- Reading is not merely sympathizing and understand; it is also criticizing and judging.
Woolf, ”How Should One Read a Book?”
閱讀不僅是同情與了解,也是批評與判斷。
吳爾芙,〈人應該如何讀書 〉 - Sometimes love is stronger than a man’s convictions.
Singer
有時候,愛比人的信念更為堅強。
辛格 - In short, I begin to write in order to get even on death.
Saroyan, “Why I Write”
簡言之,為了不虧欠死神,我開始寫作。
薩拉揚,《我為什麼寫作》 - Education deals with the development of the intellectual powers of men.
Hutchins, “The Basis of Education”
教育與人的智力發展有關。
胡欽斯,〈教育的基礎〉 - I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
Faulkner
我相信人不僅忍受;他將戰勝。
佛克納 - The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
Wilde, “The Young King”
這世界的擔子太重了,一個人承擔不起;這世界的悲傷太沉重了,一顆心承受不了。
王爾德<年輕的國王> - Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual.
Lubbock. “The Delight of Books”
書之於人類,正如記憶之於個人。
拉布克,〈書之喜悅〉 - Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
Gladstone, “Speech at Hawarden”
自私是人類的最大禍源。
葛萊斯東,〈哈瓦登演講〉 - People should be beautiful every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts and in their innermost selves.
Chekhov
人們應該在每方面都美─美在臉上,每在衣著上,每在思想上,每在藏於心底的自我。
契可夫 - A good book does reward you for trying to read it.
Adler, “Reading and the Growth of the Mind”
好書確實會因你想去閱讀而報答你。
爾德勒,〈閱讀與心靈的成長〉
2012年1月10日 星期二
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.16
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