英语名言名句
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。—— Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。—— Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—— Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink. 一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德 One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯 Time is money.
时间就是金钱。—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。—— Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凯撒 Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳 Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。—— T. Fuller 富勒 Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。—— Julius Erving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words ? wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马（法国作家）
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.
没有什么比独立自由更可宝贵的了。—— [越南] Ho Chi Minh胡志明 I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
我不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的梦想。—— T. Jefferson 杰弗逊（美国第3任总统）
Money is round. It rolls away.
圆圆钱币，滚走容易。—— S. Aleichen 阿雷钦
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
我们要尽可能为生活增加一些东西，而不是从中索取什么。—— William Osler 奥斯勒
Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
没有学院和大学的帮助，人生本身也正在变成一所高等学府。 —— Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生
Work while you work;
Play while you play;
This is the way;
To be cheerful and gay.
工作时工作，
玩乐是玩乐，
依此方法做，
轻松与欢乐。—— A. D. Stoddart 斯道达特
英语名人名言
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.名称有什么关系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。——Napoleon
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
即使所有的专家都一致赞同，他们可能也错了。——Bertrand Russell
Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.
有时候你能做的最紧急重要的事情就是彻底休息。——Ashleigh Brilliant
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
滴滴小水珠，颗颗小沙粒，会形成浩瀚的海洋与宜人的土地。——Julia Carney Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
即使是最疲惫的河流，历经曲折，也终会安然入海。 ——Swinburne
The history of mankind is the history of ideas.
人类的历史就是思想的历史。 ——Ludwig Von Mises
To believe with certainty,we must begin with doubting.
要完全相信，我们首先得怀疑。——Stanislaus
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you get rid of him on the weekends.
给他一条鱼，你可以喂他一天；教他钓鱼，他周末就不会再来缠你了。——Gary Apple
True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.
真正的科学首先教人怀疑和知道自己无知。 ——Miguel de Unamuno
Truth has no special time of it's own. Its hour is now always.
真理没有自己特定的时间段。它的时间永远是现在。——A.Schweitzer
Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
越来越老并不可怕，可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。——Kenny Rogers
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
如果没有了图书馆，我们还有什么呢？我们没有了过去也没有了未来。 ——Kay Bradbury
Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.
科学知识要求完全不受个人感情的影响。 ——Bertrand Russell
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
生活中没有可怕的东西，只有应去了解的东西。——Marie Curie
Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.
真理是美的；毫无疑问，谎言也是如此。 ——Emerson.
Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。——Rousseau
You can never plan the future by the past.
永远也不能依照过去来计划将来。 ——Burke
Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.
时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。 ——Franklin P.Jones
The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.
在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。——Emerson
Death?is no more than passing from one room into another.
死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。——Helen Keller
Important principles may and must be flexible.重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。 That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。
Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。——Rousseau
You can never plan the future by the past. 永远也不能依照过去来计划将来。 Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。
The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。——Emerson
Important principles may and must be flexible.
重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。 ——Abraham Lincoln
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.
科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是一宝库，而实践就是开启宝库大门的钥匙。——Fuller
The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules.
真正的金科玉律就是世上并无金科玉律。
The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.热爱大自然的人内外感觉协调一致，即使进入成年后依然保持着童心。
Ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in.以爱心聚在一起的十个人能够完成一万个分散的人做不到的事情。——Thomas Carlyle Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.想象不应脱离现实。
There are two sides to every story ... at least.
每个故事都可以从两个方面看，至少两个方面。——Ann Landers
Today is not yesterday. We ourselves change. How then can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be fittest, continue always the same?
今天不同于昨天。我们自己也在改变。那么，我们的著作和思想，如果想永远不过时，怎么能始终不改变呢？ ——Thomas Carlyle
Love alone can release the power of the atom so it will work for man and not against him.
只有爱才能使原子的力量造福人类，而非危害人类。——W. A. Peterson
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我爱你不是因为你是谁，而是因为在你面前我可以是谁。
2.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry. 没有男人或女人值得你为他（她）流眼泪的，值得的那一位，舍不得让你哭。
3.Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don‘t love you with all they have.
