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英语名言精粹1.If you smile when one is around,you really mean it.如果你独自一人笑了，那是真心的笑。-Andy Rooney2.Wonders are many,and nothing is more wonderful then man.天下奇迹无数，却无一比人更奇妙。-Sophocles3.The proper function of man is to live,but not to exist.人应该生活，而非单纯生存。-Jack London4.The great advantage of telling the truth is ones so much more likely tosound convincing.说真话最大的优势就是听上去很可能更令人信服。-Susan Howatch5.Misers are no fun to live,but they make great ancestors.与吝啬鬼生活毫无乐趣，但他们却为后人称道不已。-Tom Snyder6.There is not a heart but has its moments of longing,yearning for somethingbetter,nobler and holier than it knows before.每个人都有向往的时候，渴望比以前更美好，更高贵，更神圣的东西。-H.W.Beecher7.Conquer fear of death and you are put into possession of you life.战胜对死亡的恐惧才能真正享受生命。-G.Meredith8.He that is once born,once die.有生比有死。-Herbert9.The more alternative,the more difficult the choice.选择越多越难抉择。-Abbe DAllaiva10.The fox changes his skin but not his habits. 江山易改，本性难移。-Suetonius11forgiveness to the injured does belong;but they never pardon who have done wrong. 受害者有权宽恕，但他们永远也不能原谅那些害人者。 -Dryden 加德莱顿12There is a time to speak and a time to be silent 该说话时说话，该沉默时沉默。 -Caxton卡克斯顿13People with tact have less to retract. 智者悔少。 -Arnold Glasgow阿诺德格拉斯哥14To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it. 制造不公比承受不公更可耻。 -Plato柏拉图15Regardless of how much patience we have,we would prefer never to use any of it. 无论我们有多大的耐心，我们都希望永远不要用到它。 -James TO.OBrien詹姆士T奥布赖恩16Some folks never exaggerate-they just remember big 有些人从来不有夸张他们只是记错了。 -Audrey Snead奥德丽斯尼德17Thieves respect property;they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. 盗贼尊重财产权，他们只是希望财产能变成他们的财产，因为这样，他们才能更尊 重这财产权。 -GKChesterton GK切斯特顿18. In a way,nobody sees a flower really. It is so small;we havent time.And to see takes time,as to have a friend takes time. 在某种意义上，没有人真正看过一朵花。花那么小，我们又没有时间，要看可要花 时间的，就像交朋友也要花时间。 -Georgia Okeeffe乔治亚奥基夫19How majestic is naturalnessI have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself. 自然是多么高贵呀。我从不认为不自然不简单的人是真正伟大的人。矫揉造作不可 避免的会暴露不能肯定自己的人。 -Charles Daves查尔斯戴夫斯20The worst bankrupt is the person who lost his enthusiasm 最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。 - HWArnoldHW阿诺德21.People want know how much you care before they care how much you know. 人们首先想知道你在乎多少，然后才在乎你知道多少。 -James Hind 詹姆斯.欣德22.There are good man everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices. 到处都是好人，我只希望他们声音大一些。 -Louis LAmour 路易斯.拉穆尔23.The better we feel about ourselves,the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall. 我们的自我感觉越良好，我们就越用不着把别人打倒在地才觉得自己伟大。 -Brian Lanker 布赖恩.兰克24.The miracle is this-the more we share,the more we have. 神奇的是我们分享得越多，我们拥有的也越多。 -Leonard Nimoy 伦纳德.莫尼哀25.It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime,but at night it is another thing. 在白天对什么都不动感情是极为容易的，但在夜晚就是另外一回事。 -Hemingway 海明威26.A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do. 如果有一天，母亲不在为儿子做的糟糕事操心，而为她的孙子孙女做的令人惊讶的 事而欣喜，她就是一位真正的祖母。 -Loise Wyse落伊丝.怀斯27.Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat,and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. 在这个世界的某一地方，每个人都会失败，有的人为失败所毁，有的人被成功变得 小气吝啬。同时战胜失败和成功的人才是了不起的人。 -John Steinbeck 约翰.斯坦贝克28.Dont fool yourself that you going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically,having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvellous thing about human beings is that we perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have,the more we want. And for this reason,we never have itall. 别欺骗自己以为你能得到一切。你办不到。从心理学角度说，拥有一切甚至都不是 一个有意义的概念。人类的精彩之处是我们永远伸着手想摘星星。我们得到的越 多，想要的就越多。由于这个原因，我们永远不能拥有一切。 -Joyce Brothers乔伊斯.布拉泽斯29.There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. 有许多人将他们的想象当做记忆。 -Josh Billings 乔希.比林斯30.To err is human,to forgive,divine. 人皆犯错，你能原谅别人，你就是圣人。 -Pope 蒲柏31People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it. 人们往往坚持完美而扔掉了一些他们原本可以有的东西， 但他们是不可能拥有完美的，虽然他们还在永远找不到完 美的地方到处搜寻。 Edith Schaeffer 伊迪丝谢弗32What we all tend to complain about most in other people are those things we dont like about ourselves. 在别人身上我们抱怨最多的东西往往也是我们自身中自己 也不喜欢的东西。 