莎翁作品中的六字名言 To be or not to be

“To be or not to be”. Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world. They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally. He answered it by saying: "I think, therefore am."

But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said: "To be is to be in relations." If this true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations. Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine. But apart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? If you are interest-ed only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent. So far as other things are concerned--poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.

Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more, a new accomplishment--you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in a large variety of subjects can remain un-happy, the real pessimist is the person who has lost interest.

Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by contacts, new friends. What is supremely true of living objects is only less true of ideas, which are also alive. Where your thoughts are, there will your live be also. If your thoughts are confined only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life. But if you are interested in what is going on in China, then you are living in China~ if you’re interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people, if you listen inte

ntly to fine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination.

To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends on ourselves. Let widen and intensify our relations. While we live, let live!

六字名言

威廉·里昂·费尔浦斯

“是活还是不活。”如果把《圣经》除外，这六个字便是整个世界文学中最有名的六个字了。这六个字是哈姆雷特一次喃喃自语时说的，而这六个字也就成了莎士比亚作品中最有名的几个字了，因为这里哈姆雷特不仅道出了他自己的心声，同时也代表了一切有思想的男男女女。是活还是不活——是要生活还是不要生活，是要生活得丰满充实，兴致勃勃，还是只是活得枯燥委琐，贫乏无味。一位哲人一次曾想弄清他自己是否是在活着，这个问题我们每个人也大可不时地问问我们自己。这位哲学家对此的答案是： “我思故我在。”

但是关于生存我所见过的一条最好的定义却是另一位哲学家下的：“生活即是联系。”如果这话不假的话，那么一个有生命者的联系越多，它也就越有生气。所谓要活得丰富充实也即是要扩大和加强我们的各种联系。不幸的是，我们往往会因为天性不够丰厚而容易陷入自己的陈规旧套。试问除去我们的日常工作，我们的真正生活又有多少?如果你只是对你的日常工作才有兴趣，那你的生趣也就很有限了。至于在其它事物方面一比如诗歌、散文、音乐、美术、体育、无私的友谊、政治与国际事务，等等——你只是死人一个。

但反过来说，每当你获得一种新的兴趣——甚至一项新的造诣——你就增长了你的生活本领。一个能对许许多多事物都深感兴趣的人是不可能总不愉快的，真正的悲观者只能是那些丧失兴趣的人。

培根曾讲过，一个人失去朋友即是死亡。但是凭着交往，凭着新朋，我们就能获得再生。这条对于活人可谓千真万确的道理在一定程度上也完全适用于人的思想，它们也都是活的。你的思想所在，你的生命便也在那里。如果你的思想不出你的业务范围，不出你的物质利益，不出你所在城镇的狭隘圈子，那么你的一生便也只是多方受着局限的狭隘的一生。但是如果你对当前中

国那里所发生的种种感到兴趣，那么你便可说也活在中国；如果你对一本佳妙小说中的人物感到兴趣，你便是活在一批极有趣的人们中间；如果你能全神贯注地听点好的音乐，你就会超脱出你的周围环境而活在一个充满激情与想象的神奇世界之中。

是活还是不活——活得热烈活得丰富，还是只是简单存在，这就全在我们自己。但愿我们都能不断阔展和增强我们的各种联系。只要一天我们活着，就要一天是在活着。

第二篇：莎翁名言

莎翁名言

The course of true love never did run smooth. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1) 真爱无坦途。 ——《仲夏夜之梦》

/真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to from and dignity: love looks not with the eyes, but with mind. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1)

卑贱和劣行在爱情看来都不算数，都可以被转化成美满和庄严：爱情不用眼睛辨别，而是用心灵来判断/爱用的不是眼睛，而是心。——《仲夏夜之梦》

Lord, what fools these mortals be! (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.2) 上帝呀，这些凡人怎么都是十足的傻瓜！——《仲夏夜之梦》

The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream

5.1)

疯子、情人、诗人都是想象的产儿。——《仲夏夜之梦》

Since the little wit that fools have was silenc’d, the little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. (As You Like It, 1.2)

自从傻子小小的聪明被压制得无声无息，聪明人小小的傻气显得更吸引眼球了。——《皆大欢喜》

世界是一个舞台，所有的男男女女不过是一些演员，他们都有下场的时候，也都有上场的时候。一个人的一生中扮演着好几个角色。 ——《皆大欢喜》

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. (As You Like It, 1.3)

