书城英文图书青春阅读——聆听人生真谛(双语)
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第16章 智慧篇(3)

Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars.

生命并非仅是时间的载体。有时候,事件是最好的日历。

Illusions are like umbrellas—you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.

幻想象保护伞一样,你抓住它的同时就已经丢失了它,而那份失落总会留下一点伤感。

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

有了梦想,一切才会成为可能。

All things are possible until they are proved impossible—and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.

一切事情都是有可能的,除非它们已被证明是不可能的——甚至那些不可能的事也只能依照这个原则。

When someone says that he is laying all the cards on the table, count them.

如果有人说他亮出全部打算,一定要仔细思量一下。

Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.

生活中从不犯傻的人并不像他自己想象的那么聪明。

One good thing about talking to yourself is that you always have a rapt audience.

自言自语的好处之一是你总有一个忠实的听众。

Nothing is forever—not real estate or any other investment, not jobs, not tax breaks, not shortages.

没有什么东西是永恒的——房地产、投资、工作、逃税、缺点。

The shortest distance between two points is rarely found in speeches.

两点之间的最短距离很难在演讲中找到。

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesnt lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isnt a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure,but low aim is sin.

我们必须记住:生活中的悲剧并不是没有达到目标,而是没有目标。梦想未成真就死去并不是件不幸的事,真正的不幸是没有梦想。没有伸手去触摸星星,并不是耻辱,真正的耻辱是没有星星可以触摸。生活中没有失败,但胸无大志是种罪恶。

The most important thing in our minds is our destination. On a certain day at a certain hour we will pull into the station. Then wonderful dreams will come true. But sooner or later we realize there is no station, no place to arrive at once and for all. The station is only a dream that constantly outdistance us. So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead,climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often,swim more rivers,watch more sunsets, laugh more. Live life as you go along.

目的地是我们心目中最重要的。想象着在某一天的某一刻我们到达了目的地。美梦成真。但是过不了多久我们就会发觉没有目的地,没有地方可以到达, 永远没有。所谓目的地,只是一个梦,它把我们远远地抛在后面。所以,停止 前进,别再追赶。多爬山,多吃些冰淇淋,多几次赤足远行,多游过几条河流,多看几次夕阳西下,尽情欢笑。永远像这样生活。

Good sense is easier to have than use.

有好的感官容易,运用困难。

A glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon.

转瞬即逝的一瞥并不能算是幻象。但是对于一个夜晚在山路上行走的人来说,对前方的三尺宽的道路的一瞥比看到辉煌的地平线要重要得多。

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

在哄堂大笑面前,一切都东倒西歪。

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

有的时候,我们也许无力去阻止不公平的事情发生,但我们总有机会去抗争。

I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesterdays are burried deep—leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour—you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud,within sight but beyond reach . The cloud clears as you enter it. I have learned this, but like everyone,I learned it late.

我已经认识到,如果你必须离开一个你曾经住过、爱过并曾埋葬过你过去所有记忆的地方,那么就快些离开吧,越快越好。不要回头看,不要总是沉浸在回忆中,因为一切都已过去。过去的日子像是很安全可靠,无所不能的日子, 而未来却是虚无缥缈,令人生畏,可望而不可及的。当你走近未来时,才发现一切原来很清晰可辨。我已经认识到了这一点,但像每个人一样,我认识得太晚了。

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

点燃一根蜡烛要比诅咒黑暗好得多。

No man ever injured his eyesight by looking on the bright side of things.

朝着事物的光明面看,没人会因此而损坏视力。

An optimist is the one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.

乐观的人能从最糟糕的情况中尽量得到好结果。

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

肯定一切总比无所否定要好。

When you have thanked God for every blessing, what time is there left for murmurs or laments.

当你感激上帝的赐福时,还有没有时间用来埋怨或悲痛呢。

You cant thank joy until you have known sorrow. You cant appreciate the light unless you have known darkness.

懂得了悲伤,你才会感激欢乐;认识了黑暗,你才会感激光明。

He who loses money, loses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith, loses all.

一个人丢失了金钱,他丢失了很多;一个人失去了朋友,他失去得更多;而一个人丧失了信念,便失去了一切。

He expects nothing shall never be disappointed.

无所期待的人永不会失望。

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its trouble, but it does empty today of its strength.

忧虑不能使明天的烦恼消失,但它会使今天的力量丧失殆尽。

You cant change the past, but you can ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the future.

你不能改变过去,但一味地担心未来,会使你毁掉一个极其美好的现在。

Courage is not the absence of fear,but it is the conquest of fear.

勇气不是面对恐惧的退却,而是对于恐惧的征服。

Consider the postage stamp, its usefulness consists of the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

想想邮政邮票,它的可取之处在于它的不达目的不罢休的能力。

Do more than exist, live. Do more than look, observe. Do more than read, absorb. Do more than hear, listen. Do more than listen, understand. Do more than think, reflect. Do more than plan, act. Do more than talk, say something.

不仅要存在,更要生活。不仅要看,更要观察。不仅要读,更要吸收。不仅要听说,更要听。不仅要听,更要理解。不仅要想,更要思考。不仅要计划, 更要行动。不仅要谈话,更要说出些什么。

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good man do nothing.

邪恶的胜利所需要的一切,是好人无所作为。

Victory isnt just walking across the goal line, and its struggling through opposition to the goal.

胜利不只是冲过终点线,而是越过对面的障碍,冲向终点。

What costs nothing is worth nothing.

不付出代价而得到的东西一钱不值。

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse.

精神空虚比钱包空虚更可怜。

The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.

精神财富是唯一的财富。

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.

记忆是我们大家随身携带的日记。

The person who knows how will always have a job.But the person who knows why will be his boss.

知其然者,任事;知其所以然者,任人。

He best can pity who has felt the woe.

曾身受其苦者最能同情。

Put all your eggs in one basket—and watch that basket.

孤注一掷,但要审慎从事。

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

我年纪越大,就越不相信智慧会随年龄增长这句老生常谈。

Stupidity wont kill you,but it can make you sweat.

愚蠢不会令你丧生,却会令你吃苦。

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

有勇气往往是因为没有见识,而胆怯很多时候是因为知道得太清楚。

Courage consists,not in ability overlooking danger,but in seeing and conquering it.

勇敢不在于能够蔑视危险,而在于认清危险,战胜危险。

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

给人最大的帮助,不单是让他分享你的富有,而是向他指明他的富有。