外国经典名人名言大全

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. (A. M. Lindbergh )

生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。(林德伯格)

It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. (N. Coward )

令人沮丧的是，有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊，而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。(科沃德)

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)

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. (O. W. Holmes )

通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。(霍姆斯)

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. (W. Penn)

妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。(佩恩)

If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. (O. Wilde )

如果世界上少一些同情，世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德)

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. (E. Hubbard )

许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。(哈伯德)

Don't waste life in doubts and fears. (Emerson )

不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。(爱默生)

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)