1. Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare )
不要只因一次挫败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。（莎士比亚）
2. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "
Impossible".( Napoleon )
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说―不可能‖的。（拿破仑）
3. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann )
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。（魏茨曼）
4. There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge ) 没有黑暗这种东西，只有看不见而已。（马格里奇）
5. Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson )
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。（罗伯逊）
6. If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison )
如果你年轻时不学会思考，那就永远不会。（爱迪生）
7. A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson )
一天是永恒的缩影。（爱默生）
8. Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum ) 品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（布鲁斯）
9. If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde )
如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。（王尔德）
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》
51.
If it weren't for art, we'd have vanished from the face of the earth long ago. ------Saroyan, "Leaf and Loaf "
如果不是有艺术的话,我们早就从地球表面消失了.
------萨拉扬,
52.
Take time before time takes you.
------Richmond, "A New Look from Borrowed Time "
在你死去以前,你应该尽量利用时间.
------李奇蒙,
53.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
------Mencken
我年纪越大,越不相信年龄换来智慧这种众所周知的说法.
------孟肯
54.
Don't throw stones at your neighbors', if your own windows are glass. ------Franklin
如果你家是玻璃窗子,不要朝你的邻屋丢石头.
------佛兰克林
55.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
------Mac Arthur
战争时,胜利没有代替品.
------麦克阿瑟
56.
Old soldiers never die; they only fade away.
------Anonymous, "War Song"
老兵不死,只是凋零.
------作者不详,
57
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
------George Sand
生命中只有一件快乐的事:爱与被爱.
------乔治桑
58.
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for. ------George Sand
为艺术而艺术是句空话.为真,为善,为美而艺术是我追寻的信条.
------乔治桑
59.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than other.
------Orwell, Animal Farm
所有动物皆平等,但是有些动物比其他动物更平等.
------欧威尔,
60.
When all the people of the world remember to laugh, particularly at themselves, there will be no more dictators and no more wars.
------Ben Lucien Burman, "Antidote for War"
当世界各国的人都记得要大笑,尤其是笑他们自己,世界上就不会有独裁者,也不会有战争.
------勃曼,
61.
People should be beautiful every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts and in their innermost selves.
------Chekhov
人们应该在每方面都美—美在脸上,每在衣著上,每在思想上,每在藏於心底的自我.
------契可夫
62.
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are very own.
------Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
用几本你的真正好书展开生命,乃是一件重大的事.
------柯南道尔
63.
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
------Ibsen A Doll's House
仰赖借贷与债务过活的家庭生活,毫无自由或美言.
------易卜生,〈玩偶之家〉
64.
You can tell character of every man when you see how he receives praise. ------Seneca
看人如何接受称赞,你就能分辨他的品德.
------塞尼加
65.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
------Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story
未经你的认可,没人会使你自觉较差.
------爱丽娜 罗斯福,《我的故事》
66.
Human suffering is mostly made by man himself.
------Leon J. saul, "Suffering Is Self-Manufactured"
人的苦难多半是自作自受.
------李昂 索尔,〈自作自受〉
67.
The way to find joy in life is to understand that you are given life to enjoy it. ------Alexandra Tolstoy, "Leo Tolstoy"
在生命里寻觅快乐的方法,就是了解你被赋予生命是为了享受生命.
------亚历山卓 扥尔斯泰,〈扥尔斯泰〉
68.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
------Kennedy, "Inaugural Address"
自由社会如果不能帮助众多的穷人,也就不能保全少数的富人.
------甘乃迪 〈就职演说〉
69.
Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
------Kennedy
人类必须消灭战争,否则战争将消灭人类.
------甘乃迪
70.
He who loves another tries truly to understand the other.
-----Overstreet, "The Hidden World Around Us"
爱别人的人,就会真诚的设法了解别人.
------奥佛斯特里特,〈隐密的世界〉
71.
Man cannot have dignity without loving the dignity of his fellow.
------Bernstein, "The Mountain Disappears"
人若不尊重别人的尊严,自己就不能有尊严.
------伯恩斯坦,〈山不见了〉
72.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are
delivered down from generation to generation to, as present to the prosterity of those who are yet unborn.
------Addison, The Spectator
书是伟大的天才留给人类的遗产,当作给予尚未出生的后代的礼物.
------亚狄生,《旁观者》
73.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always.
------Schweitzer, Out of My Life and Thought
真理没有属於它自己的时间.它的时间就是现在—永远如此.
------史怀哲,《我的生命与思想》
74.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
------Plato, The Republic
人受教育时的开始方向,会决定他未来的生活方法.
------柏拉图,《理想国》
75.
Without the memories, it's all meaningless.
------Lois Lowry, The Giver
没有记忆,什麼都没有意义.
------露意丝 劳里,《记忆受领员》
76.
Books cannot be killed by fire. People due, but books never die. No man no face can abolish memory.
