100条英语名人名言

100句英语名人名言

1.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

2.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

3.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

4.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

5.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

6.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

7.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

8.he that is once born, once die.

有生比有死。--herbert

9.the more alternative, the more difficult the choice.

选择越多越难抉择。--abbe d'allaiva

10.the fox changes his skin but not his habits.

江山易改，本性难移。--suetonius

11.forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they never pardon who have done wrong.

受害者有权宽恕，但他们永远也不能原谅那些害人者。

--dryden 加德莱顿

12.there is a time to speak and a time to be silent.

该说话时说话，该沉默时沉默。

--caxton卡克斯顿

13.people with tact have less to retract.

智者悔少。

--arnold glasgow阿诺德·格拉斯哥

14.to do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

制造不公比承受不公更可耻。

--plato柏拉图

15.regardless of how much patience we have, we would prefer never to use any of it.

无论我们有多大的耐心，我们都希望永远不要用到它。

--james to.o'brien詹姆士·t·奥布赖恩

16.some folks never exaggerate--they just remember big.

有些人从来不有夸张—他们只是记错了。

--audrey snead奥德丽·斯尼德

17.thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

盗贼尊重财产权，他们只是希望财产能变成他们的财产，因为这样，他们才能更尊

重这财产权。

--g.k.chesterton g.k.切斯特顿

18. in a way, nobody sees a flower really. it is so small; we haven't time. and to see takes time, as to have a friend takes time.

在某种意义上，没有人真正看过一朵花。花那么小，我们又没有时间，要看可要花

时间的，就像交朋友也要花时间。

--georgia o'keeffe乔治亚·奥基夫

19.how majestic is naturalness.i have never met a man whom i really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

自然是多么高贵呀。我从不认为不自然不简单的人是真正伟大的人。矫揉造作不可

避免的会暴露不能肯定自己的人。

--charles daves查尔斯·戴夫斯

20.the worst bankrupt is the person who lost his enthusiasm.

最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。

-- h.w.arnold h.w.阿诺德

21.people want know how much you care before they care how much you know.

人们首先想知道你在乎多少，然后才在乎你知道多少。

--james hind 詹姆斯.欣德

22.there are good man everywhere. i only wish they had louder voices.

到处都是好人，我只希望他们声音大一些。

--louis l'amour 路易斯.拉穆尔

23.the better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.

我们的自我感觉越良好，我们就越用不着把别人打倒在地才觉得自己伟大。

--brian lanker 布赖恩.兰克

24.the miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.

神奇的是我们分享得越多，我们拥有的也越多。

--leonard nimoy 伦纳德.莫尼哀

25.it is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.

在白天对什么都不动感情是极为容易的，但在夜晚就是另外一回事。

--hemingway 海明威

26.a mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

如果有一天，母亲不在为儿子做的糟糕事操心，而为她的孙子孙女做的令人惊讶的

事而欣喜，她就是一位真正的祖母。

--loise wyse落伊丝.怀斯

27.somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.

在这个世界的某一地方，每个人都会失败，有的人为失败所毁，有的人被成功变得

小气吝啬。同时战胜失败和成功的人才是了不起的人。

--john steinbeck 约翰.斯坦贝克

28.don't fool yourself that you going to have it all. you are not. psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. the marvelous thing about human beings is that we perpetually reaching for the stars. the more we have, the more we want. and for this reason, we never have it all.

别欺骗自己以为你能得到一切。你办不到。从心理学角度说，拥有一切甚至都不是

一个有意义的概念。人类的精彩之处是我们永远伸着手想摘星星。我们得到的越

多，想要的就越多。由于这个原因，我们永远不能拥有一切。

--joyce brothers乔伊斯.布拉泽斯

29.there are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

有许多人将他们的想象当做记忆。

--josh billings 乔希.比林斯

30.to err is human, to forgive, divine.

人皆犯错，你能原谅别人，你就是圣人。

--pope 蒲柏

31.people throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.

人们往往坚持完美而扔掉了一些他们原本可以有的东西，

但他们是不可能拥有完美的，虽然他们还在永远找不到完

美的地方到处搜寻。

——edith schaeffer 伊迪丝·谢弗

32.what we all tend to complain about most in other people are those things we don't like about ourselves.

在别人身上我们抱怨最多的东西往往也是我们自身中自己

也不喜欢的东西。

——william wharton 威廉·沃顿

33.only god is in a position to look down on anyone.

只有上帝才处于可以俯视所有人的位置。

——sarah brown 萨拉·布朗

34. there is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

忍耐超过了一定的限度便不再是美德了。

——edmund burke 埃德蒙·伯克

35.everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

每个人都在抱怨他的记忆力，却没有人抱怨他的判断力。

——la rockefoucauld 拉罗什富科

36. the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

我们惟一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。

——franklin roosevelt 富兰克林·罗斯福

37.plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.

有许多人总故意作对，他们即使掉进河里，也还会坚持往上

游漂。

——josh billings 乔希·比林斯

38.solitary shots should be ignored, but when they come from several directions, it's time to pay attention. as someone once said, "if one calls you a donkey, ignore him. if two call you a donkey, check for hoof prints. if three call you a donkey, get a saddle."

