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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. ( Mark Twain )
習(xí)慣就是習(xí)慣,誰也不能將其扔出窗外,只能一步一步地引它下樓。(馬克吐溫) Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ( C. K. Chesterton ) 可以給偏執(zhí)下一個(gè)粗略的定義:沒有觀點(diǎn)的人的憤怒。(切斯特頓) Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ( W. Winchell ) 樂觀主義者:被獅子逼上了樹但仍能欣賞風(fēng)景的人。(溫切爾) You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus ) 你知道什么是魅力:一種不用明白地提出問題而能得到肯定答復(fù)的辦法。(加謬) The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau ) 對(duì)于詩人來說,最大的悲劇莫過于由于誤解而受到欽佩。(科克托) The essence of language is human activity. ( O. Jesperson ) 語言的本質(zhì)是人類活動(dòng)。(耶斯佩森) Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ( George Eliot ) 動(dòng)物是極容易相處的,它們從不提問,也從不會(huì)批評(píng)。(艾略特) Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ( W. Durant ) 教育是一個(gè)逐步發(fā)現(xiàn)自己無知的過程。(杜蘭特) In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.( W. A. White ) 教育不是為了教會(huì)青年人謀生,而是教會(huì)他們創(chuàng)造生活。(懷特) I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. ( M. P. Cato ) 我寧可看到青年人臉紅,也不愿看到它臉色變得蒼白。(加圖) It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo ) 在爭(zhēng)論中是無法擊敗無知者的。(麥卡杜) A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. ( Voltaire ) 持久的爭(zhēng)論意味著雙方都是錯(cuò)的。(伏爾泰) People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton ) 通常人們是因?yàn)椴粫?huì)辯理才吵架的。(切斯特頓) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw ) 明白事理的人使自己適應(yīng)世界;不明事理的人想使世界適應(yīng)自己。(蕭伯鈉) Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ( C. G. Jung ) 任何形式的癮都是不好的,不管上癮的是酒精、嗎啡還是唯心主義。(榮格) As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( C. Darrow ) 只要世界還存在,就會(huì)有錯(cuò)誤,如果沒有人反叛,這些錯(cuò)誤將永遠(yuǎn)存在下去。(達(dá)羅) I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire) 我不同意你說的話,但我愿意誓死捍衛(wèi)你說話的權(quán)利。(伏爾泰) The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard ) 唯一真正自由的人是能夠拒絕宴會(huì)的邀請(qǐng)而不用提出理由的人。(勒納爾) The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.( Mark Twain ) 具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。(馬克吐溫) The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid ) 人越偉大,越能克制怒火。(奧維德) |
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