◎每日《英中勵志格言》整理輯錄上/001~100:
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001:
A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form.
美麗的體態,勝過漂亮的臉蛋;美麗的行爲,勝過美麗的體態。
〈雁按:form,原譯作「體形」。〉
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson(美國思想家~愛默生)
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002:
A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times.
A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight.
一定的憂愁、痛苦或煩惱,對每個人都是時時必需的。
一艘船如果沒有壓艙物,便不會穩定,無法朝著目的地一直前進。
〈雁按:人生若像溫室花朵般太舒適,便毫無甜美奮鬥的成就感。〉
..... Arthur Schopenhauer(德國哲學家~叔本華)
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003:
Activity is the only road to knowledge.
行動,是通往知識的唯一道路。
〈雁按:知識須要驗證;驗證須要行動。〉
..... George Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家~蕭伯納)
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004:
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足,是人生在世最大的幸福〈祝福〉。
〈雁按:blessing,原譯作「幸事」。〉
..... Joseph Addison(美國作家~艾迪生)
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005:
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it.
苦難顯才華,好運隱天資。
〈雁按:conceals 原意為隱藏、隱埋。在苦難中,才能長出才華的花卉;一路好運,縱有天份亦將被掩埋。〉
..... Horace(古羅馬詩人~賀拉斯)
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006:
A friend is , as it were, a second self.
可以說,朋友~是另一個自我。
〈引錄《新唐書.魏徵傳》:「太宗謂梁公曰:『以銅為鏡,可以正衣冠;以古為鏡,可以知興替;以人為鏡,可以明得失。』」〉
..... Cicero(古羅馬政治家~西塞羅)
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007:
A friendship founded on business is better than business founded on friendship.
建立在商務基礎上的友誼,勝過建立在友誼基礎上的商務。
〈雁按:建立在商務基礎上的友誼,是一種共富貴也共患難的利益合作關係,其基礎在於互信。純粹建立在友誼基礎上的商務,可能因利益衝突而失敗。〉
〈又按:「艾克斯羅德重複博弈實驗」值得參考。合作,不一定能建立友誼;但值得因合作而發展友誼,那將使合作伙伴都有共同的成就感。〉
..... John Davision Rockefeller(美國實業家~洛克斐勒)
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008:
A light heart can bear everything.
輕鬆愉快的心情,能夠忍受一切事情。
〈雁按:每天帶著輕鬆愉快的心情過日子,一切的困難挫折都將煙消雲散。〉
..... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(德國詩人~歌德)
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009:
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
學問若淺薄,則如履薄冰。
〈雁按:「若」與「則」是翻譯時酌予添增的語助詞。原譯文無此二字。〉
..... Alexander Pope(英國詩人~蒲柏)
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010:
All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.
我之所有,我之所能,都歸功於我天使般的母親。
〈雁按:每一個人的天賦都來自父母的賜予,特別是懷胎十月呵護半生的母親。〉
..... Abraham Lincoln(美國總統~林肯)
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011:
All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend.
人世間所有的榮華富貴,還不如一個好朋友。
〈雁按:人們的一生沒有互信互助的好朋友,那這個人生顯然是空洞乏味的。〉
..... Voltaire(法國思想家~伏爾泰)
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012:
Almost any situation ---good or bad--- is affected by the attitude we bring to.
大抵任何一種處境--無論是好是壞--都受到我們對待處境的態度之影響。
〈雁按:Almost 原直譯「差不多」。樂觀面對人生處境便容易迎刃而解;悲觀面對人生處境便自陷治絲益棼。〉
..... Lucius Annaeus Seneca(古羅馬哲學家~西尼加)
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013:
All for one, one for all.
人人爲我;我爲人人。
〈雁按:此格言引申「人人爲我」受人之助要永遠記恩;「我爲人人」舉手助人要馬上忘功。〉
..... Dumas pére(法國小說家~大仲馬)
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014:
All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.