一个人不是你所想般爱你，并不代表那人不是全心全意地爱你。
4. There‘s always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around. 这个世界永远都会有一些伤害你的人，你要做的就是继续去信人和小心你下次信的人。
5. Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn’t willing to waste their time on you. 不要花时间在一个不愿花时间在你身上的人。
6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 就算你不快乐也不要皱眉，因为你永不知道谁会爱上你的笑容。
7. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. 可能神要我们在遇到对的人之前先遇上一些错的人，这样当我们遇到生命中真正的人的时候就会更懂得珍惜和感激。
8. To the world ，you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 对于世界来说，你可能只是一个人；但對某个人来说，你可能就是全世界。
Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great.离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。 Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher) 每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. 初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billings. American humorist)
友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。
Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet) 友谊是没有羽翼的爱。(英国诗人 拜伦.G,G)
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. (Albert Einstein, Am
erican scientist) 并非地球引力使人坠入爱河。(美国科学家)
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. (Burke Edmund, British statesman) 权力越大，滥用职权的危险就越大。(英国政治家 埃德蒙.B.)
The greatest of evils and the worst of crims is poverty. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 最大的恶和最凶的罪是贫穷。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.)
The paramount duty of Congress is to stop deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which has always been the firmst prop of the Treasury. (William Mckinley, American president)
国会的最高职责是恢复始终是国家财政最坚实支柱的保护性立法，以制止财政赤字。 The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (Thomas Jefferson, American president) 人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。(美国总统杰斐逊.T.)
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philowopher)
暴君死了，他统治也就结束；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。(丹麦宗教哲学家基尔克戈德.S.) There is something behind the throne greater than the king him-self. (William Pitt, British statesman) 在王座的后面还有比国王本人更伟大东西。
To be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of the people. 要了解政府的政绩只需要观察民情。(国籍不明书信代理人 朱尼厄斯) To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasure, we must go to those who are seeking it :the pains of power is real, its pleasures imaginary. (C.Colton Charles, British churchman)
欲知权力带来的痛苦，去问那些当权者；欲知权力带来的乐趣，去问那些追逐权势者：权力带来的痛苦是真实的，而权力带来的乐趣只不过是凭空想象的。(英国牧师查尔斯.C.C.) Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. (Oliver Goldsimith, British poet) 过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。(英国诗人 哥尔德斯密斯.O.)
We need in politics man who have something to give, not men who have something to get. (Bernard Baruch, Averican economist)
在政治中我们需要能有所奉献的人，而不是想有所收获的人。(美国经济学家巴鲁克.B.) When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. (Thomas Jefferson, American President)
当一个人受到公众信任时，他就应该把自己看作公众的财产。(美国总统杰斐逊.T.) When society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan. (John Stuart Mill, BAritish economist)
当社会需要重建时，试图墨守旧的蓝图重建它是徒劳无益的。(英国经济学家穆勒.J.S.) From majestic mountains and valleys of green to crystal clear waters so blue, this wish is coming to you.
越过青翠的峻岭和山谷，直到晶莹湛蓝的水边，飞来了我对你的祝愿。
It’s joy to know you, wishing the nicest things always for you, not only today, but all the year through because you are really a joy to know.
认识你是一种快慰，愿你永远拥有最美好的东西，不仅今天拥有，而且天天拥有，因为认识你真是一种慰藉。
A friend is a loving companion at all times. 朋友是永久的知心伴侣。
When I think of you the miles between us disappear.
当我想起你，相隔千里，如在咫尺。
You’re wonderful friend, and I treasure you more with every year.
