经典英语名言

　　What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief: To be himself. ( Ibsen )

　　人的第一天职是什么?答案很简单：不伪饰自己。(易卜生)

　　Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. ( T.W. Higginson)

　　伟人很少是突兀的山峰;它们是众山中的最高峰。(希金森)

　　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)

　　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)

　　Many people's tombstones should read: " Died at 30, buried at 60." ( N. M. Butler )

　　许多人的墓碑上应该刻上：“三十而死，六旬而葬。(巴特勒)

　　To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of content. ( G. Woodberry )

　　如果感觉到自己在生活中有了一个位置，满足的问题就解决了一半。(伍德贝利)

　　Have no fear of perfection ---- you'll never reach it. ( S. Dali )

　　不要为十全十美担心——你永远作不到十全十美。(达里)

　　The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.( T. Carlyle )

　　即使整个太阳系和星系崩溃，你也只死一次。(卡莱尔)

　　Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. ( W. M. Thackeray )

　　大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。(萨克雷)

　　Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime, and a fool's excuse for failure. ( A. Bierce )

　　命运是暴君施虐的权威，傻瓜失败的借口。(比尔斯)

　　A great man is always willing to be little. ( R. W. Emerson )

　　伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。(爱默生)

　　The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others. ( F. Bacon )

　　人的行为准则是，维护自己的尊严，不妨碍他人的自由。(培根)

　　It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. ( P. Brooks )

　　在你耐心地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的伟大意义和形象。 (布鲁克斯)

　　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)

　　Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion. ( D. H. Lawrence )

　　死是伟大的激情的唯一的纯洁、美丽的终结。(劳伦斯)

　　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)

　　One may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor. ( Nehru )

　　一个人能在战场上制胜千军，但只有战胜自己才是最伟大的胜利者。(尼赫鲁)

　　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)