马克吐温名人名言英文 马克·吐温语录
马克·吐温（Mark Twain），美国作家、批判现实主义文学的奠基人。在不同时期，其作品风格迥异，从最初的轻松幽默到尖酸讽刺，最后陷入绝望与强烈。40年的创作生涯，马克·吐温写出了十多部长篇小说、几十部短篇小说及其他体裁的大量作品，代表作有《竞选州长》《百万英镑》《镀金时代》《王子与贫儿》等。《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》是他优秀的作品，曾被美国小说家海明威誉为是“第一部真正的美国文学”。
精选语录：
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
每当你发现自己和大多数人站在一边，你就该停下来反思一下。
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
愤怒是一种酸，它对储存它的容器的伤害大于它对任何接触它的物体的伤害。
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
当真理还正在穿鞋的时候，谎言就能走遍半个世界。
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
保持身体健康的唯一办法，就是吃点你不想吃的，喝点你不想喝的，以及做点你不愿做的事情。
Prophesying was the only human art that couldn't be improved by practice.
预言是人类唯一一项无法经由练习而改善的技术。
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
不要和一个蠢货去争辩，他会把你拉低到他的水平，然后用经验打败你。
Life is short. Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.
生命是短暂的。去打破常规，快速地原谅，慢慢地亲吻，真心地去爱，纵情地去笑，对于让你微笑的任何事情，永远不要感到遗憾。
It’s easier to fool people than convince them that they have been fooled.
愚弄别人比让他们相信他们被愚弄了更容易。
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
当你只是某个人的一个选项时，不要让这个人成为你优先考虑的对象。
Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.
担心就像偿还一笔你没有欠下的债务。
Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.
良好的判断是经验丰富的结果，而丰富的经验则来自糟糕的判断。
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
越是禁止的事物越流行。
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
如果你的朋友们开始夸你看上去多么年轻，那就是你正在变老的确据。
The first rule of politics is never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
政治的第一条法则是永远不要让事实成为影响好故事的绊脚石。
在幽默的领域里，重复的威力是很大的。几乎任何一个用词确切一成不变的习惯用语，只要每隔一段时间郑重地重复它五六次，最后总是逼得人家忍不住笑起来。
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
他发现了人类行为的一大法则，自己还不知道——那就是，为了要使一个大人或小孩极想干某样事情，只需要设法把那件事情弄得不易到手就行了。
——《汤姆·索亚历险记》
If you tell the truth, you do not need a good memory!
如果你说真话，你就不需要好记性。
——《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》