做一切事情都應盡力而爲;半途而廢永遠無成。
〈雁按:done right 原譯作「不行」。〉
〈類似格言: 《尚書.旅獒》:「為山九仞,功虧一簣」。」;《戰國策.秦策五》:「詩云:『行百里者半於九十』」;《孟子.盡心上》:「有為者,辟若掘井;掘井九軔,而未及泉,猶為棄井也。」〉
..... R.H. Stoddard(美國詩人~斯托達德)
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015:
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
一個人可以失敗多次;但是只要他沒有開始怪罪旁人,那麼他還不是一個失敗者。
〈雁按:不爭功諉過,則失敗時能一肩承擔責任,他還不是一個真正的失敗者。〉
..... J. Burroughs (美國博物學家~巴勒斯)
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016:
A man , like a watch , is to be valued by his manner of going.
一個人,正如一只時鐘,是以他的行動來決定其價值的。
〈雁按:似喻行動越快速準確如時鐘分秒不差者,越有價值。其實,行動不疾不緩恰到好處,才是真正高人。〉
..... William Penn(英國海軍上將~佩恩)
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017:
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
害怕痛苦的人,已經在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
〈雁按:人們越害怕痛苦,越容易感受到痛苦。唯心中無所懼,則痛苦不上身。〉
..... Michel Eyquem Montaigne(法國散文家~蒙田)
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018:
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning un-necessary.
母親不是賴以依靠的人;而是使依靠成爲不必要的人。
〈雁按:意指母親是養成我們獨立人格的引導者,不是讓我們依賴一輩子而長不大的人。〉
..... D. C. Fisher(美國女小說家~菲席爾)
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019:
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.
一部小說,猶如在大街上遊走的一面鏡子。
〈雁按:引喻一部小說如人生的一段縮影。〉
..... Stendhcl(法國作家~司湯達)
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020:
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it!
藝術遠沒有生活重要;但是沒有藝術的生活,是多麽枯燥乏味呀!
〈雁按:藝術不能當販吃;但沒有藝術的生活,如同吃飯沒有菜餚般無味。〉
..... Robert Motherwell(美國畫家~馬赦韋爾)
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021:
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers.
正如空容器般發出的聲音最大,智力最低者最善於唠叨不休。
〈首句原譯作:「正像空容器發出的聲音最大」。聲音最大,喻發聲最響。〉
〈類似格言:「空罐發聲最響;拙者發言最嘖。」〉
..... Plato(古希臘哲學家~柏拉圖)
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022:
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
好書如摯友,情誼永不渝。
..... Martin Tuppe(英國詩人~馬丁.塔波爾)
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023:
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
教師的影響是永恆的;他的影響有多深遠,難以估計。
〈雁按:次句原譯作:「無法估計他的影響會有多深遠」。〉
..... H. B. Adams(美國歷史學家~亞當斯)
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024:
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
一經愛的觸撫感動,人人皆可成爲詩人。
〈原譯作:「一經愛的觸摸,人人皆爲詩人。」人間有愛,所以才有感人的詩歌。〉
..... Plato(古希臘哲學家~柏拉圖)
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025:
At twenty years of age ,the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
二十歲時起,支配作用的是「意志」;三十歲時是「機智」;四十歲時是「判斷」。
..... Benjamin Franklin(美國總統~富蘭克林)
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026:
A life without books is like a life without sunlight; wisdom without books is like a wingless bird.
生活裡沒有書籍,就好像人生缺了陽光;智慧裡没有書籍,就好像鳥兒少了翅膀。
..... William Shakespeare〈英國劇作家~莎士比亞〉
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027:
Beauty lives with kindness.
美麗寓涵於善良。
〈雁按:本格言原簡譯為:「美寓於善。」〉
〈類似格言:「沒有善良的心,則美麗的外表便俗不可耐。」〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國劇作家~莎士比亞)
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028:
Behavior is a mirror in which everyone shows his image.
行爲是一面鏡子,每個人都把自己的形象顯現於其中。
..... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(德國詩人~歌德)
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029:
Better a frank denial than unwilling compliance.
與其勉強應允,不如坦誠拒絕。
〈類似格言:「做不到的事,勿輕易承諾。」〉
..... Victor Hugo(法國作家~雨果)
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030:
Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
品德不佳,出身再好也沒有用。
〈雁按:現代富二代含金湯匙出生,若不知潔身自愛並樂善好施,則遠不如街頭賣獎券或日用品的辛苦小民之值得尊敬。〉
..... Moliere(法國劇作家~莫里哀)
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031:
Beauty is like a rich stone, best plain set.