不要理睬零星的枪声，但如果枪声来自几个方向就该注意

了。就像有人曾经说过：“一个人叫你驴子，别理他。两个

人叫你驴子，检查一下蹄印。三个人叫你驴子，还是买一副

鞍座来吧。”

——marshall shelley 马歇尔·谢利

39.there is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.

心中的伤痛总是不知不觉渐渐愈合，虽然我们也曾痛苦地发誓说永不忘记。

——colleen mccullough 科林·麦卡洛

40.you shall have joy or you shall have power, said god; you shall not have both.

上帝说：你或者拥有欢乐，或者拥有权利，你不能两者兼而有之。

——emerson 爱默生

41.vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated, needs but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace.

邪恶这个魔鬼生得面目可憎，开始时人们只需看上她一眼

就无比厌恶;然而天长日久，对她的脸蛋渐渐熟悉起来，于

是我们先是容忍，接着怜惜，最后将她揽身人怀。

——pope 蒲柏

42.to respect a person is not possible without knowing him.

不了解一个人却要尊敬他，那是不可能的。

——erich fromm 埃立克·弗洛姆

43.blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

一无所求的人是幸福的，因为他永远也不会失望。

——pope 蒲柏

44.there are more things between heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

在这天地问有许多事情是人类哲学所不能解释的。

——shakespeare 莎士比亚

45.if money be not you servant, it will be your master. the covetous man can not so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

如果钱财不是你的仆役，那就是你的主人。贪财的人与其

说是他拥有钱财，不如说是钱财占有他。

——francis bacon 培根

46.he who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses courage loses all.

失去财产的人损失很大，失去朋友的人损失更多，而失去勇

气的人则失去一切。

——cervantes 塞万提斯

47.in this world there are only two tragedies. one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

在这个世界上只有两种悲剧：一种是得不到自己想要的东

西，另一种是得到了。

——oscar wildle 奥斯卡·王尔德

48.you have freedon when you are easy in your harness.

在约束中能感到自如，那你就是自由的了。

——robert frost罗伯特·弗罗斯特

49.heroes may not be braver than anyone else, they are just braver five minutes longer.

英雄也许不比别人更勇敢。他们只不过比别人多勇敢五分钟。

——ronald reagan罗纳德·里根

50.he conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself.

在胜利后能控制自己的人赢得了第二个胜利。

——frances bacon 培根

51. the man who has never made a mistake will never make else.

从不犯错的人将一事无成。

——g.b.shaw 萧伯纳

52、dare and the world always yields.if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.

大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。

53、i think success has no rules, but you can learn a lot from failure.(jean kerr)

我认为成功没有定律,但你可从失败中学到很多东西。(静·科尔)

54、all time is no time when it is past.

机不可失，时不再来。

55、do you love life ? then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .(benjamin franklin , american president )

你热爱生命吗?那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. b.)

56、do not teach fish to swim.

不要班门弄斧。

57、east or west, home is the best.

东奔西跑，还是家里好。

58、experience is the best teacher.

实践出真知。

59、faith can move mountains.

信念能移山。(精诚所至，金石为开。)

60、first impressions are half the battle.

先入为主。

61、good wine needs no bush.

酒香不怕巷子深。

62、haste makes waste.

欲速则不达。

63、he that promises too much means nothing.

轻诺者寡信。

64、he who has an art has everywhere a part.

一招鲜，吃遍天。

65、he would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.

千里之行始于足下。

66、home is where the heart is.

心在哪里，哪里就是家。

67、if you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.

不在屋里，不知漏雨。(亲身经历才有体会。)

68、it is never too late to mend.

亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

69、it six of one and half a dozen of the other.

彼此彼此。

70、just has long arms.

天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

71、keep something for a rainy day.

未雨绸缪。

72、life is a span.

人生如朝露。

73、man proposes, god disposes.

谋事在人，成事在天。

74、meet plot with plot.

将计就计。

75、merry meet, merry part.

好聚好散。

76、mind acts upon mind.

心有灵犀一点通。

77、never hit a man when he is down.

不要落井下石。

78、never judge by appearances.

切莫以貌取人。

79、no fire without smoke.

无风不起浪。

80、nurture passes nature.

教养胜过天性。

81、one is never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

82、one swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。(一花独放不是春。)

83、one who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.

曾经沧海难为水。

84、out of sight, out of mind.

眼不见，心不烦。

85、practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

86、poverty is stranger to industry.

勤劳之人不受穷。

87、rome was not built in a day.

罗马不是一日建成的。(伟业非一日之功。)

88、sense comes with age.

老马识途。

89、so many men, so many minds.

人心各不同。

90、some thing is learned every time a book is opened.

开卷有益。

91、strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁。

92、the car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.

车到山前必有路。

93、the heart is seen in wine.

酒后吐真言。

94、the worse luck now, the better another time.

风水轮流转。

95、time tries all things.

时间检验一切。

96、use legs and have legs.

经常用腿，健步如飞。

97、virtue never grows old.

美德常青。

98、walls have ears.

隔墙有耳。

99、what is done cannot be undone.

覆水难收。

100、wine in, truth out.

酒后吐真言。