There is no situation in life but has its advantages and pleasures provided we will but take it as a joke when we find it.---Washington Irving,American author, essayist, biographer and historian. 人世间的任何境遇都有其优点和乐趣,只要我们愿意接受现实。---华盛顿·埃尔文,美国作家,评论家,传记作家和历史学家。
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another,not because he does not feel them,but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.---Aristotle,Greek philosopher. 人们泰然自若地承受接踵而至的灾难,并不是由于感觉迟钝,而是由于具有崇高和英勇的品质,这时,尽管在厄运中,心灵美仍放射出灿烂光辉。---亚里士多德,古希腊哲学家。
Victory at all costs,victory in spite of all terror,victory however long and hard the road may be;for without victory there is no survival.---Sir Winston Churchill,British Prim Minster during WWII. 不惜一切代价去夺取胜利,不怕任何恐怖去夺取胜利。不论道路多么漫长和崎岖,一定要夺取胜利!因为没有胜利就不能生存---温斯顿.丘吉尔爵士,二战期间英国首相。
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy,but he who has shown the most forbearance and the better temper---Samuel Butler,English poet and satirist. 辩论中得分最高的不是一语中的之人,而是最具耐心和更有涵养之人---萨缪尔.巴特勒,英国诗人和讽刺作家。
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none---Thomas Carlyle,Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher. 最大的错误是觉着自己没有错误---托马斯.卡莱尔,英国讽刺作家,随笔作家,历史学家和教师。
In reading,we hold converse with the wise;in the business of life,generally with foolish---Francis Bacon, English philosopher,statesman,scientist,lawyer,jurist and author. 读书时,我们与智者交谈;生活中,我们与傻瓜对话---弗朗西斯.培根,英国哲学家,政治家,科学家,律师,法官和作家。
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors;and the most patient teachers.---Charles William.Eliot,American academic. 书籍是人类最宁静和永恒的朋友,是最善解人意和最具智慧的顾问,是最有耐心的良师益友---查尔斯.威廉.埃利奥特,美国学者。
From the very beginning of his education,the child should experience the joy of discovery---Alfred North Whitehead,English mathematician and philosopher. 从受教育的最开始,一个儿童就应该体会到发现的乐趣---阿尔弗雷德.诺斯.怀特海德,英国数学家和哲学家。