最经典英文名人名言(中英文对照)

what's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

名称有什么关系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。—shakespeare there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。—napoleon

growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

越来越老并不可怕，可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。—kenny rogers without libraries what have we? we have no past and no future.

如果没有了图书馆，我们还有什么呢？我们没有了过去也没有了未来。—kay bradbury

scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.

科学知识要求完全不受个人的影响。—bertrand russell nothing in life is to be feared. it is only to be understood.

生活中没有可怕的东西，只有应去了解的东西。—marie curie

truth is beautiful. withoutdoubt; and so are lies.

真理是美的；毫无疑问，谎言也是如此。—emerson.

nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—rousseau you can never plan the future by the past.

永远也不能依照过去来将来。—burke

time is a versatile performer. it flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。—franklin p.jones

the first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。—emerson

death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。—helen keller

important principles may and must be flexible.

重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。—abraham lincoln

that is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。—jacob bronowski

the danger of the past was that men became slaves. the danger of the future is that men may become robots.

在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。—erich fromm

nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—rousseau you can never plan the future by the past.

永远也不能依照过去来将来。—burke

time is a versatile performer. it flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。—franklin p.jones

the first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。—emerson

death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。—helen keller

important principles may and must be flexible.

重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。—abraham lincoln that is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。—jacob bronowski

the danger of the past was that men became slaves. the danger of the future is that men may become robots.

在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。—erich fromm

knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

知识是一宝库，而实践就是开启宝库大门的钥匙。—fuller

the golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

真正的金科玉律就是世上并无金科玉律。—g.b.shaw

the lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

热爱大自然的人内外协调一致，即使进入成年后依然保持着童心。—emerson ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in.

以聚在一起的十个人能够完成一万个分散的人做不到的事情。—thomas carlyle imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.

想象不应脱离现实。—a.n. whitehead there are two sides to every story ..at least.

每个故事都可以从两个方面看，至少两个方面。—ann landers

today is not yesterday. we ourselves change. how then can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be fittest, continue always the same? 今天不同于昨天。我们自己也在。那么，我们的著作和思想，如果想永远不过时，怎么能始终不呢？—thomas carlyle

love alone can release the power of the atom so it will work for man and not against him.

只有爱才能使原子的力量造福人类，而非危害人类。—w. a. peterson

do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. (william shakespeare, british dramatist)

不要只因一次，就你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家莎士比亚.w.) don't part with your illusions. when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (mark twain, american writer)

不要你的。当没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。（(美国作家马克·吐温)

i want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. i don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world. (thomas edison, american inventor)

我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。(美国发明家爱迪生. t.)

ideal is the beacon. without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.( leo tolstoy, russian writer)

理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家托尔斯泰. l.)

if winter comes, can spring be far behind ?( p. b. shelley, british poet ) 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人, 雪莱. p. b.)

if you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. (ibsen, norwegian dramatist )

如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。(挪威剧作家易卜生)

if you would go up high, then use your own legs ! do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads. (f. w. nietzsche, german philosopher)

如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国家尼采. f. w.)

it is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them. ( mark twain, american writer )

就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家马克·吐温)

living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. (alexander dumas, davy de la pailleterie, french writer)

生活没有就像航海没有指南针。(法国作家大仲马. a.)

the ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness, beauty and truth.(albert einstein, american scientist)

有些理想曾为我们引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对，那些理想就是--真、善、美。(美国科学家爱因斯坦. a.)

the important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (johan wolfgang von goethe, german poet and

dramatist)

重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的，并决心实现它。(德国诗人、戏剧家歌德. j. m.) the man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (mark twain, american writer)

具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。(美国作家马克·吐温) the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (franklin roosevelt, american president)

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。(美国总统罗斯福. f.)

when an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory. (abraham lincoln, american statesman)

如果一个目的是正当而必须做的，则达到这个目的的必要手段也是正当而必须采取的。(美国政治家林肯. a.)

a free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books . (thomas jefferson , american president)

一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(美国总统杰斐逊 . t.)

a great part to the information i have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. (adams franklin , american humorist )

我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。(美国幽默作家富兰克林. a.)