美貌就像寶石,不用裝飾最好。
〈類似格言:「清新、自然,最美。」〉
..... Francis Bacon(英國哲學家~培根)
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032:
Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
不要只因一次失敗,就放棄你原來決心想要達成之目的。
..... William Shakespeare(英國劇作家~莎士比亞)
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033:
Don't gild the lily.
不要給百合花鍍金。
(中式成語意譯:『勿「錦上添花」』;或譯作『勿「畫蛇添足」』。唯以原文含義言,「鍍金」應指「錦上添花」較吻合。)
..... William Shakespeare(英國劇作家~莎士比亞)
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034:
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起會使人健康、富裕和聰明。
〈雁按:現代人不容易做到「早睡早起」;那麼至少努力「不晚睡」吧。而假日時晚起又何妨?〉
..... Benjamin Franklin(美國總統~富蘭克林)
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035:
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
教育造就了一大群人;他們雖會讀書,卻不會區別什麽書值得閱讀。
..... George Macaulay Trevelyan(英國歷史學家~特里維廉)
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036:
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
教育是一腫逐步發現自己「無知」的過程。
..... Durant(美國歷史學家~杜蘭特)
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037:
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to slave.
教育可使人民容易領導,但是難於驅使;也容易管理,卻不可能奴役。
〈雁按: a people 原譯作「一個民族」。〉
..... Brougham(英國政治家~布羅漢姆)
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038:
Energy is eternal delight.
精力充沛是永恆的快樂。
〈雁按:精力充沛或指工作與讀書時之精神抖擻,如此自然可以保持永恆的快樂。〉
..... W. Black(美國詩人藝術家~布萊克)
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039:
Every law has no atom of strength, so far as no public opinion supports it.
若缺乏公衆輿論的支持,法律是絲毫沒有力量的。
..... Wendell Phillips(美國廢奴運動領袖~菲力普斯)
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040:
Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself.
每個人都受兩種教育:一種來自別人,更重要的另一種是來自自己。
〈雁按:另一種來自自己的教育,係指「自我反省」。〉
〈《論語.學而篇》:「曾子曰:『吾日三省吾身;為人謀而不忠乎? 與朋友交而不信乎?傳不習乎?』」〉
..... Edward Gibbon(英國歷史學家~吉朋)
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041:
Every soil where he is well, is to a valiant man his natural country.
勇者隨遇而安,所到之處都是鄉土。
〈雁按:natural country 原譯作「故鄉」,義同。鄉土,猶言家鄉風俗民情文化..... 等。〉
〈又,所到之處都是鄉土,引申勇者無論落腳何處,都能視當地為家鄉而融入環境,都能「入境隨俗」、「隨遇而安」也。〉
..... Massinger Phillip(英國劇作家~菲利普)
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042:
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
經驗,是一位先行測試然後才授課的嚴厲教師。
..... Law Vernon(英國作家~弗農)
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043:
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
經驗不會從天而降;經驗只有透過實踐才能獲得。
..... Aldous Leonard Huxley(美國作家~郝胥黎)
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044:
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books.
經驗是思想之子,思想是行動之子;吾人學習不能以書本爲據。
〈雁按:末句或直譯:「我們不能教人從書本上學到東西。」;意指書本上的知識,仍需經細嚼消化才能吸收成為營養。〉
〈《孟子.盡心下》:「盡信書,則不如無書。吾於武成,取二三策而已矣。」〉
..... Benjamin Disraeli(英國政治家、作家~狄斯雷利)
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045:
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
經驗是當你沒得到而想得到之物時,所獲得的東西。
〈雁按:所獲得的東西:意指努力汲取經驗的辛苦過程。〉
..... Dan Stanfort(美國實業家~斯坦福)
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046:
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
書籍是累積智慧的長明燈。
..... G. W. Curties〈美國作家~寇帝斯〉
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047:
Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.
經驗始終是昂貴的學校;然而,笨漢非進此學校不可。
〈雁按:dear 原譯作「收費高的」。〉
..... Benjamin Franklin(美國總統~富蘭克林)
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048:
Experience teaches slowly, and at cost of mistakes.
