- I am found of reading in all shapes; but particularly such as tends to educate the mind and invigorate the spirit.Rochefoucauld, “Portrait of Himself”
我喜歡所有形式的閱讀;但尤其喜歡那種傾向教育心靈與賦予精神的書。
羅徹佛柯,〈自畫像〉 - The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is uniqe.Singer
藝術的偉大不在於尋找一般性,而是在於尋找獨特性。
辛格 - We want to live by each other’s happiness-not by each other’s misery.Chaplin, “The Great Dictator”
我們必須仰賴彼此的快樂過活─而非仰賴彼此的不幸。
卓別林,〈大獨裁者〉 - If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.Bradstreet, “Meditations Divine & Moral”
如果沒有冬天,春天不會如此悅人; 如果人們不是有時得嘗嘗不幸,幸運不會如此受人歡迎。
布雷史崔,〈神聖與道德之沉思〉 - There is no limit to the amount of growth and development that the mind can sustain.Adler, “Reading and the Growth of the Mind”
心靈能夠支撐的成長與發展限度是沒有限制的。
爾德勒,〈閱讀與心靈的成長〉 - “But he hasn’t got anything on!” a little child said.Andersen, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
「但他什麼也沒穿啊!」一個小孩子說。
安徒生<國王的新衣> - Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.Johnson
字典像手錶;最壞的比沒有好,最好的不能期待分秒不差。
約翰生 - Whatever you love and trust in this world loves you in return.Frank Harris, “The holy Man”
你在這世上所愛與信任的任何事物,會愛你作為回報。
哈里士,〈聖者〉 - We can’t form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.Goethe
我們不能依據自己的觀念來訓練孩子;我們必須把他們當成上帝的賞賜,接納他們,愛護他們。
哥德 - Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.Tolstoi, Anna Karenina
快樂家庭都是相似的;不快樂家庭的不快樂卻各有不同。
托爾斯泰,《安娜 卡列妮娜》
2002年1月10日 星期四
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.5
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