if a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.(benjamin franklin , american president )

倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识，收益最佳。( 美国总统富兰克林. b.)

imagination is more important than knowledge .(albert einstein , american scientist)

想象力比知识更为重要。(美国科学家爱因斯坦. a.)

knowledge is power . (francis bacon , british philosopher)

知识就是力量。(英国家培根. f.)

even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

即使所有的专家都一致赞同，他们可能也错了。—bertrand russell sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

有时候你能做的最紧急重要的事情就是彻底休息。—ashleigh brilliant little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

滴滴小水珠，颗颗小沙粒，会形成浩瀚的海洋与宜人的土地。—julia carney even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.

即使是最疲惫的河流，历经曲折，也终会安然入海—swinburne the history of mankind is the history of ideas.

人类的历史就是思想的历史。—ludwig von mises

to believe with certainty,we must begin with doubting.

要完全，我们首先得怀疑。—stanislaus

give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish, and you get rid of him on the weekends.

给他一条鱼，你可以喂他一天；教他钓鱼，他周末就不会再来缠你了。—gary apple

true science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.

真正的科学首先教人怀疑和知道自己无知。—miguel de unamuno truth has no special time of it's own. its hour is now always.

真理没有自己特定的时间段。它的时间永远是现在。—a.schweitzer the empty vessels make the greatest sound.(william shakespeare , british dramatist)

满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。(英国剧作家莎士比亚. w.)

夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。

stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.and yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.

世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。

o troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.

世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。

the world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.it becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.

是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。

it is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.

无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。

the mighty desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.

如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。

if you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？

the sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. will you carry the burden of their lameness?

她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。

her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。

once we dreamt that we were strangers.we wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

忧思在我的心里平静下去，正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。

sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.

adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (horace, ancient roman poet)

苦难显才华，好运隐天资。(古罗马诗人贺拉斯)

almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to. (lucius annaus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)

差不多任何一种处境—无论是好是坏—都受到我们对待处境的的影响。(古罗马家西尼加l a)

although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (hellen keller, american writer)

虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的(美国作家海伦·凯勒)

as fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. (hugh black, american writer)

水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。(美国作家布莱克h)

everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances. (leonhard frand , german novelist)

我可以拿走人的任何东西，但有一样东西不行，这就是在特定环境下选择自己的生活的自由。(德国小说家弗兰克l)

every tragedy makes heroes of common people. (normna stephens, american writer)

每场悲剧都会在平凡的人中造就出英雄来。(美国作家斯蒂芬斯n) he who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be. (https://www.360docs.net/doc/4218139532.html,ford, british writer)

自己甘愿受辱的人，受污辱也活该。(英国作家科福德f c)

i find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (helen keller,ameican writer)

我发现生活是令人激动的事情，尤其是为别人活着时。(美国作家海伦·凯勒)

i wept when i was born, and every day shows why.(jack london, american novelist)

我一生下来就开始哭泣，而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。(美国小说家杰克·伦敦) if you want to live your whole life free from pain

如果你想一生摆脱苦难

you must become either a god or else a coupes

你就得是神或者是死尸

consider other men's troubles

想想他人的不幸

that will comfort yours

你就能坦然面对

menander, ancient athenian playwriter

古雅典剧作家米南德

all for one, one for all.

人人为我，我为人人。—[法] dumas pére 大仲马

other men live to eat, while i eat to live.

别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。—socrates 苏格拉底easy come, easy go.

易得者亦易失。—hazlitt 赫斯特

love rules his kingdom without a sword.

爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。—herbert 赫伯特we soon believe what we desire.

我们中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。—chaucer 乔叟the darkest hour is that before the dawn.

黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—fuller 富勒

the longest day has an end.

最难过的日子也有尽头。—howell 贺韦尔

living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活而无，犹如航海之无指南针。—j. ruskin 鲁斯金

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—heywood 希伍德

one swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。—taverner 泰维纳

a man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink. 一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。—heywood 希伍德one cannot eat one’s cake and have it.

一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。—davies 戴维斯time is money.

时间就是金钱。—benjamin franklin 富兰克林

time and tide wait for no man.

时间不等人。—scott 斯科特