William Wharton 威廉沃顿33Only God is in a position to look down on anyone. 只有上帝才处于可以俯视所有人的位置。 Sarah Brown 萨拉布朗34. There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. 忍耐超过了一定的限度便不再是美德了。 Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克35Everyone complains of his memory,and nobody complains of his judgment. 每个人都在抱怨他的记忆力，却没有人抱怨他的判断力。 La Rockefoucauld 拉罗什富科36. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. 我们惟一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。 Franklin Roosevelt 富兰克林罗斯福37Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream 有许多人总故意作对，他们即使掉进河里，也还会坚持往上 游漂。 Josh Billings 乔希比林斯38Solitary shots should be ignored,but when they come from several directions,Its time to pay attention. As someone once said,If one calls you a donkey,ignore him. If two call you a donkey, check for hoof prints. If three call you a donkey,get a saddle. 不要理睬零星的枪声，但如果枪声来自几个方向就该注意 了。就像有人曾经说过：“一个人叫你驴子，别理他。两个 人叫你驴子，检查一下蹄印。三个人叫你驴子，还是买一副 鞍座来吧。” Marshall Shelley 马歇尔谢利39There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget. 心中的伤痛总是不知不觉渐渐愈合，虽然我们也曾痛苦地发誓说永不忘记。 Colleen McCullough 科林麦卡洛40You shall have joy or you shall have power,said God;you shall not haveboth. 上帝说：你或者拥有欢乐，或者拥有权利，你不能两者兼而有之。 Emerson 爱默生41Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,as to be hated,needs but to be seen;yet seen too oft,familiar with her face,we first endure, then pity,then embrace. 邪恶这个魔鬼生得面目可憎，开始时人们只需看上她一眼 就无比厌恶；然而天长日久，对她的脸蛋渐渐熟悉起来，于 是我们先是容忍，接着怜惜，最后将她揽身人怀。 Pope 蒲柏42To respect a person is not possible without knowing him. 不了解一个人却要尊敬他，那是不可能的。 Erich Fromm 埃立克弗洛姆43Blessed is he who expects nothing,for he shall never be disappointed. 一无所求的人是幸福的，因为他永远也不会失望。 Pope 蒲柏44There are more things between heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 在这天地问有许多事情是人类哲学所不能解释的。 Shakespeare 莎士比亚45If money be not you servant,it will be your master. The covetous man can not so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him. 如果钱财不是你的仆役，那就是你的主人。贪财的人与其 说是他拥有钱财，不如说是钱财占有他。 Francis Bacon 培根46He who loses wealth loses much;he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses courage loses all. 失去财产的人损失很大，失去朋友的人损失更多，而失去勇 气的人则失去一切。 Cervantes 塞万提斯47In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. 在这个世界上只有两种悲剧：一种是得不到自己想要的东 西，另一种是得到了。 Oscar Wildle 奥斯卡王尔德48You have freedon when you are easy in your harness. 在约束中能感到自如，那你就是自由的了。 Robert Frost罗伯特弗罗斯特49Heroes may not be braver than anyone else, They are just braver five minutes longer. 英雄也许不比别人更勇敢。他们只不过比别人多勇敢五分 钟。 Ronald Reagan罗纳德里根50He conquers twice,who upon victory overcomes himself. 在胜利后能控制自己的人赢得了第二个胜利。 Frances bacon 培根51 The man who has never made a mistake will never make else. 从不犯错的人将一事无成。 G.B.shaw 萧伯纳52Naked came I into this world,and naked must I go out. 我赤裸裸地来到这个世界，也要赤裸裸地离去。 Cervantes 塞万提斯53The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them. 上帝喜欢长相平凡的人，所以他创造了这么多普通人。 Abraham Lincoln 林肯54The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance;the last half consists of chance without the capacity. 人生的前半部分是有享乐的能力无享乐的机会，而后半部 分则是有享乐的机会而无享乐的能力。 Mark Twain 马克吐温55The world is full of fools and faint hearts;and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes and wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbor. 这个世界到处是蠢人和怯懦者，然而每个人都有足够的勇 气去忍受别人的不幸，有足够的智慧去管别人的事情。 Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林56He who gives himself entirely to his fellowman appears to them useless and selfish;but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced abenefactor and philanthropist. 一个人如果将自己毫不保留地奉献给别人，那么在他们的 眼中他常显得无用甚或自私，而如果他只奉献一部分的话， 他们倒觉得他慷慨大方、乐善好施。 H.D.Thoreau HD梭罗57Passion,though a bad regulator,is a powerful spring. 激情虽难以驾驭，却是种强大的动力。 Emerson 爱默生58Boldness is ever blind,for it sees not dangers and inconveniences Therefore,it is ill counsel,good in execution. 大胆的人总是盲目的，因为他看不到危险和不便。因此，这 种人不宜出谋划策，但适于执行任务。 Francis bacon 培根59When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of he always declares that it is his duty. 当一个蠢人做自认为可耻的事时，他总说这是他的职责。 