◎每日《英中勵志格言》整理輯錄下/101~200:
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101:
Man errs as long as he strives.
〈雁按:沒有人一生不犯錯或毫無失誤,除非是神。〉
失誤是進取的代價。
..... Goethe(德國詩人、大文豪~歌德)
按:馬克思主義的創始人之一、德國哲學家弗里德里希.恩格斯:「歌德是站在奧林帕斯山上的宙斯。」
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102:
Man will become better only when you will make him see what he is like.
只有使一個人看清他自己的爲人,他才能變得更好。
〈雁按:多數人自我意識強,覺得自己很重要,這個世界乃以他為中心;只有少數人能看清他自己,不斷修正自己的行為。〉
..... Chekov(俄國作家~契柯夫)
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103:
Mischief comes by the pound an goes away by the ounce.
病來如山倒,病去如抽絲。
〈雁按:喻「疾病來得快,恢復得慢。」網友們當注意保養身體,避免逞強勞累。小病無妨,但要避免累出大病;一旦大病則復原緩慢,還留有後遺症。〉
..... 〈東方&西方諺語〉
《紅樓夢.第五十二回》:「你太性急了!俗語說:『病來如山倒,病去如抽絲。』又不是老君的仙丹,那有這麼靈的!」
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104:
Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.
災難就像刀子,握住刀柄就可以爲我們服務,拿住刀刃則會割破手。
〈雁按:類似格言:「一刃兩面;可以濟世,也能傷人。」〉
..... 〈James Russell Lowell(美國女詩人~洛威爾)
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105:
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
謙虛不僅是一種裝飾品,也是美德的護衛。
〈雁按:進一步說,謙虛不僅是溝通言詞上的謙遜,也是人際互動上的謙卑。〉
..... Joseph Addison(美國作家~艾迪生)
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106:
Money is a good servant and a bad master.
金錢是善僕,也是惡主。
〈雁按:若吾人有財富,當善用以濟世助人;要成為財富的主人,勿淪為金錢的奴隸!〉
..... Francis Bacon(英國哲學家~培根)
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107:
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
對於大多數人來說,他們認定自己有多幸福,就有多幸福。
〈雁按:幸福有三大要素:
1. 幸福不假外求;它來自生活中的每一個細節裡。
2. 幸福必須要有感動的能力:感動自己,也感動他人。
3. 幸福是心靈的滿足,即使物質貧乏,也能永遠樂在其中。〉
..... Abraham Lincoln(美國總統~林肯)
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107:
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
音樂有著撫慰粗野的胸懷、軟化頑石或使千年老樹彎腰的魅力。
〈雁按:音樂是人類共通的語言;它可以撫慰人心,化戾氣為祥和。〉
..... William Congreve(英國劇作家~廉格里夫)
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108:
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
音樂,是唯一不能用來表達卑鄙的或諷刺之事物的語言。
〈雁按:同理,能用來表達卑鄙的或諷刺之事物的語言,絕非音樂。〉
..... John Erskine(美國教育家~厄斯金)
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109:
Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise.
相互寬容對方的缺點,乃是通向天堂之門。
〈雁按:寬容並欣賞對方的缺點,是人生一種不可或缺的美德。〉
..... William Black(英國詩人~布萊克)
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110:
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
天生的才幹如同天生的植物一樣,需要靠學習來修剪。
〈雁按:人們不斷的學習,是人生進步的動力;不屑於學習者,天才也會淪為白癡。〉
..... rancis Bacon(英國哲學家~培根)
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111:
No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good.
把痛苦視爲生活中最大禍害的人,不可能勇敢;把歡樂視爲生活中最美妙的人,不會自我節制。
〈雁按:人生必須不畏挫折痛苦,不耽溺奢華逸樂;如此活著,這輩子才有意義。〉
..... Cicero(古羅馬政治家~西塞羅)
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112:
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
除了我們自己以外,沒有人能貶低我們。如果我們堅強,就沒有什麽不良的影響能夠擊敗我們。
〈雁按:近似格言:「God helps those who help themselves. ~天助自助者。」..... 伊索寓言〉
..... B.T. Washington(美國教育家~華盛頓)
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113:
No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law.