從經驗中學習收效很緩慢,而且要以錯誤爲代價。
〈雁按:mistakes 或可引申譯作「錯誤嘗試」。嘗試,是中文意譯增益之詞。〉
..... James Anthony Froude(英國歷史學家~弗路德)
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049:
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有經驗而無學問,勝於有學問而無經驗。
〈雁按:羅素此名言,係強調「學問」之重要性。〉
〈唯「學問」真比「經驗」還重要嗎?吾意以為未必盡然。亦有格言謂「經驗勝於知識」;見仁見智也。〉
〈引錄曼徹斯特大學國際企業籌算研究所 MSc 傅于瑗小姐:「保存經驗的累積以及文化交流碰撞而拓展的視野,遠比學術上的來的珍貴。」〉
..... Bertrand Russell(英國哲學家~羅素)
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050:
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it.
友誼就像陶器,破了還可以修補;愛情好比鏡子,一旦打破就難以重圓。
〈雁按:其實,過份的懷疑與傷害友誼,也很難修補復原。〉
..... Josh Billings(美國幽默作家~比林斯.J)
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051:
Fame is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
盛名殊譽,是德才之忌。
..... Nicolas Chamfort(法國作家~尚福爾)
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052:
Glow old with me, The best is yet to be!
老得很光彩;最好不是我!
〈雁按:原譯作係流行哲理式譯法;另附網路分享之抒情式中譯:「伴我偕老;美景將至!」併參。〉
..... Robert Browning〈英國詩人~羅伯特.布朗寧〉
摘錄網路分享之原文及中譯:
Grow old along with me; The best is yet to be!
The last of life, For which the first was made.
..... Robert Browning
伴我偕老;美景將至!
晚景如何?端看年少。
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053:
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
幸福不在於擁有金錢;而在於獲得成就時的喜悅,以及産生創造力的激情。
..... Franklin Roosevelt(美國總統~羅斯福)
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054:
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
幸福是一隻蝴蝶,你要追逐它的時候,總是追不到;但是如果你靜悄悄地坐下來,它也許會飛落到你身上。
..... N. Hawthorn(美國作家~霍桑)
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055:
Histories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
歷史使人明智,詩使人機靈,數學使人周密,自然科學使人深刻,倫理學人使人莊重,邏輯和修辭使人善辯。
..... Francis Bacon〈英國哲學家~培根〉
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056:
Follow your own course, and let people talk.
走自己的路,讓人家去說吧。
〈類似格言:「無視他人說三道四,堅持走自己的路。」當然,自己的路必須是正路。〉
..... Alghieri Dante(義大利詩人~但丁)
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057:
Genius only means hard-working all one's life.
天才只意味著~終生不懈的努力。
..... Mendeleyev(俄國化學家~門捷列耶夫)
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058:
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
愉悅有益於人的身體,但只有悲傷才能培養心靈的力量。
..... Marcel Proust(法國作家~普魯斯特)
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059:
Happy is the man who is living by his hobby.
醉心於某種嗜好的人,是幸福的。
〈雁按:hobby 原譯作「癖好」;因含有負面意義,酌改為「嗜好」。〉
..... G. Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家~蕭伯納)
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060:
Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted.
人生應該樹立目標,否則你的精神會平白浪費。
..... R. Peters(美國法學家~彼得斯)
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061:
He who nothing questions, nothing learns.
什麽都不問的人,學不到任何東西。
〈雁按:多學、多聞、多問、多良師益友,所以吾人能「舉一反三」也。〉
..... Stephen Gossoon(法國哲學家~笛卡爾)
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062:
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
我走得很慢,但是我從來不會後退。
〈雁按:在人生旅途中,有時停下來休息,學學「笨鳥慢飛」;這是重新充電蓄勢待發,不是回首追憶過往雲煙。〉
..... Abraham Lincoln(美國總統~林肯)
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063:
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.