你是一位难得的挚友，我对你的珍重与岁俱增。
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. 生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。
Almost any situation--good or bad --is affected by the attitude we bring to. 差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. 虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的。（美国作家 海伦-凯勒）
As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. (Hugh Black, American writer) 水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。（美国作家 布莱克 H）
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances. 我可以拿走人的任何东西，但有一样东西不行，这就是在特定环境下选择自己的生活态度的自由。
Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.每场悲剧都会在平凡的人中造就出英雄 He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be. 自己甘愿受辱的人，受污辱也活该。
I find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (Helen Keller, Ameican writer) 我发现生活是令人激动的事情，尤其是为别人活着时。
I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.(Jack London, American novelist) 我一生下来就开始哭泣，而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。（美国小说家 杰克-伦敦） In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (George Bernad Shaw, British dramastist) 对于害怕危险的人，这个世界上总是危险的。（英国剧作家 肖伯纳 G）
It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (William Somerset Maugham, British novelist) 说苦难能使人格得到升华，这是不确切的；幸福有时倒能做到这一点，而苦难常会使人心胸狭窄，产生复仇的心理。（英国小说家 毛姆 WS） Let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis. (Seebohm Caroline, British physician) 让我们建议处在危机之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上，相反而要集中在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。（英国医生 卡罗琳 S） Light troubles speak; great troubles keep silent. (Lucius Annaeus Seneneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher) 小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷声不响。Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.(James Russell Lowell, American poetess and critic) 灾难就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以为我们服务，拿住刀刃则会割破手。（美国女诗人、批评家 洛威尔 J R）
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us. (B.T.Washington, American educator) 除了我们自己以外，没有人能贬低我们。如果我们坚强，就没有什么不良影响能够打败我们。（美国教育家 华盛顿 BT） No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. (William Penn, British admiral) 没有播种，何来收获；没有辛劳，何来成功；没有磨难，何来荣耀；没有挫折，何来辉煌。（英国海军上将 佩恩 W）
Perhaps you can’t control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life. (Alan Loy Mcginnis, British writer)
或许你不能支配自己的工作，但你能够使生活发生转变。（英国作家 麦金尼斯 AL） Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (John Kennedy, American president) 从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。（美国总统 肯尼迪 J）
Sweet are the uses of adversity.(William Shakspeare, British Playwriter) 苦尽甘来。（英国剧作家 莎士比亚 W）
The chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity. (Burejer, British writer)
中文的“危机”分为两个字，一个意味着危险，另外一个意味着机会。（英国作家 布瑞杰） The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.(James Russell Lowell, American Poetess and critic) 最难忍受的不幸是那些从未来临的不幸。（美国女诗人、评论家 洛威尔 J R）
The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you’re involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape. (Seebohm Caroline, British Physician) 你越是为了解决问题而拼斗，你就越变得急躁——在错误的思路中陷得越深，也越难摆脱痛苦。（英国医生 卡罗琳 S）
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. (Thomas Carlyle, British essayist and historian) 生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。（英国散文家、历史学家 卡莱尔 T）
All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人。
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 Easy come, easy go. 易得者亦易失。
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。—— Herbert 赫伯特
1.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry. 没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
2.If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson. 如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训。
3.Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you. 不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间
4.Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again. 过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。
5.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
6.Never judge people by their appearance. 永远不要以貌取人。
7.Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
8.Remember the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them. 记住：最好的爱存在于对别人的爱胜于对别人的索求之上。
9.Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it. 举起你的酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！
10.Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs. 寻找更多的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法。
11.Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you. 在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前，先完善并了解自己。
12.Do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION. 不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别。
13.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
14."There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail." 俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有两种------鹰和蜗牛。”
15.Remember: Whatever happens, happens for a reason. 记住：任何事情的发生都有因有起。
16.It only needs early cultivation to become a power. 只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。
17.Don't let a little dispute break up a great friendship. 不要让小小的争端损毁了一场伟大的友谊。
18. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
19. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival. 生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存。
20.Forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times. 真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。
21.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. 在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
22.Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. 不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。
23.However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. 不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。
24. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable. 在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼貌犹如在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，那歌声使冰天雪地的寒冷变得较易忍受。
25. When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers. 当你和你亲近的人吵嘴的时候，试着就事论事，不要扯出那些陈芝麻、烂谷子的事。
26."Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love." “谁拒爱于门外，也必将被爱拒诸门外。”
27. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. 毅力在效果上有时能同天才相比。