沒有哪個社會可以制訂一部永遠適用的憲法,甚至一條永遠適用的法律。
〈引錄《老子道德經》第十八章:「大道廢,有仁義。智慧出,有大偽。.....」再完備的憲法或法律,永遠不會臻於完善。〉
..... Thomas Jefferson(美國總統~傑斐遜)
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114:
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
最可怕的事,莫過於行動中的無知。
〈雁按:行動中的無知,諸如猶豫不決、顢頇遲緩、剛愎自用、一意孤行、暴虎憑河、有勇無謀..... 等。〉
..... Desiderius Eramus(荷蘭人文主義者~伊拉莫斯)
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115:
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
在世界上,沒有任何事比真正的無知與切實的愚蠢更危險。
..... Martin Luther King, Jr.,〈美國民權運動領袖~馬丁·路德.金〉
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116:
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
並非我不愛凱撒,而是我更愛羅馬。
〈雁按:語出《凱撒大帝》。劇中主角之一布魯特斯向羅馬群眾說明行刺的動機,是為了防範自我神格化的凱撒野心膨脹,荼毒生靈;莎翁在他講詞中留下此句名言:「並非我愛凱撒較少,而是我愛羅馬更多。」〉
..... William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar〈英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~威廉.莎士比亞〉
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117:
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily .
只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人,才能夠輕而易舉地完成困難的事。
〈雁按:《中庸》第十五章:「君子之道,辟如行遠,必自邇;辟如登高,必自卑。《詩》曰:“妻子好合,如鼓瑟琴。兄弟既翕,和樂且耽。宜爾室家,樂爾妻帑。”子曰:“父母其順矣乎!”」〉
〈又按:《老子道德經》第 64 章:「合抱之木,生於毫末;九層之台,起於累土;千里之行,始於足下。」荀子《勸學篇》:「不積跬步,無以至千里;不積小流,無以成江海。」〉
..... Hiler(德國劇作家、詩人~席勒)
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118:
Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
普通人只想到如何度過時間;有才能的人設法利用時間。
〈雁按:只想度過時間,是虛擲生命;能設法利用時間,是豐富人生。〉
..... Arthur Schopenhauer(德國哲學家~叔本華)
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119:
Our deeds determine us, much as we determine our deeds.
什麽樣的人,便決定了幹什麽樣的事;同理,幹什麽樣的事,也決定了是什麽樣的人。
〈類似格言:「不是你駕馭生命,就是生命駕馭你。你的心態決定誰是坐騎,誰是騎師。」〉
..... George Eliot(英國小說家~艾略特)
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120:
Our destiny offers us not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒,而是機會之杯。
〈雁按:引錄《洛克斐勒留給兒子的三十八封信》之第二十七封信《幸運之神眷顧勇者》:
「機運就在你的選擇之中。如果你有百分之五十一的時間做對了,那麼你就會變成英雄。
你的行為像個贏家,你就很可能去做更多贏家應該做的事,從而改變你的『運氣』。」〉
..... Richard Nixon(美國總統~尼克森)
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121:
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
知識有兩種。其一是我們對一個主題的相關知識已然精通,其二是我們知道自己在何處覓得有關這些知識的資訊。
〈雁按:學問之道,不外乎「精」與「博」。「精」者,術業有專攻;「博」者,博古通今也。〉
〈又按:語出韓愈《師說》:「聞道有先後,術業有專攻。」;《孔子家語.觀周》:「吾聞老聃博古知今。」〉
..... Samuel Johnson〈英國作家~強森〉
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122:
For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later.
好事不出門,壞事傳千里。
〈《卍續藏.五燈會元.卷九》:「僧問:『如何是西來意?』師曰:『好事不出門,惡事行千里。』」..... 1565.80冊〉
..... John Milton(英國詩人~彌爾頓)
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123:
One cannot help being old, but one can resist being aged.
一個人無法不變老,但他可以抵制腐朽。
〈雁按:如何抵制腐朽?一指抵制權力、財富等物欲的腐化;另指追求人格精神的永存不朽。〉
..... H. L. Samuel(英國哲學家~塞缪爾)
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124:
One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of man.
人總應與最好的伴侶一起生活,無論陪伴自己的是書或人。
〈雁按:自然,陪伴自己的書應是人生好書;陪伴自己的人應是正人君子。〉
..... Samuel Smiles〈英國作家~斯邁爾〉
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125:
Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.
