英汉对照名言隽语(五)

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英汉对照名言隽语(五)
(5月23日17:29)
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. ( George Eliot )我从不怜惜自负的人们,因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。

(艾略特)
Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. ( Bernard Shaw )人可以爬到最高峰,但他不能在那儿久住。

(萧伯纳)
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (Kierkegaard)暴君死了,他的统治就结束了;烈士死了,他的统治刚开始。

(克尔凯郭尔)
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ( T. S. Eliot )世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。

(艾略特)
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing. ( Lady Astor )生活中的主要危险来自那些想要改变一切或什么也不想改变的人。

(阿斯特子爵夫人)
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. ( Mark Twain )习惯就是习惯,谁也不能将其扔出窗外,只能一步一步地引它下楼。

(马克吐温)
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ( C. K. Chesterton )可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义:没有观点的人的愤怒。

(切斯特顿)
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ( W. Winchell )乐观主义者:被狮子逼上了树但仍能欣赏风景的人。

(温切尔)
You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus )你知道什么是魅力:一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。

(加谬)
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau )对于诗人来说,最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。

(科克托)
The essence of language is human activity. ( O. Jesperson )语言的本质是人类活动。

(耶斯佩森)
Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ( George Eliot )动物是极容易相处的,它们从不提问,也从不会批评。

(艾略特)
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ( W. Durant )教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。

(杜兰特)
In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
( W. A. White )教育不是为了教会青年人谋生,而是教会他们创造生活。

(怀特)
I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. ( M. P. Cato )我宁可看到青年人脸红,也不愿看到它脸色变得苍白。

(加图)
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo )在争论中是无法击败无知者的。

(麦卡杜)
A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. ( Voltaire )持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。

(伏尔泰)
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。

(切斯特顿)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。

(萧伯钠)
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ( C. G. Jung )任何形式的瘾都是不好的,不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是唯心主义。

(荣格)
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( C. Darrow )只要世界还存在,就会有错误,如果没有人反叛,这些错误将永远存在下去。

(达罗)
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire )我不同意你说的话,但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。

(伏尔泰)
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。

(勒纳尔)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
( Mark Twain )具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。

(马克吐温)。