- Don’t throw stones at your neighbors’, if your own windows are glass.Franklin
如果你家是玻璃窗子,不要朝你的鄰屋丟石頭。
佛蘭克林 - The strongest of all warriors are theses two –Time and Patience.Tolstoi, War and Peace
最健壯的勇士有二 ─ 時間與耐心
托爾斯泰,《戰爭與和平》 - We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.Skinner
我們不應該教導偉大的書籍;我們應該教導偉大的閱讀。
史基呢 - Life teaches to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.Goethe
生活教導我們對自己、對別人不要太嚴苛。
哥德 - We decide what is important and what is trivial in life.Loseph Epstein, “The Virtues of Ambition”
我們認定生命中何者為重,何者為輕。
艾普斯坦,〈雄心的美德〉 - In war, the strong makes slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of poor.Wilde, “The Young King”
戰爭時,強者奴役弱者;和平時,富者奴役貧者。
王爾德<年輕的國王> - Delight without well-wishing may be cruel; well-wishing without delight easily tends to become cold and a little superior.Russell, “The Good Life”
沒有祝福的喜悅可能是殘忍的;沒有喜悅的祝福易於傾向於冷酷與少許高傲。
羅素,〈美好的生活〉 - Love is an achievement not easy to attain.Fromm, “Man Is Not a Thing”
愛是一項不易實現的成就。
弗洛姆〈人不是東西〉 - I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character.King, Jr., “I have A Dream”
我有一個夢:將來有一天,我的四個小孩會生活在一個不是以其膚色,而是以其品德內涵為判斷標準的國家裡。
金恩,〈我有一個夢〉
2003年1月10日 星期五
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.7
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