樂觀主義者,總是想像自己實現了目標的情景。
〈類似格言:「遭遇挫折時,樂觀的人總是看見機會,悲觀的人總是憂慮末日。」〉
〈抄錄雨果名言: 1. 世界上最寬闊的是海洋,比海洋更寬闊的是天空,比天空更寬闊的是人的胸懷。 2. 未來將屬於兩種人:思想的人和勞動的人;實際上,這兩種人是同一種人,因為思想也是勞動。 3. 在絕對正確的革命之上,還有一個絕對正確的人道主義。〉
〈引錄香港經濟日報「麵包樹」作者張小嫻:「上帝拿走了你一樣東西,說不定是把更好的給你。」〉
..... Lucius Annaeus Seneca(古羅馬哲學家~西尼加)
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125:
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
忍耐是痛苦的,但它的果實是甜蜜的。
〈引錄星雲大師人生智慧語錄:「能行忍者,乃可名為有力大人。若其不能歡喜忍受譭謗、譏諷、惡罵之毒如飲甘露者,不名入道智慧人也。」〉
..... Jean Jacques Rousseau(法國思想家~盧梭)
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126:
Perhaps the greatest of all the advantages of the book as a means of communication is simply that by reading you learn to read,
become more and more capable of receiving more and more completely more subtle and complicated communications.
作為一種傳播方式,書籍最大的優點,或許就在於能使你經由閱讀,而學會閱讀。
書籍能使你愈來愈善於吸收更完整、更深刻、更複雜的傳播內容。
..... Joseph Wood Krutch〈美國作家兼自然科學家~克魯契〉
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127:
Perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life.
或許你不能支配自己的工作,但你能夠使生活發生轉變。
〈雁按:人人樂在工作,可以潛移默化改造世界。〉
..... Alan Loy Mcginnis(英國作家~麥金尼斯)
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128:
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
純粹的、完全的哀愁和純粹的、完全的歡樂,一樣都是不可能的。
..... Leo Tolstoy(俄國文學家~托爾斯泰)
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129:
Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
悲哀和煩惱,若非使人心軟,就是使人心狠。
〈雁按:不要把悲哀和煩惱施加在他人身上;各人造業各人擔。〉
..... James Mackintosh(英國作家~麥金托什)
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130:
Some books, like some persons, convey to us all that they will ever to give at a single sitting.
Others hold our attention profitably through two or three encounters.
正如同某些人,有些書不一會兒,就將它們要給予我們的所有,完完全全地展示在我們眼前。
另一些書則需要我們從頭到尾讀兩三遍,我們才能從中獲益。
..... Stuart Pratt Sherman(美國教育家兼評論家~謝爾曼)
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131:
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
靜水流深。
〈雁按:喻高人隱士韜光養晦,不輕易鋒芒畢露。北大才女曾錚所著生命見證之書名,亦名曰《靜水流深》。〉
..... Shakespeare(英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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132:
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
成功乃由大量的失誤而造就。
〈雁按:大量的失誤,指歷經大量的失敗過程。雖然成功有時很順利幾無阻礙,但大部分成功之路都有失敗的淬驗。〉
〈類似格言:美國獨立運動推手、開國元老湯馬斯.潘恩〈Thomas Paine〉:「失敗為成功之母〈Failure is the mother of success.〉。」〉
..... Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家~蕭伯納)
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133:
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.-Shakespeare
寧為聰明的愚夫,不作愚蠢的才子。
〈雁按:愚夫如有自知之明,便是聰明人;才子若無知人之明,便是愚蠢人。〉
..... Shakespeare(英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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134:
The empty vessels make the greatest sound.
滿瓶不響,半瓶咣當。
〈雁按:比喻確有真才實學者,往往謙沖穩健,深藏不露。反之,只有半瓶墨水者,常常誇耀自己,不知內斂。〉
〈類似格言:「愈是結實的稻穗,愈會低頭。」..... 西諺〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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135:
No matter how long night, the arrival of daylight Association.
無論黑夜無論怎樣悠長,白晝總會到來。
〈類似格言:「黑夜之後,終將黎明。」..... 西諺〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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136:
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
好書使人開卷有所期待,闔卷有所收獲。
〈類似格言:「開卷有益。」語出北宋王辟《澠水燕談錄》卷六:「太宗日閱《御覽》三卷,因事有缺,暇日追補之,嘗曰:開卷有益,朕不以為勞也。」〉
..... (Louisa May Alcott〈美國作家~露薏莎‧梅‧奧爾科特〉
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137:
The Chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity.