Gb.Shaw 萧伯纳60Every man hath a good and bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long. 每一个人的一生自始至终都会有一位善良天使和一位邪恶 天使陪伴着他。 -Robert Burton 罗伯特。伯顿61Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles. 把你的名字刻在人们的心里，而不是大理石上。 Joseph Addison 约瑟夫艾迪生62A liar will not be believed,even when he speaks the truth. 一个骗子即使在说真话时，旁人也不会相信。 Aesop 伊索63，I can resist everything except temptation. 除了诱惑我什么都能抵抗。 Oscar wilde 奥斯卡王尔德64When love rules,there is no will power;and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is shadow of the other. 当爱支配一切时，权力就不存在了；当权力主宰一切时，爱 就消失了。两者互为对方的影子。 Carl Jung 卡尔荣格65Fame has also this great drawback,that if we pursue it,we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of man. 名誊也有缺陷，如果我们追求它的话，我们就不得不调整自 己的生活以迎合别人所好。 Spinoza 斯宾诺莎66Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old. 人人都希望长寿，但没人愿意变老。 Jonathan Swift 乔纳森斯威夫特67Three who come unbidden;love,jealousy,fear. 三种东西不招自来：爱情、嫉妒和恐惧。 Carl Sandburg 卡尔桑德堡68What is a mans first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself. 一个人的首要职责是什么?很简单：做自己。 Henrik Ibsen 易卜生69.Tell a man he is brave,and you help him to become so. 告诉一个人他很勇敢，就会把他变得勇敢。 Thomas Carlyle 托马斯卡莱尔70The worst Sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them,but to be indifferent to them;thats the essence of inhumanity.if you watch people carefully youll be surprised to find how like hate is to love. 我们对别人所犯的最大罪过不是怨恨他们，而是对他们漠 然处之，这就是残酷不仁的本源所在。如果你仔细观察人 们，你就会惊奇地发现恨和爱是多么得相似。 GBShow 萧伯纳71An apology for the Devil:It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. 为魔鬼辩护一句：必须记得一点我们听到的只是一面之 辞，所有的书籍都是上帝一手写的。 Samuel Butler 塞缪尔。巴特勒72I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts. 我真奇怪一个人在对自己的思想进行检讨后怎么还能有脸去谴责别人。 W.S.Maugham WS毛姆73The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our way,so long as long as we do not attempt to deprive other of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it. 可以称之为自由的只有一种形式，那就是，以我们自己的方 式追求自己的利益，但不能以剥夺别人的利益或阻碍别人追 求利益的努力为代价。 John Mill 约翰米尔74It seldom happens that any felicity comes pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. 几乎没有任何一种幸福是纯粹的，总是多少掺杂着一些悲 哀。 Cervantes 塞万提斯75If people would dare to speak to one anther unreservedly,there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. 如果人们敢于互相推心置腹地讲出心里话，一百年后世间将 会减少许多痛苦。 Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒76The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. 最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。 Thomas Carlyle 托马斯卡莱尔77Dissimulation is innate in women,and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. 假装是女人的天性，无论是在愚蠢或是聪明的女人身上表现 都同样明显。 Schopenhouer 叔本华78Be not angry that you can not made others as you wish them to be. since you can not made yourself as you wish to be. 不要因为别人没有达到你的要求而气恼，因为你自己也达不 到自己的要求。 Thomas Kempis 托马斯坎普斯79If we could read the secret history of our enemies,we should find in each mans life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. 如果我们能了解敌人内心隐秘，我们就会发现原来人人都经 历过许多悲伤和痛苦，这就足以消除我们之间的敌意了。 Longfellow 朗费罗80. The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues. 最有才智的人能做最好的事，也能做员坏的事。81It is strange that all great men should have some little grain ofmadness mingled with whatever genius they possess. 很奇怪，大凡伟人在他们所拥有的天才中都混杂着一些疯狂 的成分。 Moliere 莫里哀82. Optimism is a good characteristic,but if carried to an excess it becomes foolishness. 乐观是种优秀品质，但如过分乐观就是愚蠢了。 Theodore Roosevelt 西奥多罗斯福83To be a leader of men,one must turn ones back on men. 如果想做人们的领导者，就必须以后背对他们。 Havelock Ellis 哈夫洛克艾里斯84Morality is the custom of ones country:Cannibalism is moral in acountry. 所谓道德，就是某国的习俗：在吃人的国家里，吃人是合乎道德的。 Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒85Nobody who considers himself a patriot fights with fear. 爱国的人对战斗无所畏惧。 W.A.Bustamante W.A.巴斯塔曼特86. The love of country is the first virtue in a civilized man. 爱国是文明人类第一美德。 Napoleon 拿破仑87. From the words to deeds is a great space. 语言和行动间有相当大的距离。 I.C.SandfordE.C.桑德福88. I want,by understanding myself,to understand others. 我要通过了解自己去了解他人。 K.MansfieldK.曼斯菲尔德89. We can only love what we know and we can never know completely what we do not love. 我们只能爱我们理