A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
——William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist
令人愉快的欢笑是房间里的阳光。
——英国小说家W. M.萨克雷
A man who is never satisfied with himself and whom therefore nobody can please.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet
人要是从来不满意自己,就不会有人能够使他满意。
——德国诗人J. W.歌德
A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it. What is the dawn without its dew? The tear, by the smile is made precious above the smile itself.
——Susanne K.Langer, American philosopher and educator
笑容带上泪珠总是最鲜艳、最娇美的。正如没有露水,还算什么清晨?而泪珠带上了笑容,
就变得甚至比笑容还珍贵。
——美国哲学家、教育家S. K.兰格
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
——James Howell, British writer
只工作不娱乐使人愚钝。
——英国作家J.贺维尔
Anticipating pleasure is also a pleasure.
——Friedrich Schiller, German dramatist and poet
预期快乐本身也是一种快乐。
——德国剧作家、诗人F.席勒
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.
——Christina Georgina Rossetti,British poetess
笑一笑而忘掉,比愁眉苦脸地记住要好得多。
——英国女诗人C. G.罗塞蒂
But headlong joy is ever on the wing.
——John Milton, British poet
轻率的快乐总是瞬息即逝。
——英国诗人J.弥尔顿
Energy is eternal delight.
——W.Black, American poet and artist
精力充沛是永恒的快乐。
——美国诗人、艺术家W.布莱克
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
——Baudelaire Charles, French poet
不管怎样,娱乐比工作更令人乏味。
——法国诗人B.查尔斯
He who can conceal his joys is greater than he who can hide his griefs.
——Johann Lavater, Swiss writer
能隐藏欢乐的人比能隐藏悲痛的人更了不起。
——瑞士作家J.拉瓦特
I like the laughter that opens the lips and the hearts, that shows at the same
time pearls and the soul.
——Victor Hugo, French writer
我喜欢能开启双唇和心扉的笑声,喜欢能展示皓齿和灵魂的笑声。
——法国作家V.雨果
I never consider ease and joyfulness as the purpose of life itself.
——Albert Einstein, American scientist
我从来不认为安逸和欢乐就是生活本身的目的。
——美国科学家A.爱因斯坦
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
——Theodore Roosevelt, American statesman
我愿宣扬的信条是艰苦奋发的生活,而不是卑微低下的安逸。
——美国政治家T.罗斯福
It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more, but that in good days we have only a very cold and imperfect
memory of the bad.
——Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
奇怪得很,人们在倒霉的时候,总会清晰地回忆已经逝去的快乐时光,但是在得意的时候,
对厄运时光只保有一种淡漠而不完全的记忆。
——德国哲学家A.叔本华
It is a poor heart that never rejoices.
——Frederick Marryat, British novelist
永远不快乐的心很可悲。
——英国小说家F.马里亚特
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs.
——Jean Paul Richter, French writer
欢乐是人们的双翼, 哀愁是人们发奋的动力。
——法国作家J. P.里克特
Labor is often the father of pleasure.
——Voltaire, French philosopher
劳动常常是快乐之父。
——法国哲学家伏尔泰
One of the greatest pleasure in life is conversation.
——Logan Peasall Smith, American writer
生活中最大的乐趣之一是交谈。
——美国作家L. P.史密斯
Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
——A.E. Housman, British scholar and poet
完全的理解有时几乎会使乐趣消失。
——英国学者、诗人A. E.豪斯曼
Never less idle than when wholly idle, nor less alone than when wholly alone.
——John Clare, British poet
要清闲就完全清闲,要清静就完全清静。
——英国诗人J.克莱尔
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
——John Wanamaker, American merchant
腾不出时间娱乐的人,早晚会被迫腾出时间生病。
——美国商人J.霍梅克
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something
I am in great trouble for till I have it.
——John Selden, British jurist
快乐不过是痛苦的间歇,享受之前要进行艰苦的努力。
——英国法学家J.塞尔登
Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.
——Graham Green, British writer
对于人的精神来说,赞扬就像阳光一样,没有它我们便不能开花生长。
——英国作家G.格林
Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.
——Voltaire, French philosopher
休息是件好事情,无聊却是其兄弟。
——法国哲学家伏尔泰
Sunday clears away the rest of the whole week.
——Joseph Addison, British essayist
星期天能去掉一个星期的锈迹。
——英国散文家J.艾迪生
The foundation of true happiness is in the conscience.
——Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher
真正的愉快之根本在于良心。
——古罗马哲学家L. A.西尼加
The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
——Charles Lamn, British essayist
据我所知,最大的乐趣是暗中做好事又被人偶然发现。
——英国散文家C.兰姆
The man who agrees with everybody is not worth having anybody agree with him.
——Henry John Palmerston, British statesman
同意所有人的意见的人,不配得到任何人的赞同。
——英国政治家H. J.帕默斯顿
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
——Francis Bacon, British philosopher
旅游对年轻人是一种教育,对老年人是一种体验。
——英国哲学家F.培根
Variety is the mother of enjoyment.
——Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and writer
变化为快乐之母。
——英国政治家、作家B.狄斯雷利
Work while you work; play while you play. This is the way to be cheerful and gay
——Richard Stoddart, American poet
拼命地干,尽情地玩。如此这般, 定能欢乐。
——美国诗人R.斯托达德