美貌比金银更容易引起歹心。——《皆大欢喜》

Sweet are the uses of adversity. (As You Like It, 2.1)

逆境和厄运自有妙处。——《皆大欢喜》

Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak. (As You Like It, 3.2) 你难道不知道我是女人？我心里想什么，就会说出来。——《皆大欢喜》

Love is merely a madness. (As You Like It, 3.2)

爱情不过是一种疯狂。——《皆大欢喜》

O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes! (As You Like It) 唉！从别人的眼中看到幸福，自己真有说不出的酸楚！——《皆大欢喜》

It is a wise father that knows his own child. (A Merchant of Venice 2.2) 知子之父为智。——《威尼斯商人》

Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit. (A Merchant of Venice 2.6)

爱情是盲目的，恋人们看不到自己做的傻事。——《威尼斯商人》

All that glisters is not gold. (A Merchant of Venice 2.7)

闪光的并不都是金子。——《威尼斯商人》

So is the will of a living daughter curb’d by the will of a dead father. (A Merchant of Venice 1.2) 一个活生生的女人的意愿，却被过世的父亲的遗嘱所限。——《威尼斯商人》

外观往往和事物的本身完全不符，世人都容易为表面的装饰所欺骗。——《威尼斯商人》

没有比较，就显不出长处；没有欣赏的人，乌鸦的歌声也就和云雀一样。要是夜莺在白天杂在聒噪里歌唱，人家绝不以为它比鹪鹩唱得更美。多少事情因为逢到有利的环境，才能达到尽善的境界，博得一声恰当的赞赏。——《威尼斯商人》

The quality of mercy is not strained. (A Merchant of Venice 4.1)

慈悲不是出于勉强。——《威尼斯商人》

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. (Measure for Measure 2.1)

有些人因罪恶而升迁，有些人因德行而没落。——《一报还一报》

O, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. (Measure for Measure 2.1)

有巨人的力量固然好，但像巨人那样滥用力量就是一种残暴行为。——《一报还一报》

I’ll pray a thousand prayers for thy death but no word to save thee. (Measure for Measure 3.1) 我要千遍祷告让你死，也不祈求一字救你命。——《一报还一报》

O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side! (Measure for Measure 3.2) 唉！一个人外表可以装得像天使，但却可能把自己掩藏在内心深处！——《一报还一报》

Beauty, wit, high birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, love, friendship, charity, are subjects all to envious and calumniating time. (Troilus and Cressida 3.3)

美貌、智慧、门第、臂力，事业、爱情、友谊和仁慈，都必须听命于妒忌而无情的时间。——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》

You gods divine! Make Cressida’s name the very crown of falsehood, if ever she leave Troilus. (Troilus and Cressida 4.2)

神明啊！要是有一天克瑞西达背叛特罗里斯，那么就让她的名字永远被人唾骂吧！——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》

Beauty! Where is thy faith? (Troilus and Cressida 5.2)

美貌！你的真诚在何方？——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》

Take but degree away, untune that string, and, hark, what discord follows! (Troilus and Cressida

1.3)

没有了纪律，就像琴弦绷断，听吧！刺耳的噪音随之而来！——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》

要一个骄傲的人看清他自己的嘴脸，只有用别人的骄傲给他做镜子；倘若向他卑躬屈膝，不过添长了他的气焰，徒然自取其辱。 ——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》

O, she dothe teach the torches to burn bright! (Romeo and Juliet 1.5)

啊！火炬不及她那么明亮。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

My only love sprung from my only hate ! (Romeo and Juliet 1.5)

我唯一的爱来自我唯一的恨。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. (Romeo and Juliet 2.2)

名字中有什么呢？把玫瑰叫成别的名字，它还是一样的芬芳。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》 /名称有什么关系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。

Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. (Romeo and Juliet 2.3) 年轻人的爱不是发自内心，而是全靠眼睛。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. (Romeo and Juliet 2.2)

那是东方，而朱丽叶就是太阳。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

A little more than kin, and less than kind. (Hamlet 1.2)

超乎寻常的亲族，漠不相关的路人。——《哈姆雷特》

Frailty, thy name is woman! (Hamlet 1.2)

脆弱啊，你的名字是女人！——《哈姆雷特》

This above all: to thine self be true. (Hamlet 1.3)

最重要的是，你必须对自己忠实。——《哈姆雷特》

The time is out of joint – O, cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right! (Hamlet 1.5)