中文的「危機」分爲兩個字:一個意味著「危險」,另外一個意味著「機會」。
〈類似格言:「樂觀的人,把『危機』當作『機會』;悲觀的人,把『危機』當作『危險』。」〉
..... Burejer(英國作家~布瑞傑)
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138:
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully. They have been kindness, beauty and truth.
有些理想曾是我的指明燈,並不斷給我新的勇氣以欣然面對人生;那些理想就是~真、善、美。
〈雁按:真,純真、自然。《莊子.田子方》:「其為人也真。」;《莊子.秋水》:「謹守而勿失,是謂反其真。」〉
〈又按:善,善行、有德者。《中庸》第六章:「子日:“舜好問而好察邇言,隱惡而揚善,執其兩端,用其中于民。其斯以為舜乎!”」;《中庸》第二十章:「送往迎來,嘉善而矜不能,所以柔遠人也。」〉
〈又按:美,美好之德性或事物。《論語》顏淵第十二:「君子成人之美,不成人之惡。小人反是。」 ;《管子.五行》第四十一:「五聲既調,然後作立五行,以正天時。五官以正人位,人與天調,然後天地之美生。」〉
..... Albert Einstein(美國科學家~愛因斯坦)
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139:
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
黃金時代在我們面前,而不在我們背後。
〈雁按:人生要向前看,樂觀面對困難;不要向後看,悲觀逃避現實。〉
..... Mark Twain(美國作家~馬克吐溫)
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140:
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
實現明天理想的唯一障礙,是今天的疑慮。
〈雁按:蔣經國先生決定啟動台灣十大建設前曾宣示:「今天不做,明天就會後悔。」〉
〈這句名言常被後人引用;或許在蔣經國之前已有人講過類似的話,但它卻因蔣經國的公開呼籲人民而發揚光大。〉
..... Franklin Roosevelt(美國總統~羅斯福)
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141:
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
好書使人「開卷有所求,閉卷有所獲」。
〈類似格言:「好書如好友,情誼永不渝。」..... 西諺。〉
..... Louisa May Alcott(美國女小說家~阿爾考特)
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142:
The cure for anything is salt water --sweat, tears, or the sea.
鹹水、汗水、淚水或者海水,是治療一切的良藥。
〈雁按:鹹水可以濯身;汗水可以排毒;淚水可以抒壓;海水可以撫慰人心。〉
..... Isak Dineson(丹麥作家~丁尼生)
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143:
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的事,就是確定一個偉大的目標,並決心實現它。
〈雁按:無論我們立志做好老師、好作家、企業家或政治家都好,都是偉大的目標;只要「兩不一慎」:不恥貪官污吏,不恥為富不仁,慎勿讓祖宗蒙羞!〉
..... Johan Wolfgang von Goethe(德國詩人、戲劇家~歌德)
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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
嫉妒者對別人是煩惱,對他們自己卻是折磨。
〈雁按:「嫉妒」與「羨慕」,是一體兩面。伯特蘭.羅素:「羨慕(嫉妒)是其中一個最使人不快的原因。」〉
〈維基:羨慕(嫉妒)是基督教會的七宗罪之一。《出埃及記》第 20 章 17 節說道:「您不得覬覦你鄰居的房子,你不得覬覦你鄰居的妻子,或男或女奴隸,或牛,或驢,或任何屬於你鄰居的東西。」〉
..... William Penn(英國海軍上將~佩恩)
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145:
The landscope belongs to the man who looks at it.
風景,屬於看風景的人。
〈雁按:懂得停下腳步來欣賞人生,才能識得眼前風景的美。〉
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson(美國思想家~愛默生)
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The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
具有新想法的人,在其想法實現之前是個怪人。
〈雁按:先知先覺者總是寂寞的。引述維基資料:「蘇格拉底為了啟蒙雅典人,被雅典法庭以引進新的神和腐蝕雅典青年思想之罪名判處死刑。」〉
..... Mark Twain(美國作家~馬克吐溫)
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147:
The more a man knows, the more he discovers his ignorance.
人們知道得愈多,愈發現自己的無知。
〈雁按:人們所學越多,便越覺得自己的渺小。〉
..... Jeremy Collier〈英國作家~科利爾〉
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148:
The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.
一個人越偉大,對褒揚和奉承就越反感。
〈雁按:偉大與傲慢不同。真正偉大的人,親近庶民不喜褒揚逢迎;傲慢自大的人,追求權貴沉迷阿諛歌頌。〉
..... John Burroughs(美國博物學家~巴勒斯)
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149:
The law cannot make all men equal, but they are all equal before the law.