理想是指路明燈。沒有理想,就沒有堅定的方向;沒有方向,就沒有生活。
..... Leo Tolstoy(俄國作家~托爾斯泰)
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064:
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
我不同意你說的話,但我誓死捍衛你說話的權利。
..... Voltaire(法國作家~伏爾泰)
按:此句格言應是以寫伏爾泰傳記而聞名的一位英國作家伊芙琳.碧翠絲.霍爾(Evelyn Beatrice Hall,筆名Stephen G. Tallentyre,1868-1919)在其書中的雋永名言。
1906 年伊芙琳.碧翠絲.霍爾以筆名 S.G. Tallentyre 出版了《The Friends of Voltaire:伏爾泰的朋友們》一書。她在該書中第 199 頁第一行開場白:
「I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. 」作為她闡述伏爾泰對於思想和言論自由信仰的一個總結。
這句雋永的總結名言,常被誤為是伏爾泰本人所說的。美國好幾位卸任總統在位時,特別愛引用伏爾泰〈實際是伊芙琳〉這句名言。
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065:
I find life an exciting business --- and most exciting when it is lived for others.
我發現生活是令人激動的事~尤其是爲別人而活著時。
〈雁按:「爲別人而活」意指為親人、為朋友而快樂地活著。我們常自勉要「爲自己而活」,則指為自己的人生奮鬥或慢活目標而活;這與「爲別人而活」是可以共存而不相悖的。畢竟,咱們的人生不是只有自己,也不是唯我獨尊。〉
..... Helen Keller(美國作家~海倫.凱勒)
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066:
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
敢於當個傻瓜,是走向智慧的第一步。
〈雁按:略類似中華格言:「大智若愚」。〉
..... James Gibbons Huneker(美國批評家~赫尼克)
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067:
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat .
我所能奉獻的沒有其他;只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。
〈雁按:心中只有「奉獻社會服務人民」;此乃政治家應有的風範!〉
..... WinstonChurchill, British Politician〈英國政治家~溫斯頓.邱吉爾〉
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068:
If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point avoiding bed ones ; for life is short, and time and energy limited.
倘若一個人想讀好書,他必須得避開壞書;因為人生苦短,我們的時間和氣力都極其有限。
..... Arthur Schopenhauer〈德國哲學家~叔本華〉
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069:
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
不能愛哪一行業,才去做哪行;而是想要做哪一行業,就去愛哪行。
〈雁按:有些人「幹一行怨一行」;因為他們從未對任何行業真正喜愛而樂在其中。〉
..... WinstonChurchill, British Politician〈英語政治家~溫斯頓.邱吉爾〉
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070:
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
如果你懷疑自己,那你的立場就不堅定了。
〈雁按:「懷疑自己」是沒有自信;「懷疑朋友」是不信任朋友。既沒有自信又不信任朋友,則如此人生夫復何趣?〉
..... bsen(挪威劇作家~易普生)
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071:
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
傻瓜能向聰明人學習之處甚少;而聰明人卻向傻瓜學習之處甚多。
〈雁按:聰明人無所不學~他能從任何小人物的身上,學得獨特的知識、處世的精神與生命的啟發~特別是人生「真、善、美」的啟發。〉
..... Johann Kaspar Lavater(瑞士作家~拉瓦特)
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072:
Genius is one- percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是 1% 的靈感,與 99% 的汗水。
〈雁按:愛迪生為發明鎢絲燈泡所流的汗水,足以塞滿一整缸浴缸。〉
..... Thomas Alva Edison〈美國發明家~湯瑪斯.愛迪生〉
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073:
Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.
好畫猶如佳肴,只能意會,不可言傳。
..... JMaurice de Vlaminck(法國畫家~弗拉曼克)
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074:
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.
幸福,在於自知擁有幸福。
〈雁按:幸福存在於我們生活中的每一樣溫柔的互動與關懷;不知珍惜親情、友情的人,很難體會幸福的真諦。〉
..... George Sand(法國女作家~喬治.桑)
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075:
Ideal books are the key to wisdom.
理想的書籍,是開啟智慧的鑰匙。
..... Leo. Tolstoy〈俄國詩人作家~列夫.托爾斯泰〉
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076:
It is more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
做正確的事,比把事情做對更重要。
〈雁按:正確的事,好比高瞻遠曙的人生規畫;把事情做對,好比便宜行事的例行公務。〉
..... Peter F. Drucker〈美國管理作家與管理顧問~彼得.杜拉克〉
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077:
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
想要懂得今日,就必須探究昨天。
〈類似中國式成語:「鑑往知來」。〉
..... Pearl Buck(美國女作家~賽珍珠)
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078:
If you would have a thing well done, you must do it yourself.
