名言谚语之修养篇SELF-CULTIVATION(中英对照)

A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior than a beautiful form.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. American thinker
美丽的体形胜过漂亮的脸蛋；美丽的行为胜过美丽的体形。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
Elizabeth Gaskell, British female writer
如果你有点轻信别人，你的生活就会更加如意。
英国女作家盖斯凯尔.E.

A man is called selfish ,not pursuing his own good ,but neglecting his neighbour's.
Richard Whately, American churchman
追求自身的利益，不是自私；只有忽视他人的利益，才是自私。
美国教士惠特利.R.

A man is only as good as what he loves.
Saul Bellow, American writer
一个人要用他所爱的东西来衡量他的品格。
美国作家贝罗.S.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, American statesman
人是由自己的风度和品格构成的。
美国政治家西塞罗.M.T.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellence of heart.
John Keats .British poet
优雅的情趣与心灵之美不可分。
英国诗人济慈.J.

After the verb to love, to help is the most beautiful verb in the world.
Aldous Leonard Huxley. British novelist
除了“爱”之外，“帮助”是世界上最美的动词。
英国小说家赫胥黎.A.L.

All for one, one for all.
Alexandre Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie). French writer
人人为我，我为人人。
法国作家大仲马.A.

All men are poets at heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker
所有的人在内心深处都是诗人。
美国思想家爱默生R.W.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green Ingersoll, American lawyer
愤怒是扑灭心灵之灯的风。
美国律师英格索尔.R.G.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you
wish to be.
Thomas Mann, German writer
不要由于别人不能成为你所希望的人而愤怒，因为你自己也不能成为自己所希望的人。
德国作家托马斯·曼

Beauty gains little, and homeliness and deformity lose much , by gaudy attire.
Arthur Zimmermann, German diplomat
华丽的衣着增添不了多少美丽，也颇能掩饰丑陋与畸型。
德国外交家齐默尔曼.A.

Being a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for it has no time for anything else.
Heywood Broun, American columnist　
做个穿着整齐的人是一种职业；追求穿着的人没有时间做别的事情。
美国报刊专栏作家布罗恩.H.

Better a frank denial than unwillig compliance.
V Hugo, French writer
勉强应允不如坦诚拒绝。
法国作家雨果.V.

Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
Moliere, French dramatist
品德不好，出生再好也无用。
法国剧作家莫里哀

By ignorance is pride increased; those most assume who know the least.
ohn Gay, British dramatist
骄傲因无知而增长；越是所知浅薄，越是矫揉造作。
英国剧作家盖伊.J.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Alexander pope, British poet
美色中看，美德感人。
英国诗人蒲伯.A.　

Custom, then is the great guide of human life.
David Hume, British philosopher
风俗是人生的伟大向导。
英国哲学家休谟.D.

Envy is blind and kows nothing except how to depreciate the excellence of others.
Titus Livins Livy, Ancient Rooman historian
嫉妒是瞎子，除了贬低别人的优点之外，什么也不知。
古罗马历史学家李维.T.L.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the strenm of life.
ohann Wolfgang German poet
天才形成于平静中，性格来自于生活的激流。
德国诗人歌德.J.W.

Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
Brnjamin Franklin, American president
诚实与勤勉，应该成为你永久的伙伴。
美国总统富兰克林.B.

Honesty is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
George Sandys,American traveler and poet　
诚实是高贵得以发展的芽。
美国旅行家、诗人桑迪斯.G.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
Lillian Hellman ,American dramatist　
我不能、也不愿毁灭我的良心去迎合时尚。
美国剧作家赫尔曼.L.

In a complex world ,to insist upon simplicity is foolish.
Richard Wlokomir, Amercan writer
在复杂的世界上，坚持单纯是愚蠢的。
美国作家沃克摹，Ｒ。

In scandal , as in robbery ,the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
Philip Doumer Chesterfield, British statesman
受贿如同抢劫，人们始终认为，受贿者与窃贼是一丘之貉。
英国政治家切斯特菲尔德.P.D

It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.
R.W.Emerson , American thinker
只有一个人的心灵和品格熟睡的时候，人们才会注意到他的服饰。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W

It is with narrow-minded people as with narrow-necked bottle; the less they have in them the more
noise they make in pouring out.
Alexandre Pope British poet
心胸狭隘的人就像小口瓶子；里面装的东西越少，倒出时的声音就越大。
英国诗人蒲伯,A.