法律不能使人人平等;但是在法律面前人人是平等的。
〈雁按:法律非萬能;執法機關的依法行政與專業判斷能力,影響法律的公平公正性。換言之,法律之前人人平等;讓法律成為惡法者是人,不是法律本身。〉
.....Frederick Pollock(英國法學家~波洛克)
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150:
There is a skeleton in every house.
家家都有一本難唸的經。
〈雁按:家家都有本難唸的經,以寬容、輕喜的心灑脫面對人生就好。
引錄署名非洲獵豹網友提供類似格言:
「Every family cooking-pot has a black spot. ~每個家庭的鍋子都有黑色的污點。」;
「Every family has its own source of shame. ~每個家庭都有自家的醜事。」;
「Many families have skeletons in the closet. ~許多家庭的衣櫃裡都有骨骸〈喻家醜〉。」〉
..... W.M. Thackeray(英國小說家~薩克雷)
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151:
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
衡量一個人真正的品格,要看他在知道永遠也不會被人發現的情況下做些什麽。
〈雁按:character 原譯作「品質〈另譯:性格〉」;酌改為「品格」。〉
..... Thomas Bobington Macaulay(英國歷史學家~麥考萊)
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
事越做越能,人越忙越有空。
〈略近似格言:「忙中取閒,閒裡找忙。」或「盡心盡力的人會越來越駕輕就熟,終日忙碌的人會越來越怡然自得。」〉
..... William Hazlitt(英國評論家~哈滋里特)
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The more we know, the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply feels for all that live.
人們知道的越多,便越能寬恕別人;面對生命有深刻體會的,必能同理他人的悲喜。
〈引錄維基資訊:「同理心,又叫做換位思考、神入、移情、共情。指站在對方立場設身處地思考的一種方式,即於人際交往過程中,能夠體會他人的情緒和想法、理解他人的立場和感受,並站在他人的角度思考和處理問題。主要體現在情緒自控、換位思考、傾聽能力以及表達尊重等與情商相關的方面。」〉
..... Madame de Stael(法國女作家~史達爾夫人)
附錄:《爐邊小故事》~「謝謝您們每天努力的生活。」..... 雁子
一個傾盆大雨的下午,婦人推著身障女孩的輪椅在騎樓下兜賣小面紙、口香糖等。
一位白髮先生 A 君掏錢先買了小面紙、口香糖各一百,愁眉苦臉的女孩總算綻開微笑。
等車的 A 君遲疑一下,趁著公車來臨時迅即補奉上一百後輕聲說:「謝謝您們每天努力的生活。」然後快速上車,留下母女兩人的錯愕與感激..... 因為下雨天影響了她們的生計。
司機留意到那個請求稍等十秒鐘的 A 君,帶著微倦正在閉目養神,發現他的神情愉悅如釋重負。
而在那位 A 君的感覺,認為我們稍有能力者都欠了回饋社會的情;或許,這也算是一種同理心。
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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
心理疾病比身體疾病更糟。
〈類似格言:「心病需要心藥醫。」〉
..... Publius Syrus(敘利亞拉丁語作家~西拉士)
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155:
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
生活的悲劇不在於人們受到多少苦,而在於人們錯過了什麽。
〈雁按:「錯過了什麽」,或指錯過了親情、愛情、友誼與機會;特別是錯過了機會。〉
〈所以,我們的人生需要傾聽機會的輕叩聲:「Learn to listen, Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. --- 學會傾聽,有時機會的敲門聲非常輕微。」 〉
..... Thomas Carlyle(英國散文家、歷史學家~卡萊爾)
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156:
The more you study, the more you will find yourself ignorant.
學,然後知不足。
〈雁按:直譯為 「你學得越多,越發覺自己的無知〔指所學所知極有限〕。」〉
..... Rene Descartes(法國哲學家~笛卡爾)
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157:
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
在這個世界上取得成就的人,都努力去尋找他們想要的機會;如果找不到機會,他們便自己創造機會。
〈雁按:樂觀的人尋找機會,創造機會;悲觀的人坐等機會,流失機會。〉
..... Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家~蕭伯納)
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The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.
