2002年1月10日 星期四

英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.5

  1. 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〉
  2. 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
  3. 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〉
  4. 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〉
  5. 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〉
  6. “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>
  7. 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
  8. 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〉
  9. 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
  10. 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》

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