------Roosevelt
书不会毁於战火.人会死,但书勇不死.没有人也没有武力可以终止记忆. ------罗斯福
77.
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
------Faulkner
我相信人不仅忍受;他将战胜.
------佛克纳
78.
I am found of reading in all shapes; but particularly such as tends to educate the mind and invigorate the spirit.
------Rochefoucauld, "Portrait of Himself"
我喜欢所有形式的阅读;但尤其喜欢那种倾向教育心灵与赋予精神的书. ------罗彻佛柯,〈自画像〉
79.
The more we experience our freedom, the more we recognize that of the other. ------Sartre, "Why Write "
我们越是感到自己的自由,我们就越承认别人的自由.
------沙特,〈为什麼写作 〉
80.
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
------Ruskin, The Stones of Venice
记住:世界上最美的事物是最没用的,例如孔雀雨百合花.
------罗斯金,《威尼斯之石》
81.
Reading is a tow-way process; the reader can also write; television viewing is a one-way street: the viewer cannot create television image.
------Marie Winn, "Viewing vs. Reading"
阅读是双向过过程:读者也能写作;观赏电视单行道:观赏者无法创造电视意象. ------温恩,〈观赏对阅读〉
82.
We decide what is important and what is trivial in life.
------Loseph Epstein, "The Virtues of Ambition"
我们认定生命中何者为重,何者为轻.
------艾普斯坦,〈雄心的美德〉
83.
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.
------Eudora Welty, "Moon on a Silver Spoon"
早在我撰写故事之前,我就倾听故事了.
------威蒂,〈银汤匙上的月亮〉
84.
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. ------Disraeli, Sybil
自知无知乃是迈向知识的一大步.
------狄斯累利《西碧尔》
85.
Language is the road map of a culture.
------Brown, "To the Victor Belongs the Language"
语言是一种文化的公路线路图.
------布朗,〈语言属於胜利者〉
86.
The good life is one inspired by love and guide by knowledge.
------Russell, "The Good Life"
美好的生活即由爱激励,由知识引导的生活.
------罗素,〈美好的生活〉
87.
Love is a word which covers a variety of feelings.
------ Russell, "The Good Life"
爱是一个包含多种感情的人.
------罗素,〈美好的生活〉
88.
Delight without well-wishing may be cruel; well-wishing without delight easily tends to become cold and a little superior.
------ Russell, "The Good Life"
没有祝福的喜悦可能是残忍的;没有喜悦的祝福易於倾向於冷酷与少许高傲. ------罗素,〈美好的生活〉
89.
Education deals with the development of the intellectual powers of men. ------Hutchins, "The Basis of Education"
教育与人的智力发展有关.
------胡钦斯,〈教育的基础〉
90.
Learning does not stop as long as a man live, unless his learning power atrophies because he does not use it.
------ Hutchins, "The Basis of Education"
除非人因不曾利用自己的学习力量,以致这种力量萎缩,则只要活著,学习不会停下来.
------胡钦斯,〈教育的基础〉
91.
Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual.
------Lubbock. "The Delight of Books"
书之於人类,正如记忆之於个人.
------拉布克,〈书之喜悦〉
92.
No man is an island, entire of itself.
------Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
人非完全自立自足的孤岛.
------但恩,《面临危机时的祈祷》
93.
The right to speak freely is one of the necessary means to the attainment of the truth.
------Walter Lippmann, "Freedom of Speech"
言论自由的权利是获致真理的必须方式之一.
------李普曼,〈言论自由〉
94.
Reading is not merely sympathizing and understand; it is also criticizing and judging.
------Woolf, "How Should One Read a Book "
阅读不仅是同情与了解,也是批评与判断.
------吴尔芙,〈人应该如何读书 〉
95.
To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it.
------ Woolf, "How Should One Read a Book "
要把一本书读好,应该读得自己正在写书似的.
------吴尔芙,〈人应该如何读书 〉
96.
Reading is one of the most arduous and exhausting of occupations. ------ Woolf, "How Should One Read a Book "
读书是一件最费力,最累人的工作.
------吴尔芙,〈人应该如何读书 〉
97.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
------Lincoln
选票比子弹更有力量.
------林肯
98.
As I would not be a salve, so I would not be a master.
------Basler, The collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
我不愿当主人,正如我不愿当奴隶.
------巴斯勒,《林肯全集》
99.
Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to his parents.
------Lincoln, "Conversation at the White House"
爱是连结子女与父母的链子.
------林肯,〈白宫谈话〉
100.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
------Gladstone, "Speech at Hawarden"
自私是人类的最大祸源.
------葛莱斯东,〈哈瓦登演讲〉
Nothing is difficult to a man if he puts his heart into it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人
Nothing venture，nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
Man proposes，God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天
Until all is over ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死
Where there is a will , there is a way.有志者事竞成
这是美国总统罗斯福的一句话，原句是：
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. 实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。