如果要將事情做好,就得親自動手。
〈意義遠了一些的格言:「怕熱,就不要進廚房。」~台諺〉
..... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(美國詩人~朗費羅)
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079:
If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.
如果我們想藥擁有新的知識,則我們必須提出大量的新問題。
〈雁按:人們一生當中,需要不斷的思考提問,不斷的不恥下問,才能獲取更多意想不到的新知識。〉
..... Susanne K. Langer〈美國哲學家兼教育家~蘭格〉
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080:
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them.
在母親的膝上,我們獲得了我們的最高尚、最真誠和最遠大的理想,但是這其中任何金錢往來卻很少。
〈雁按:母愛啟發子女的人生,其價值無法以金錢的多寡來衡量。〉
..... Mark Twain(美國作家~馬克吐溫)
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081:
Friendship is both a source of pleasure and a component of good health.
友誼既是快樂之源泉,也是健康之要素。
〈雁按:真正的友誼,來自彼此「尊重、體諒與勉勵、規勸」四個健康要素。少了前述要素,它就不是「既快樂又健康的友誼」。〉
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson(美國思想家~愛默生)
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082:
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' garden.
幸福生長在我們的火爐邊,而不能從別人的花園中採得。
〈雁按:網友在臉書上分享的一幅美麗幸福的貼圖,所附標題即類似的人生哲理格言:「幸福的愛,都在生活中的每一個細節裡!」〉
..... D.W Jerrold(英國劇作家~傑羅爾德)
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083:
Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
與其說人類的幸福來自偶爾發生的鴻運,不如說來自每天都有的小實惠。
〈雁按:「幸福」與「幸運」之差異:「幸福」是心靈的滿足,即使物質貧乏也能永遠樂在其中;「幸運」是物質的滿足,一旦缺少物質的激勵則無法持續快樂。〉
〈簡單比方:您中了樂透或獲得財富,它會讓您興奮滿甚至血脈賁張,那是 Lucky 或 fortune;而親人或朋友每天的問暖或鼓勵打氣,才是 felicity、Happiness 或 welfare。〉
..... Benjamin Franklin(美國總統~富蘭克林)
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084:
He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
誰想在逆境中得到援助,就應在身處順境時待人寬厚。
〈雁按:寬以待人,廣結善緣,始能得道多助。〉
..... Saki(英國作家~薩基)
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085:
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got down to work.
我從不等待情緒的來臨。如果你一味等待,就將一事無成。你必須牢記,只有動手去做才能有所獲得。
..... Pearl Buck(美國作家~賽珍珠)
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086:
In nature there are no rewards or punishments; there are consequences.
自然界中沒有獎賞和懲罰,只有因果報應。
〈雁按:獎賞和懲罰,其來有自,或許未盡公平;而天道因果自然循環,善惡報應恆不爽。〉
..... Horacl Annesley Vachell(美國作家瓦~謝爾)
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087:
If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.
如果你年輕時就沒有學會思考,那麽你就永遠學不會思考。
〈雁按:這則格言,正好讓我們去「思考」其個中涵義。〉
..... Thomas Edison(美國發明家~愛迪生)
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088:
It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever his age.
一個人不論年齡多大,都要學習自己不懂的東西,這絕非羞恥得事。
〈雁按:近似的格言:「活到老,學到老。」學海無涯;您也許是學問淵博的博士,但絕不是博學而無所不能的神。〉
..... Socrates(古希臘哲學家~蘇格拉底)
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089:
It is the nature of a fool to see the faults of others and forget his own.
