
生活教导我们对自己,对别人不要太严苛.
------哥德
23.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
------Mark Twain
猫与谎言最显著的差异之一:猫只有九条命.
------马克吐温
24.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
------Mark Twain
人人都是月亮,都有不愿让人见到的阴暗面.
------马克吐温
25.
"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.
------Mark Twain
「经典之作.」人们称赞却不想读的书.
------马克吐温
26.
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
------Johnson
字典像手表;最坏的比没有好,最好的不能期待分秒不差.
------约翰生
27.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
------Johnson
生活是需求不断的过程,而非享乐不断的过程.
------约翰生
28.
We want to live by each other's happiness-not by each other's misery.
------Chaplin, "The Great Dictator"
我们必须仰赖彼此的快乐过活—而非仰赖彼此的不幸.
------卓别林,〈大独裁者〉
29.
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
------Dickens, Little Dorrit
一日为绅士,终身为绅士.
------狄更斯,《小杜丽》
30.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
------Browning
无知并非单纯,而是罪恶.
------勃朗宁
31.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
------Emerson
上帝说,你可以拥有喜悦,或者你可以拥有权势;但是你不可以拥有二者.
------爱默生
32.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
------Bradstreet, "Meditations Divine & Moral"
如果没有冬天,春天不会如此悦人; 如果人们不是有时得尝尝不幸,幸运不会如此受人欢迎.
------布雷史崔,〈神圣与道德之沉思〉
33.
History is the might Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages.
------Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
历史是经验的巨塔.岁月在无限的往昔旷野中,建立此一巨塔.
------房龙,《人类的故事》
34.
The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food.
------ Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
人类历史是饥饿者寻觅食物的纪录.
------房龙,《人类的故事》
35.
Glory abroad too often means misery at home.
------ Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
国外的光荣往往意味著国内的困苦.
------房龙,《人类的故事》
36.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friend.
------Balthasar Gracian, "The Golden Mean"
智者从他的敌人那而所得到的益处,要比愚者从他的朋友那所得到的益处为多.
------葛雷辛,〈中庸〉
37.
People are never ridiculous for being what they really are, but for affecting what they really are not.
------Lord Chesterfield, "Affectation"
人们在保持本来面目的时候,绝对不会是可笑的;只有在装腔作态的时候,他们才是可笑的.
------柴斯特菲尔德,〈矫饰〉
38.
He who hunts for flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
------Beecher, "The Cynic"
寻觅花朵的人将找到花朵;喜爱杂草的人将找到杂草.
------毕奇尔,〈犬儒主义者〉
39.
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.
------Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
我们可以提升自我,远离无知,可以发现自己是卓越,聪明,技巧高超的动物.
------李察 巴哈,《天地一沙鸥》
40.
The gull sees farthest who flies highest.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
飞的最高的海鸥看得最远.
------李察 巴哈,《天地一沙鸥》
41.
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
不要相信眼睛告诉你的.眼睛展现的有限的.用你的悟性来观照.
------李察 巴哈,《天地一沙鸥》
42.
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
------Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
想卖弄机智的人,有时会偏离真理少许.
------修伯里,《小王子》
43.
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
------ Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
判断自己远比判断他人困难.如果你能正确判断自己,你实际上是一位具有真正智慧的人.
------修伯里,《小王子》
44.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
------Einstein, "What I Believe"
我们能体验的最美好的东西是神秘的事物.它是所有真正艺术和科学的来源.
------爱因斯坦,〈我的信仰〉
45.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
------Hazlitt, "Political Essays"
爱自由即爱他人;爱权势即爱自己.
------海斯利特,〈政治散文〉
46.
Order makes possible the highest human relationships which are the principle source of man's education.
------Meyer, "A Tick of Clock"
秩序使最完美的人类关系得以改变,这种关系是人类教育的主要来源.
------梅育,〈一瞬间〉
47.
The love and freedom I want for myself are to be tested by the love and freedom I give others.
------Raymond Swing, "Action Is the Measure"
我所要的爱和自由,取决於我给予他人的爱和自由.
------史温,〈尺度〉
48.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
------Santayana The Life of Reason
记不得过去的人,注定要重蹈覆辙.
------桑塔亚那,《理性生活》
49.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
------ Santayana
不曾哭泣的年轻人是野人;不愿欢笑的老人是愚人.
------桑塔亚那
50.
In short, I begin to write in order to get even on death.
------Saroyan, "Why I Write"
简言之,为了不亏欠死神,我开始写作.
------萨拉扬,《我为什麼写作》 1.记住该记住的，忘记该忘记的。改变能改变的，接受不能改变的。