书城成功励志青春阅读——名人智慧之光(双语)
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第26章 修养篇(1)

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 R. W.爱默生

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E.盖斯凯尔

A man is called selfish, not pursuing his own good, but neglecting his neighbors.

——Richard Whitely, 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 R.惠特利

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S.贝罗

A mans own manner and character is what most becomes.

——M. T. Cicero, Ancient Roman statesman and orator

人是由自己的风度和品格构成的。

——古罗马政治家、演说家M. T.西塞罗

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 J.济慈

After the verb to love, to help is the most beautiful verb in the world.

——Aldus 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 A. L.赫胥黎

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A.大仲马

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R. W.爱默生

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 R. G.英格索尔

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形。

——德国外交家A.齐默尔曼

Being a welldressed 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H.布罗恩

Better a frank denial than unwilling compliance.

——Victor Hugo, French writer

勉强应允不如坦诚拒绝。

——法国作家V.雨果

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.

——John 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J.盖伊

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A.蒲柏

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 D.休谟

Envy is blind and knows nothing except how to depreciate the excellence of others.

——Titus Livins Livy, Ancient Roman 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 T. L.李维

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.

——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet

天才形成于平静中,性格来自于生活的激流。

——德国诗人J. W.歌德

Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.

——Benjamin Franklin, American president

诚实与勤勉, 应该成为你永久的伙伴。

——美国总统B.富兰克林

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G.桑迪斯

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this years 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L.赫尔曼

In a complex world, to insist upon simplicity is foolish.

——Richard Wolkomir, American writer

在复杂的世界上,坚持单纯是愚蠢的。

——美国作家R.沃克摹