- Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Santayana The Life of Reason
記不得過去的人,註定要重蹈覆轍。
桑塔亞那,《理性生活》 - In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Anne Frank, The Diary of A Young Girl
不管怎樣,我依然相信人的心地確實是善良的。
安妮 富蘭克,《少女安妮的日記》 - “What is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?”
Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
「一本既沒有圖畫,又沒有對話的書,有什麼用呢?」愛麗絲想著。
卡洛兒,<愛麗絲夢遊仙境> - Learning does not stop as long as a man live, unless his learning power atrophies because he does not use it.
Hutchins, “The Basis of Education”
除非人因不曾利用自己的學習力量,以致這種力量萎縮,則只要活著,學習不會停下來。
胡欽斯,〈教育的基礎〉 - Without reading, civilization would disappear in one generation.
Russell, Literature for Civilization
沒有閱讀,文明在一代就會消失。
羅素,《兒童文學》 - Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.
Stevenson
不論肩上的擔子如何沉重,總能負擔到日暮時分。不論工作如何艱辛,總可以支撐著做一整天。
史蒂文生 - Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
Ruskin, The Stones of Venice
記住:世界上最美的事物是最沒用的,例如孔雀雨百合花。
羅斯金,《威尼斯之石》 - A novel is a mirror that strolls along a highway. Now it reflects the blue of the skies, now the mud puddles underfoot.
Stendhal, The Red and the Black
小說是沿著大到漫步的一面鏡子。一會兒,他反映青天;一會兒,他反映足下的泥濘污水坑。
斯湯達爾,《紅與黑》 - We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
Singer
我們知道一個人的想法,並非在他告訴我們他的想法時,而是依據他的所作所為。
辛格 - Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
Stevenson, “Solitude”
歡笑,世界與歡笑;哭泣,你自己一個人哭泣。
史蒂文生,<孤寂>
2013年1月10日 星期四
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.17
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