只看見別人的錯誤而忘記自己缺點的人,是蠢人的本性。
〈類似格言:「凡人只見到別人眼裡的一粒細砂,卻看不見自己眼中的一根樑木。」〉
..... Cicero(古羅馬哲學家~西塞羅)
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090:
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
天上不會掉下玫瑰來;如果想要更多的玫瑰,必須自己種植。
〈雁按:類似格言:「天下無不勞而獲之事;唯有辛苦播種,才有收穫。」〉
〈收穫從穫,收割也;俗諺「一分耕耘,一分收穫」。管仲《管子.權修》:「一樹一穫者,谷也;一樹十穫者,木也;一樹百穫者,人也。」〉
〈不勞而獲從獲;獲取、獲得也。《史記》卷九十.《賈少沖傳》:「家貧甚,嘗道中獲遺金,訪其主歸之。」則拾獲路遺之財而歸返不昧也。〉
..... G. Eliot(英國小說家~艾略特)
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091:
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
想像力比知識更爲重要。
〈雁按:沒有想像力,就沒有浪漫的詩歌與偉大的史詩,這個世界將何其枯燥無聊!〉
..... Albert Einstein(美國科學家~愛因斯坦)
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092:
In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brains.
音樂要用心靈去思想,用頭腦去感覺。
〈雁按:音樂、舞蹈,繪畫、雕塑,詩歌、散文..... 等,都是彩繪人生的藝術;都需要「用心靈去思想,用頭腦去感覺。」〉
..... Victor Hugo(法國作家~雨果)
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093:
It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
人們不僅要做好事,更要以正確的方式做好事。
〈雁按:以正確的方式做好事,簡單說就是不要當濫好人;例如藏匿罪犯、縱容貪瀆,默許暴力、逆親或淫慾變態的行為。〉
..... John Morley(英國政治家~莫利)
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094:
If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
如果你不考慮未來,那麽你就不能擁有未來。
〈雁按:人生有目標,活著才有希望。目標不一定能完全實現,但至少曾經努力奮鬥過,總能留下一段美好的回憶。〉
..... John Galsworthy(英國小說家~高爾斯華綏)
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095:
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
笑聲如陽光,驅走人們臉上的冬天。
〈雁按:開朗的笑,如燦爛的陽光;友誼的笑,如溫馨的清風。〉
..... Victor Hugo(法國作家~雨果)
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096:
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
自由一旦生根,便是株迅猛生長的植物。
〈雁按:絕不侵害他人身體名譽的自由,才是蓬勃生長的美麗花園;以侵害他人身體名譽為樂的自由,只是蔓草叢生的廢墟。〉
..... George Washington(美國國父~華盛頓)
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097:
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles with sniffles predominating.
人生是由嗚咽、抽泣和微笑組成的;而在三者之中,抽泣處於支配地位。
〈雁按:原譯「抽泣」一詞頗傳神。「嗚咽」是失意的公開啼哭,「抽泣」是挫折的黯然神傷;「抽泣」支配人生起伏,而「微笑」鼓舞人生奮鬥。〉
..... O. Henry(美國作家~歐.亨利)
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098:
Live to learn, not learn to live.
活著就要學習,學習不是爲了活著。
〈雁按:「活到老,學到老。」人生一輩子都在「為學習而學習」,卻不是「爲活著而學習」。〉
..... Francis Bacon(英國哲學家~培根)
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099:
Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.
愛情如同小提琴。曲調可時斷時續,但琴弦卻永世長存。
〈雁按:原譯「琴弦」或可衍繹為「琴弦之音」。〉
..... J. M. Bacher(美國社會活動家~貝徹)
附註:
小提琴是弦樂器之一種。其他還有中提琴、大提琴及低音大提琴等。
以下引錄《弦樂器起源的傳說》參考:〈作者 csc0915〉
墨丘利(Mercury)是希臘神話中諸神的使神。
有一天他在尼羅河畔散步,無意中踩到一個東西,那東西發出了美妙的聲音。
他拾起來一看,原來是一個空龜殼內側附有一條乾枯的筋。
於是墨丘利從中得到啟發,發明了弦樂器。
後人考證弦樂器出現在墨丘利之前,但弦樂的發明。有可能正是從此得到了啟發。
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100:
Lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
終生幸福!這是任何活著的人都無法忍受的,那將是人間地獄。
〈雁按:終生幸福可望而不可及!人們若一生崎嶇坎坷,便有不平之鳴;若一生幸福順利,便無奮鬥樂趣。〉
..... G. Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家~蕭伯納)
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◎附註:
一、以上格言原多次貼於臉書,共 200 則重整理。
二、因篇幅所限,茲分上、下兩次貼文供參。
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