第七章 名人名言英汉对照《英语自学笔记》J卷 English self-study notes

第七章 名人名言英汉对照 English-Chinese comparison of famous quotes （1）名人名言•交友篇 Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。 Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真正的朋友。 He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说好话，才是真朋友。 All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. (Voltaire, French thinker) 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。 (法国思想家 伏尔泰) We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。 False friends are worse than bitter enemies. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 Friends agree best at distance. 朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends are thieves of time 朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends must part. 再好的朋友也有分手的时候 I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 朋友不能阿谀奉承。 Make your enemy your friend. 化敌为友。 （2）名人名言•理想篇 Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. (Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer) 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向;没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. L.) If winter comes, can spring be far behind? (P. B. Shelley, British poet) 冬天来了，春天还会远吗?( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.) If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. (Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist) 如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生) If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads. (F. W. Nietzsche, German Philosopher) 如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿!不要让别人把你抬到高处;不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国哲学家 尼采. F. W.) It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them. (Mark Twain, American writer) 就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家 马克•吐温) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer) 生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 (法国作家 大仲马. A.) The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth .(Albert Einstein , American scientist) 有些理想曾为我们引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生， 那些理想就是-真、善、美。(美国科学家 爱因斯坦 A.) The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet and dramatist) 人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。(德国诗人、戏剧家 歌德 J . M.) The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (Mark Twain , American writer) 具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 (美国作家 马克•吐温) The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (Franklin Roosevelt American president) 实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 (美国总统 罗斯福. F.) （3）名人名言•奋斗篇 Genius only means hard-working all one’s life .(Mendeleyev, Russian Chemist) 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫) I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British Politician) 我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . W.) Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and dramatist) 人只要奋斗就会犯错误。 (德国诗人、剧作家 歌德. J. W.) My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. (John Kennedy, American President) 美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。(美国总统 肯尼迪. J.) Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker) 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. J. J.) Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. (Emerson, American thinker) 进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 家默生) There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits. (Karl Marx, German revolutionary) 在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人， 才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。( 德国革命家 马克思. K.) The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ". （4）名人名言•成功篇 Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life. (Thomas Edison , American inventor) 有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T.) I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. (Bonaparte Napoleon, French emperor) 我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.) Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. (Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist and poet). 只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。 (德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.) Power invariably means both responsibility and danger. (Theodore Roosevelt, American president) 实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.) The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.) You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. (Charles Chaplin, American actor) 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。(美国演员 卓别林. C.) （5）名人名言•健康篇 A light heart lives long. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist) 豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. (Benjamin Franklin, American president) 早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.) The first wealth is health. (Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker ) 健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.) （6）名人名言•财富篇 All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. (Voltaire, French thinker) 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。(法国思想家 伏尔泰) Money is a good servant and a bad master. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher) 金钱是善仆，也是恶主。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.) Money is like muck , not good except it be spread. (Francis Bacon , British philosopher) 金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。(英国哲学家 培根. F.) No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. (Franklin Roosevelt, American president) 任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。(美国总统 罗斯富. F.) （7）名人名言•幸福篇 Happiness is a form of courage. (H. Jackson, British writer) 幸福是勇气的一种形式。 (英国作家 杰克逊. H.) Happy is the man who is living by his hobby. (G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist) 醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.) 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 罗斯福. F.) Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln, American president) 对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。(美国总统 林肯. A.) The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G .) The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. (Victor Hugo, French novelist) 生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。( 法国小说家 雨果. V.) To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. (Bonaparte Napoleon, French emperor) 要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.) We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样，我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。 (英国剧作家肖伯纳. G. ) （8）名人名言•时间篇 Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of. (Benjamin Franklin, American president) 你热爱生命吗?那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. (Richard Nixon, American president) 历史巨轮飞转，分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵，也独具意义。(美国总统 尼克松. R.) I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. (Abraham Lincoln, American president) 我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。 (美国总统 林肯. A.) If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. (Pearl Buck, American female writer) 想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠) Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today. (Benjamin Franklin, American president) 今天的事不要拖到明天。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it. (Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher) 普通人只想到如何度过时间，有才能的人设法利用时间。(德国哲学家 叔本华. A.) The golden age is before us, not behind us . (Mark Twain, American writer) 黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。( 美国作家 马克•吐温) The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist) 人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) Time is money. (Benjamin Franklin, American president) 时间就是金钱。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) To choose time is to save time. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher) 合理安排时间就是节约时间 。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.) We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet) 只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。(德国诗人歌德. J.W.) Weep no more, no sigh, nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that’s gone. (John Fletcher, British dramatist) 别哭泣，别叹息，别呻吟;悲伤唤不回流逝的时光。(英国剧作家 弗莱沏. J.) （9）名人名言•学习篇 If you don’t learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. (Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。(美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.) Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher) 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.) （10）名人名言•工作篇 I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain, American writer) 只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克•吐温) It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. (Winston Churchill, British prime minister) 不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.) My philosophy of life is work. (Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor) 我的人生哲学就是工作。 (美国发明家 爱迪生 . T . A .) When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery. (Maxim Gorky, Russian writer ) 工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受!工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。 (俄国作家 高尔基. M.) （11）名人名言•知识篇 Activity is the only road to knowledge. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.) A free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books. (Thomas Jefferson, American president) 一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.) If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. (Benjamin Franklin, American president) 倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它;向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Imagination is more important than knowledge. (Albert Einstein, American scientist) 想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. ) Knowledge is power. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher) 知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)