2009年1月10日 星期六

英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.12

  1. As I would not be a salve, so I would not be a master.

    Basler, The collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

    我不願當主人,正如我不願當奴隸。

    巴斯勒,《林肯全集》
  2. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and we are slaves, though men call us free.

    Wilde, “The Young King”

    我們鐐銬在身,雖然沒人見到;我們身為奴隸,雖然人們認為我們自由。

    王爾德<年輕的國王>
  3. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

    Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story

    未經你的認可,沒人會使你自覺較差。

    愛麗娜 羅斯福,《我的故事》
  4. Old soldiers never die; they only fade away.

    Anonymous, “War Song”

    老兵不死,只是凋零。

    作者不詳,<戰歌>
  5. Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

    Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

    人並不是生來給打敗的。人可消滅,但打不敗。

    海明威<老人與海>
  6. Literature opens for all readers new realms of discovery and understanding.

    Lukens, A Critical Handbook of Literature for YA

    文學為所有讀者開拓了發現與了解得新領域。

    陸肯士,《青少年文學批評手冊》
  7. He who hunts for flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

    Beecher, “The Cynic”

    尋覓花朵的人將找到花朵;喜愛雜草的人將找到雜草。

    畢奇爾,〈犬儒主義者〉
  8. Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

    Fuller

    自然想盡辦法要讓我們成功,但自然並不仰賴我們。我們不是唯一的實驗。

    富勒
  9. Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

    Mark Twain

    人人都是月亮,都有不願讓人見到的陰暗面。

    馬克吐溫
  10. Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

    Singer

    懷疑是所有宗教的一部分。所有宗教思想家都是懷疑者。

    辛格