A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
——Joseph Addison, American writer
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
——美国作家J.艾迪生
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
——George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist
终身幸福!这是任何活着的人都无法忍受的,那将是人间地狱。
——英国剧作家G.萧伯纳
A wellwritten life is almost as rare as a wellspent one.
——Thomas Carlyle, Britishhistorian and essayist
写得很好的生活和过得很好的生活几乎一样少。
——英国历史学家、散文家T.卡莱尔
Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress.
——William Cowper, British poet
无所事事不是休息,十分空虚的心灵是痛苦的心灵。
——英国诗人W.考伯
All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, and selfdenial, and study.
——William Graham Sumner, American sociologist
我们得到的一切幸福都是劳动、辛苦、自我克制和学习的成果。
——美国社会学家W. G.萨姆纳
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.
——Alexander Pope, British poet
一无所求的人是幸福的,因为他永远也不会失望。
——英国诗人A.蒲柏
Call no man happy till he dies; he is at best but fortunate.
——Solon, Ancient Athenian statesman
人不进棺材,谁也称不上幸福,而至多不过是幸运。
——古雅典政治家梭伦
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
——A.M. S. Boethius, AncientRoman statesman
在所有不幸中,最不幸的事是曾经幸福过。
——古罗马政治家A. M. S.伯修斯
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers garden.
——D.W.Jerrold, British dramatist
幸福生长在我们自己的火炉边,而不能从别人的花园中采得。
——英国剧作家D. W.杰罗尔德
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
——N. Hawthorne, American writer
幸福是一只蝴蝶,你要追逐它的时候,总是追不到;但是如果你悄悄地坐下来,它也许会飞落到你身上。
——美国作家N.霍桑
Happiness is a form of courage.
——H.Jackson, British writer
幸福是勇气的一种形式。
——英国作家H.杰克逊
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
——Szasz Thomas, American psychiatrist
幸福是想象中的东西。从前,生者认为死者幸福,现在,大人认为孩子幸福,孩子则认为大人幸福。
——美国精神病学家S.托马斯
Happiness is a way station between too much and too little.
——C.Pollock, British jurist
幸福是太多和太少之间的一站。
——英国法学家C.波洛克
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by product.
——Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, American presidents wife
幸福不是目的,而是一种副产品。
——美国总统罗斯福的夫人埃莉诺
Happiness is not something you experience, its something you remember.
——O.Levant, American pianist
幸福不是你经历的事,而是你记得的事。
——美国钢琴家O.利万特
Happy is the man who is living by his hobby.
——George Bernard, Shaw, British dramatist
醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。
——英国剧作家G.萧伯纳
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.
——George Sand, French female writer
幸福在于自知拥有幸福。
——法国女作家乔治·桑
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
——Franklin Roosevelt, American president
幸福不在于拥有金钱,而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。
——美国总统F.罗斯福
Hope is itself a species of happiness, which this world affords.
——Samuel Johnson, British writer
希望本身是一种幸福,也许是这个世界能提供的主要的幸福。
——英国作家S.约翰逊
Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president
与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运,不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。
——美国总统B.富兰克林