The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.
人应该生活,而非单纯生存。--Jack London
The great advantage of telling the truth is one's so much more likely to sound convincing.
说真话最大的优势就是听上去很可能更令人信服。--Susan Howatch
Misers are no fun to live, but they make great ancestors.
与吝啬鬼生活毫无乐趣,但他们却为后人称道不已。--Tom Snyder
There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better, nobler and holier than it knows before.
每个人都有向往的时候,渴望比以前更美好,更高贵,更神圣的东
西。--H.W.Beecher
Conquer fear of death and you are put into possession of you life.
战胜对死亡的恐惧才能真正享受生命。--G.Meredith
He that is once born, once die.
有生比有死。--Herbert
The more alternative, the more difficult the choice.
选择越多越难抉择。--Abbe D'Allaiva
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.
我们欲望中的东西,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.
生活而无目标,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
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。—— Heywood 希伍德
If you smile when one is around, you really mean it.
如果你独自一人笑了,那是真心的笑。--Andy Rooney
Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful then man.
天下奇迹无数,却无一比人更奇妙。--Sophocles