It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker
要做到与人融洽相处，需要仔细地思考，认真地努力和痛下决心。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W.

Man will become better only when you will make him see what he is like.
Chekov, Russian writer
只有使人看清他自己的为人，他才能变得更好。
俄国作家契柯夫

Politeness is like an air cushion; there may be nothing in it ,but it eases ours jolts wonderfully.
Samuel Johnson, British writer
礼貌像只气垫：里面可能什么也没有，但是却能奇妙地减少颠簸。
英国作家约翰逊.S.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist　
沉默是藐视最完美的表达方式。
英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.

Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
Plutarch ,Ancent Greek dramatist
自我节制是最大的美德。
|古希腊剧作家普鲁塔克

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
Charles Darwin, British narurlist
道德修养能达到的最高价段，是认识到我们应该控制我们的思想。
英国博物学家达尔文.C.

The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.
H.Black American writer
生活的范围是随着心胸的开阔而变宽广的。
美国作家布莱克,H.

The noble soul has reverence for itself.
Heinrich Gotthard Treitschke, German historian
灵魂高尚的人必自尊。
德国历史学家特赖奇克.H.G.

The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
Flaubert, French writer
人生在世首要大事是保持灵魂的高尚。
法国作家福楼拜

There is always a first brave person who breaks step with the stam-peding masses fleeing in panic, who
pauses to help another to his feet ,creating his own eye in the storm, The stuff of heroes is made,
forged in the midst of tragedy, in the blink of an eye.
Norman Stephens ,American writer
在惊慌乱逃的人群中，总有第一个勇敢者冲出，停下来扶人站起，在风暴中闪出自己的亮眼。英雄的素质铸成于转瞬
之间的危难之中。
美国作家斯蒂芬斯.N.

Thinking is , or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains
beat too much for that.
H, Melville, American writer and poet
思考是或者应该是冷静沉着的；而我们可怜的心怦怦跳，可怜的脑子总是兴奋，使我们不能思考。
美国作家、诗人梅尔维尔.H.

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly controlling my life: the longing for love, the search for
knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Bertrand Russell, British philosopher
有三种质朴而又十分强烈的激情一直支配着我的人生——对爱之渴望，——对知识的求索，——对人类苦难的无限怜
悯。
英国哲学家罗素.B.

We are like wheat, here on earth to ripen. We ripen intellectually by letting in as much of the
universe's complexity as we can. Morally we ripen by making our choices. And we ripen spiritually by
openig our eyes to Creation's endless detail.
Richard Wolkomir, American writer
我们就像小麦，生长在土地上等待着成熟。通过尽可能多吸收宇宙的复杂性使我们智力上成熟，通过各种选择使我们
道德上成熟，通过睁开眼睛看到创世纪的无尽的细节使我们心灵上成熟。
美国作家沃克摹.R.

We must deal with pleasure as we do with honey, only touch them with the tip of the finger, and not with
the whole hand for fear of surfeit.
aint Bede, British bishop
我们应该像吃蜂密那样对待享受，只用指尖蘸，而不能用整只手去抓，以免吃得太多。
英国主教比德.S.

What is a man's first duty? The answer is brief ; to be himself.
Ibsen, Nowegian dramatist
人的第一天职是什么？答案很简单：不伪饰自己。
挪威剧作家易卜生

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the things which make him mad.
Adlai Stevenson, Averican statesman　
根据多大的事物可以使一个人暴跳如雷，你可以判断出这个人的份量。
美国政治家史蒂文森. A.
学习篇STUDY
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Alexander Pope, British poet
学问浅薄，如履薄冰。
英国诗人蒲柏.A.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
D.Hume, British Philosopher
事物的美存在于仔细观察者心目中。
英国哲学家休谟.D.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food for the body.
Cicero, Ancient Roman state4sman and orator
学习对于头脑，如同食物对于身体一样不可缺少。
古罗马政治家、演说家西塞罗

Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social
situation.
Franklin Roosevelt, Averican president
永恒的真理如果不在新的社会形势下赋予新的意义，要么就不是真理，要么不是永恒的。
美国总统罗斯福.F.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Janes Anthony Froude, British historian
从经验中学习收效很慢，而且要以错误为代价。
英国历史学家弗路德J.A.

