1.
We (sea folk) can live to three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.
------Andersen, "The little mermaid"
我們(水族)能活到三百歲但我們死時我們成為海上的泡沫而已.
------安徒生
2.
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
3.
Teas in the listener's eyes are the finest possible reward for any singer.
------Andersen, "The Nightingale"
對任何歌唱者來說,聆聽者眼中的淚水是最好的報酬.
------安徒生
4.
"But he hasn't got anything on!" a little child said.
------Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
「但他什麼也沒穿啊!」壹個小孩子說.
------安徒生
5.
"I have many beautiful flowers," he said, "but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all."
------Wilde, "The Selfish Giant"
「我有許多美麗的花,」他說:「但這些孩子是所有花中最美麗的.」
------王爾德
6.
In war, the strong makes slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of poor.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
戰爭時,強者奴役弱者;和平時,富者奴役貧者.
------王爾德
7.
We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and we are slaves, though men call us free.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
我們鐐銬在身,雖然沒人見到;我們身為奴隸,雖然人們認為我們自由.
------王爾德
8.
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,壹個人承擔不起;這世界的悲傷太沈重了,壹顆心承受不了.
------王爾德
9.
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation "
------Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
「壹本既沒有圖畫,又沒有對話的書,有什麼用呢 」愛麗絲想著.
------卡洛兒,
10.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
人並不是生來給打敗的.人可消滅,但打不敗.
------海明威
11.
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
12.
Pain does not matter to a man.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
對男子漢而言,痛苦算不了什麼.
------海明威
13.
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
------Camus, The plague
人之可稱贊之點,多於其可鄙視之處.
------卡繆
14.
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
15.
If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love.
------Camus, The plague
如果有壹件人可以永遠渴望,而且有時能夠得到的東西,那就是人類的愛.
------卡繆
16.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
------Voltaire
我不贊成妳的意見,但我誓死保衛妳的發言權.
------伏爾泰
17.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
------Stevenson, "Solitude"
歡笑,世界與歡笑;哭泣,妳自己壹個人哭泣.
------史蒂文生,
18.
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沈重,總能負擔到日暮時分.不論工作如何艱辛,總可以支撐著做壹整天.
------史蒂文生
19.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
------Maugham, Of Human Bondage
人們請妳批評,但他們要的卻是贊美.
------毛姆,
20.
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too.
------Maugham
如果國家對任何事的評估高於自由,它會喪失自由;諷刺的是,如果它評估高的是安逸或金錢,它也會喪失安逸或金錢.
------毛姆
21.
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
------Goethe
我們不能依據自己的觀念來訓練孩子;我們必須把他們當成上帝的賞賜,接納他們,愛護他們.
------哥德
22.
Life teaches to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
------Goethe
生活教導我們對自己,對別人不要太嚴苛.
------哥德
23.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
------Mark Twain
貓與謊言最顯著的差異之壹:貓只有九條命.
------馬克吐溫
24.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
------Mark Twain
人人都是月亮,都有不願讓人見到的陰暗面.
------馬克吐溫
25.
"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.
------Mark Twain
「經典之作.」人們稱贊卻不想讀的書.
------馬克吐溫
26.
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
------Johnson
字典像手表;最壞的比沒有好,最好的不能期待分秒不差.
------約翰生
27.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
------Johnson
生活是需求不斷的過程,而非享樂不斷的過程.
------約翰生
28.
We want to live by each other's happiness-not by each other's misery.
------Chaplin, "The Great Dictator"
我們必須仰賴彼此的快樂過活—而非仰賴彼此的不幸.
------卓別林,〈大獨裁者〉
29.
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
------Dickens, Little Dorrit
壹日為紳士,終身為紳士.
------狄更斯,《小杜麗》
30.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
------Browning
無知並非單純,而是罪惡.
------勃朗寧
31.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
------Emerson
上帝說,妳可以擁有喜悅,或者妳可以擁有權勢;但是妳不可以擁有二者.
------愛默生
32.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
------Bradstreet, "Meditations Divine & Moral"
如果沒有冬天,春天不會如此悅人; 如果人們不是有時得嘗嘗不幸,幸運不會如此受人歡迎.
------布雷史崔,〈神聖與道德之沈思〉
33.
History is the might Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages.
------Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
歷史是經驗的巨塔.歲月在無限的往昔曠野中,建立此壹巨塔.
------房龍,《人類的故事》
34.
The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food.
------ Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
人類歷史是饑餓者尋覓食物的紀錄.
------房龍,《人類的故事》
35.
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》
36.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friend.
------Balthasar Gracian, "The Golden Mean"
智者從他的敵人那而所得到的益處,要比愚者從他的朋友那所得到的益處為多.
------葛雷辛,〈中庸〉
37.
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〉
38.
He who hunts for flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
------Beecher, "The Cynic"
尋覓花朵的人將找到花朵;喜愛雜草的人將找到雜草.
------畢奇爾,〈犬儒主義者〉
39.
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.
------Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
我們可以提升自我,遠離無知,可以發現自己是卓越,聰明,技巧高超的動物.
------李察 巴哈,《天地壹沙鷗》
40.
The gull sees farthest who flies highest.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
飛的最高的海鷗看得最遠.
------李察 巴哈,《天地壹沙鷗》
41.
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
不要相信眼睛告訴妳的.眼睛展現的有限的.用妳的悟性來觀照.
------李察 巴哈,《天地壹沙鷗》
42.
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.
------修伯裏,《小王子》
43.
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
------ Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
判斷自己遠比判斷他人困難.如果妳能正確判斷自己,妳實際上是壹位具有真正智慧的人.
------修伯裏,《小王子》
44.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
------Einstein, "What I Believe"
我們能體驗的最美好的東西是神秘的事物.它是所有真正藝術和科學的來源.
------愛因斯坦,〈我的信仰〉
45.
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〉
46.
Order makes possible the highest human relationships which are the principle source of man's education.
------Meyer, "A Tick of Clock"
秩序使最完美的人類關系得以改變,這種關系是人類教育的主要來源.
------梅育,〈壹瞬間〉
47.
The love and freedom I want for myself are to be tested by the love and freedom I give others.
------Raymond Swing, "Action Is the Measure"
我所要的愛和自由,取決於我給予他人的愛和自由.
------史溫,〈尺度〉
48.
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》
49.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
------ Santayana
不曾哭泣的年輕人是野人;不願歡笑的老人是愚人.
------桑塔亞那
50.
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》 1.記住該記住的，忘記該忘記的。改變能改變的，接受不能改變的。