教育最主要的目的,不是教你掙得麵包,而是使每一口麵包都香甜。
〈類似格言:「萬貫家財,不如一技之長。」;「使每一口麵包都香甜」,就是教人一技之長。〉
..... J. Angell(美國心理學家~安吉爾)
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159:
The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.
生活的範圍,是隨著心胸的開闊而變寬廣的。
〈雁按:你的心胸越寬大包容,那麼你的世界也越寬廣美麗。〉
..... H. Black (美國作家~布萊克)
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The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
熱愛大自然的人內外感覺協調一致,即使進入成年後依然保持著童心。
〈雁按:常用健康十六字雋語:「熱愛自然,保持童心;學習寬容,開心慢活。」〉
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson(美國思想家~愛默生)
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The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
凡是決心取得勝利的人,是從來不說「不可能的」。
〈雁按:拿破侖另一經典名言:「在我的字典裡,沒有『困難』兩個字。」〉
..... Bonaparte Napoleon(法國皇帝~拿破侖)
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To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
培養仁慈心,是一生中極具價值的部份。
〈雁按:引錄達賴喇嘛法言:「要讓生命有意義,仁慈和悲憫之心是基本的要件。這兩者有如源頭,能讓快樂幸福泉湧不絕。」〉
..... Samuel Johnson〈英國詩人、散文家~塞繆爾.詹森〉
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The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long .
人生苦短;若虛度年華,則短暫的人生就太長了。
〈引錄洪蘭《人生苦短,莫負今生》一段鼓勵的話:「長江後浪推前浪,江山代有人才出,我不揣醜陋,將我的經驗告訴大家,就是希望各位能切實把握時光,有意義的過一生。記住,人生苦短,莫負今生。」
..... William Shakespeare(英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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164:
True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise.
真正的幸福不顯山露水,它摒棄浮華和喧囂。
〈雁按:簡單、自然的生活,加上親情、友情的鼓舞,就是幸福的泉源。〉
..... Joseph Addison(英國作家~艾迪生)
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165:
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
世界上只有一處可以被你改變,那就是你自己。
〈雁按:沒有人是完美的天神;但我們可以不斷調整改變自己,讓自己的缺點減少一些。〉
..... Aldous Huxley(英國作家、生物學家~赫胥黎)
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166:
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize.
有的東西比才能稀罕得多,珍貴得多,這就是識別的能力。
〈雁按:識別正邪、識別是非、識別善惡、識別良窳,皆是識別的能力。〉
..... Robert Half(英國作家~哈夫)
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167:
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
痛苦的秘密,在於有閒功夫擔心自己是否幸福。
〈雁按:忙碌生活與寬容的心,使人遠離煩惱與痛苦。〉
..... George Bernard Shaw(英國劇作家~蕭伯納)
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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福,是堅信有人愛我們。
〈雁按:父母的愛,骨肉的愛,牽手的愛,友誼的愛,都是幸福人生的必需品。〉
..... Victor Hugo(法國小說家~雨果)
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169:
The years teach much which the days never know.
學問積年而成,而每日不自知。
〈引錄錢穆《新亞學報》發刊詞:「學問如下種,理論猶之結實。不經學問而自謂有知識,其知識終不可靠。不先有知識,而自負有理論,其理論終不可恃。」〉
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson(美國思想家~埃默森)
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170:
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
考慮是不要匆忙;但是一旦行動的時刻來到,就要毫不猶豫地投身行動。
〈引錄《禮記.中庸》第二十章:「凡事豫則立,不豫則廢。」又,星雲大師法言:「有原則則不亂,有計畫則不忙,有預算則不窮。」〉
..... John Albion Andrew(美國廢奴運動領導人~安德魯)
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There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高與荒謬,僅一步之遙。
〈雁按:理想可以崇高;但擘畫不能荒謬。〉
〈棒球格言:「全壘打與高飛接殺,僅一步之遙。」〉
..... Napoleon(法國皇帝~拿破侖)
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172:
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
不要爲成功而努力,要爲做一個有價值的人而努力。
〈雁按:有價值的人,比如佈施行善、濟世助人及回饋社會,可讓您財富或權位的成就感,變得更有價值與品味。〉
..... A. Einstein(德國科學家~愛因斯坦)
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173:
The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do.
盡管失敗和等待著人們,一次次地奪走青春的容顏,但卻給的前景增添了一份尊嚴,這是任何順利的都不能做到的。
〈雁按:坦然面對失敗與挫折,努力重新出發,就是維護基本尊嚴。〉
..... Henry David Thoreau〈美國詩人、哲學家~梭羅〉
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To fill the hour- that is happiness.