Fools learn nothing from wise men , but wise men learn much from fools.ohann kaspar Lavater, Swiss
writer　
傻瓜向聪明人学之甚少，而聪明人却向傻瓜学之甚多。
瑞士作家拉瓦特.J.K.

Grammar must be learned through language, and not language through grammar.
Johann G. Herdor, German philosopher
必须从语言中学习语法，而不是从语法中学习语言。
德国哲学家赫尔德.J.G.

He who nothiong questions, nothing learns.
Sthephen Gosson, British writer　
什么也不问的人什么也学不到。
英国作家戈桑.S.

He that sips of many arts, drinks none.
Thomas Fuller, Bdritish clergyman
什么都学的人，什么也学不到。
英国牧师富勒.T.

Histories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave;
logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Francis Bacon, British Philosopher
历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑辞学使人善辩。
英国哲学家培根.F.

I forget what I was taught, I only remember what I have learned.
Patrick White, British novelist
我忘了别人教我的东西，我只记得我自己学的东西。
英国小说家怀特.P.

If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.
Thomas Edison, American inventor
如果你年轻时没有学会思考，那就永远学不会思考。
美国发明家爱迪生.T.

It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever his age.
Soctates, Ancient Greek Philosopher
一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习自己不懂的东西。这不是羞耻。
古腊哲学家苏格拉底

It is only when we see without any preconception, any image, that we are able to be in direct contact
with anything in life.
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian religious philosopher
只有当我们不带任何先入之见、不带任何主观想象去观察的时候，我们才能与生活中的事物建立直接的联系。
印度宗教哲学家克里希纳幕尔蒂.J.

Learning is the enterprise of a lifetime.
W,Wilson, Averican president
学习是终身的事业。
美国总统威尔逊.W.　

Live to learn, not learn to live.
Francis Bacon, British philosopher
活着就要学习，学习不是为了活着。
英国哲学家培根.F.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
James Mackingtosh, British philosopher
格言是民族意识的结晶。
英国哲学家麦金托什.J.

Naturl abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
Francis Bacon, British philoslpher
天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。
英国哲学家培根.F.

Never too old to learn.
Thomas Middleton , British writer
活到老学到老。
英国作家密德尔顿.T.

Reading good books is like having a conversation with the hihgly worthy persons of the past who wrote
them; indeed, it is like having a prepared conversation in which those persons disclose to us only their
thinking.
Renes Descartes, French Philosopher and mathematician
读好书，好像是在同昔日那些极其令人敬重的著书者们交谈；的确，那很像是在享受一篇经过准备的谈话，作者们在
那种谈话之中，只向我们吐露他们的见解。
法国哲学家、数学家笛卡尔.R.

The three foundations of learning:seeing much ,suffering much, and studying much.
Willa Cather, American writer
求学的三个基本条件：多观察、多磨砺、多研究。
美国作家卡瑟.W.

The years teach much which the days never know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Averican thinker
学问积年而成，而每日不自知。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W.

There is no royal road to learning.
Anthony Trollope, British novelist
求学没有平坦的大道。
英国小说家特罗洛普.A.　

There is no whetstone like praise, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learn.
Roger Ascham, Bdritish scholar and writer
在刺激智力发展和
英国学者、作家阿斯卡姆.R.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Edmund Burke, British statesman
学而不思，犹如食而不化。
英国政治家伯克,E.

Turn off the TV and read great books ,They open doors in your brain.
Wolkomir Bichard, American writer
关掉电视，阅读伟大的著作，它会启开你的智慧之门。
美国作家理查德,W.

You can learn from everyone.
Derek Boke, American president of Harvard University
你可以向任何人学习。
美国哈佛大学校长伯克.D.

You will never have what you like until you learn to like what you have .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet
在学会喜欢你已有的东西以前，你永远不会得到你喜欢的东西。
德国诗人歌德.J.W.