英文名句，英文名言佳句賞析 vol.17

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