“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.”
– Bernard Williams, Philosopher
「如同夜晚不能阻止日出,難題也無法抹殺希望。」– 伯納德‧威廉士 (哲學家)
2014年1月11日 星期六
名言佳句-There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope
2014年1月10日 星期五
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.20
- You can tell character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
Seneca
看人如何接受稱讚,你就能分辨他的品德。
塞尼加 - Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
Rousseau, Emile
大自然從不欺騙我們;欺騙我們的永遠是我們自己。
盧梭,《愛彌兒》 - People are never ridiculous for being what they really are, but for affecting what they really are not.
Lord Chesterfield, ”Affectation”
人們在保持本來面目的時候,絕對不會是可笑的;只有在裝腔作態的時候,他們才是可笑的。
柴斯特菲爾德,〈矯飾〉 - Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object.
Hegel, Philosophy of History
生命唯有以一件有價值之事為其目標時,才有價值。
黑格爾,《歷史哲學》 - Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.
Eudora Welty, “Moon on a Silver Spoon”
早在我撰寫故事之前,我就傾聽故事了。
威蒂,〈銀湯匙上的月亮〉 - People who know little are usually great talker, while men who know much say little.
Rousseau, Emile
懂得不多的人常是空論者,而淵博者則寡言。
盧梭,《愛彌兒》 - Some books are to be tasted, other to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Bacon, “Of Studies”
有些書淺嘗即可有些說可囫圇吞下,少數書是要細細品味的。
培根,〈論讀書〉 - Without the memories, it’s all meaningless.
Lois Lowry, The Giver
沒有記憶,什麼都沒有意義。
露意絲 勞里,《記憶受領員》 - When all the people of the world remember to laugh, particularly at themselves, there will be no more dictators and no more wars.
Ben Lucien Burman, “Antidote for War”
當世界各國的人都記得要大笑,尤其是笑他們自己,世界上就不會有獨裁者,也不會有戰爭。
勃曼,<防戰良藥> - A hungry man is not a free man.
Stevenson
飢餓者並非自由者。
史蒂文生
2014年1月9日 星期四
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.19
- Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Browning
無知並非單純,而是罪惡。
勃朗寧 - Reading is a tow-way process; the reader can also write; television viewing is a one-way street: the viewer cannot create television image.
Marie Winn, “Viewing vs. Reading”
閱讀是雙向過過程:讀者也能寫作;觀賞電視單行道:觀賞者無法創造電視意象。
溫恩,〈觀賞對閱讀〉 - When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
Singer
你出賣別人時,也出賣了自己。
辛格 - Writers are well-known for their powers of invention and imagination.
Andersen, “The Nightingale”
作家以創造力和想像力聞名。
安徒生<夜鶯> - Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.
Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
比起那些偉大的鳥獸來,人算不了什麼。
海明威<老人與海> - If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love.
Camus, The plague
如果有一件人可以永遠渴望,而且有時能夠得到的東西,那就是人類的愛。
卡繆<瘟疫> - Glory abroad too often means misery at home.
Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
國外的光榮往往意味著國內的困苦。
房龍,《人類的故事》 - Human suffering is mostly made by man himself.
Leon J. saul, “Suffering Is Self-Manufactured”
人的苦難多半是自作自受。
李昂 索爾,〈自作自受〉 - Love is a word which covers a variety of feelings.
Russell, “The Good Life”
愛是一個包含多種感情的人。
羅素,〈美好的生活〉 - It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
Gogol, The Inspector-General
如果你的臉是歪斜的,責怪鏡子是沒用的。
果戈里,《總督察》
2014年1月7日 星期二
英文名句,英文名言佳句賞析 vol.18
- The right to speak freely is one of the necessary means to the attainment of the truth.
Walter Lippmann, “Freedom of Speech”
言論自由的權利是獲致真理的必須方式之一。
李普曼,〈言論自由〉 - The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Carlyle, Here and Hero Worship
世界歷史只不過是偉人的傳記。
卡萊爾,《英雄與英學崇拜》 - The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Hazlitt, “Political Essays”
愛自由即愛他人;愛權勢即愛自己。
海斯利特,〈政治散文〉 - There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
Ibsen A Doll’s House
仰賴借貸與債務過活的家庭生活,毫無自由或美言。
易卜生,〈玩偶之家〉 - What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.
Camus, The plague
我感到興趣的是:為所愛而生,為所愛而死。
卡繆<瘟疫> - When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
想賣弄機智的人,有時會偏離真理少許。
修伯里,《小王子》 - No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another’s happiness.
Greene, The Heart of the Matter
沒人能真正了解別人;沒人能安排別人的快樂。
格林,《問題的核心》 - In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
Greene, The Heart of the Matter
在人的關係中,愛與諾言值一千件真事。
格林,《問題的核心》 - You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
Emerson
上帝說,你可以擁有喜悅,或者你可以擁有權勢;但是你不可以擁有二者。
愛默生 - Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.
Anne Frank, The Diary of A Young Girl
快樂的人會使得別人也快樂。有勇氣和信心的人永不會死於不幸。
安妮 富蘭克,《少女安妮的日記》