这是一个礼崩乐坏的时代，唉！倒霉的我却要负起重整乾坤的责任。——《哈姆雷特》

Brevity is the soul of wit. (Hamlet 2.2)

简洁是智慧的灵魂，冗长是肤浅的藻饰。/言贵简洁。——《哈姆雷特》

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Hamlet 1.5)

天地之间有许多事情，是你的睿智所无法想象的。——《哈姆雷特》

/在这天地间有许多事情是人类哲学所不能解释的。

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. (Hamlet 2.2)

世上之事物本无善恶之分，思想使然。——《哈姆雷特》

/没有什么事是好的或坏的，但思想却使其中有所不同。

To be or not to be: that is a question. (Hamlet 3.1)

生存还是毁灭，这是个值得考虑的问题。——《哈姆雷特》

There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. (Hamlet 5.2)

一只麻雀的生死都是命运预先注定的。——《哈姆雷特》

The rest is silence. (Hamlet 5.2)

余下的只有沉默。——《哈姆雷特》

Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. (Othello 1.2)

收起你们明晃晃的剑，它们沾了露水会生锈的。——《奥赛罗》

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on. (Othello 3.3)

主帅啊，当心你会嫉妒，那可是一只绿眼的妖魔，它惯于耍弄爪下的猎物。——《奥赛罗》

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing. (Othello 3.3)

无论男人女人，名誉是他们灵魂中最贴心的珍宝，如果有人偷走了我的钱袋，他不过偷走了一些废物，那不过是些毫无价值的东西罢了。——《奥赛罗》

O, curse of marriage, that we can call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites! (Othello 3.3)

啊！婚姻的烦恼！我们可以把这些可爱的人儿据为己有，却无法掌控她们的各种欲望。——《奥赛罗》

We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed. (Othello 1.3)

不是每个人都能做主人，也不是每个主人都能值得仆人忠心的服侍。——《奥赛罗》

Nothing will come of nothing. (King Lear 1.1)

一无所有只能换来一无所有。——《李尔王》

Love’s not love when it is mingled with regards that stands aloof from th’entire point. (King Lear

1.1)

爱情里面要是搀杂了和它本身无关的算计，那就不是真的爱情。——《李尔王》

How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child. (King Lear 1.4)

逆子无情甚于蛇蝎。——《李尔王》

我没有路，所以不需要眼睛；当我能够看见的时候，我也会失足颠仆，我们往往因为有所自恃而失之于大意，反不如缺陷却能对我们有益。

Blow, winds, and crack cheeks! Rage! Blow! (King Lear 3.2)

吹吧！风啊！吹破你的脸颊，猛烈地吹吧！——《李尔王》

‘Tis this times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind. (King Lear 4.1)

疯子带瞎子走路，这就是这个时代的病态。——《李尔王》

Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, and thou no breath at all? (King Lear 5.3)

为什么一条狗，一匹马，一只耗子都有生命，而你却没有一丝的呼吸。——《李尔王》

Fair is foul, and foul is fair. (Macbeth 1.1)

美即是丑，丑即是美。——《麦克白》

I fear thy nature; it is too full o’the milk of human kindness. (Macbeth)

我为你的天性担忧，它充满了太多的人情乳臭。——《麦克白》

What’s done cannot be undone. (Macbeth 5.1)

做过的事情不能逆转。——《麦克白》

/覆水难收。

Out, out, brief candle, life is but a walking shadow. (Macbeth)

熄灭吧，熄灭吧，瞬间的灯火。人生只不过是行走着的影子。——《麦克白》

黑暗无论怎样悠长，白昼总会到来。——《麦克白》

世界上还没有一个方法，可以从一个人的脸上探察他的居心。——《麦克白》

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. （Julius Caesar 2.2）

懦夫在未死以前就已经死了好多次；勇士一生只死一次，在一切怪事中，人们的贪生怕死就是一件最奇怪的事情。——《凯撒大帝》/《英雄叛国记》

行为胜于雄辩，愚人的眼睛是比他们的耳朵聪明得多的。——《凯撒大帝》/《英雄叛国记》

Men’s judgments are a parcel of their fortunes; and things outward do draw the inward quality after them, to suffer all alike. (Antony and Cleopatra 3.13)

智慧是命运的一部分，一个人所遭遇的外界环境是会影响他的头脑的。——《安东尼和克里奥帕特拉》

Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you 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