讓時間過的充實些,這才是幸福。
〈雁按:常用熟語~「讓自己活得充實,活出精采。」〉
..... R.W. Emerson(美國思想家~愛默生)
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175:
To choose time is to save time.
合理安排時間,就是節約時間。
〈類似格言~歌德:「善於利用時間的人,永遠找得到充裕的時間。」;達爾文:「完成工作的方法,是愛惜每一分鐘。」〉
..... Francis Bacon(英國哲學家~培根)
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To make a lasting marriage we have to overcome self-centeredness.
要使婚姻長久,就需克服自我中心意識。
〈雁按:此格言亦適用於親情、友誼等。自我中心意識,指利己主義>利他主義。〉
..... George Gordon Byron(英國詩人~拜倫)
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To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
要真正了解一個人,需在失意〔不幸〕中考察他。
〈雁按:人們處在失意〔不幸;挫折〕中,最能顯現他是否有面對困難的勇氣,與解決困難的智慧。〉
..... Napoleon(法國皇帝~拿破侖)
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
真相會從謬誤中呈現出來,就像油必定浮於水。
〈類似格言:「勇於澄清謬誤,始能揭發真相。」〉
..... Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra(西班牙作家~塞萬提斯)
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Tough-minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies.
意志堅強的樂觀主義者用"世上無難事"人生觀來思考問題;越是遭受悲劇打擊,越是表現得堅強。
〈雁按:類似格言:「樂觀的人,把『危機』當作『機會』;悲觀的人,把『危機』當作『危險』。」〉
..... Lucius Annaeus Seneca(古羅馬哲學家~西尼加)
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True friendship is like sound health. The value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
真正的友誼猶如健康般;只有在失去時,才會意識到它的價值。
〈雁按:真正的友誼,指友直;友諒;友多聞。只有在失去時,才會想到他的可貴。〉
..... Charles Caleb Colton(英國作家~科爾頓)
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Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.
你希望別人如何對待你,你就該如何對待別人。
〈雁按:網路類似格言:「Expecting the world to treat you fairly as you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge as you are a vegetarian."」 ~亦譯作「你希望別人怎麼待你,就先怎麼對待別人。」..... 作者暱稱 Joseph 〉
〈又按:(《論語.衛靈公第十五》:「子貢問曰:『有一言而可以終身行之者乎?』子曰:『其恕(乎!己所不欲,勿施於人。』 」〉
..... Aesop(古希臘寓言家~伊索)
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We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.
只要我們能善用時間,就永遠不愁時間不夠用。
〈引錄日常法師《善用時間十訣》:「1. 事先要有安排。2. 臨事要集中精神。3. 工作之中要有休息。4. 避免雜亂無章。5. 不要苛求盡善盡美。6. 不要怕說『不』。7. 不要拖延。8.要能當機立斷。9. 要能授權給人。10. 不要做工作狂。」〉
..... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(德國詩人~歌德)
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We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
人與人之間建立了太多的牆,卻沒有造足夠多的橋來溝通。
〈引錄 Intel 總裁安德魯.葛洛夫〈Andrew S. Grove〉:「我們溝通地多好,不是決定於我們敘述的有多好,而是被了解得多好。」〉
〈引錄陸軍官校大牛《爭執也是溝通的橋》:「爭執是危機;溝通是轉機。冷漠是關機;諒解是生機。」〉
..... JIsaac Newton(英國科學家~牛頓)
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Weep no more, no sigh, nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that's gone.
別哭泣,別歎息,別呻吟;悲傷喚不回流逝的時光。
〈引錄陶淵明《雜詩》十二首之一:「盛年不重來,一日難再晨,及時當勉勵,歲月不待人。」;莎士比亞:「在時間的大鐘上,只有兩個字..... 現在。」 〉
..... John Fletcher(英國劇作家~弗萊沏)
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When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery.
當工作是一種樂趣時,生活就是一種享受!當工作是一種義務時,生活則是一種苦役。
〈雁按:把工作當做人生樂趣,猶如終生志業,無怨無悔。把工作當做消極義務,則如例行苦差,了無生氣。〉
..... Maxim Gorky(俄國作家~高爾基)
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What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名字有什麽關係?把玫瑰花叫做別的名稱,它還是一樣芳香。
〈雁按:名字是表象,內涵才是真才實學。〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國劇作家~莎士比亞)
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year.
銘記在心:每一天都是一年中最好的日子。
〈雁按:積極樂觀助人,天天是好日;消極離群索居,日日皆難過。〉
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson(美國思想家~愛默生)
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188:
When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty little package.
〈雁按:〉
一個只顧自己的人,不足以成大器。
..... John Ruskin(英國作家~羅斯金)
附錄:《爐邊小故事》~.引錄自「快樂天堂地的網誌」:
.....快樂天堂格主《自私的後果~很有意思的小故事.....》
飛機上有四名旅客;一位是政治家,一位是教育家,一位是小孩,還有一位不起眼老先生。
突然飛機發生故障,即將墜落,駕駛員大聲喊著:「趕快準備降落傘,可是真對不起,後面只有三件降落傘。」這時.....
政治家急忙拿起一件降落傘,說:「我是政治家,國家的前途全靠我的腦袋瓜,我得繼續為國家效命。」說完了,就縱身往機外跳下。
教育家趕緊拿起另一件降落傘,說著:「我是教育家,全國莘莘學子,要靠我來培育,所以我先走一步。」說完了,也就往機外跳下。
最後剩下老先生與小孩了。這時.....
老先生對小孩說:「最後一件了,您先穿上吧;我年紀已大了,也沒什麼用處了,我就留下來,小朋友您先離開吧!」
此時,小孩又拿起另一件降落傘給老先生,並說到:「我們誰也不用留下,一起跳下吧!」
「咦?不是只有三件降落傘嗎?」此時老先生已被弄糊塗了.....
此刻,小孩馬上回答老先生:
「是啊~~ 剛剛不知道那個傻瓜,抱著我的書包往下跳了.....」
這個故事告訴我們:「人不可自私,要多為他人著想,才不會成為聰明的傻瓜。」
〈雁按:人在性命攸關時,最能顯現患難真性情。以這則小故事言,表現最差的是政客與教匠,其次駕駛員也不合格。
因為:政客把自己置於人民之上,他很不夠格自詡為政治家!教匠把自己置於他人之上,他也不夠格自詡為教育家!
最可敬的,是只想到別人安全的老先生!而小孩很冷靜可愛。至於駕駛員似乎應該讓出降落傘給乘客,但他做不到。〉
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189:
We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves.
不養育兒女,不知父母恩。
〈雁按:引錄佛門報恩經文舉隅~
《報恩經》:「父母者三界最勝福田。」
《不思議光經》:「非飲食及寶,能報父母恩,引道向正法,便為供雙親。」
《大般若經》:「佛是知恩報恩者,何以故?知一切世間恩,報一切世間恩,無過佛故。」〉
..... H.W. Beecher(美國演說家~比徹)
附錄:林芳萍《月亮船》兒歌~
「月亮船,天上開,搖搖擺擺走過來。
雲朵兒,快讓開!
銀色月光撒下來,捕到星星一大袋,送給地上的乖小孩。」
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190:
When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.
狗咬人不是新聞,人咬狗才是新聞。
〈雁按:這是查爾斯.戴納在 1882 年的紐約太陽報中,提出對這則加拿大溫哥華新聞的看法。加拿大溫哥華奇聞《狗咬人不是新聞,人咬狗才是新聞》請自行連結參考。〉
..... Charles A. Dana(美國記者~查爾斯.戴納)
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191:
Time is short life; But even if the target clock speed along with life, to one hour We end to this period of time was also engaged to spend too long.
生命的時間是短促的;但是即使生命隨著時鐘的指標飛馳,到了剩一小時就要宣告結束時,想要卑賤地消磨這段短時間,卻也嫌太長。
〈節錄曹操《短歌行》二首其一:「對酒當歌,人生幾何?譬如朝露,去日苦多。.....」人生苦短,若我們活得不灑脫愜意,就會度日如年。〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國大文豪,詩人、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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192:
Variety is the mother of enjoyment.
多采多姿爲快樂之母。
〈雁按:Variety 原譯作「變化」;酌改為「多采多姿」。本意似指多采多姿的創意生活,才是快樂人生之泉源。〉
..... Benjamin Disraeli(英國政治家、作家~狄斯雷利)
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193:
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
美德是勇敢的,善良從來無所畏懼。
〈類似格言:「懦弱不是美德;畏縮並非善良。」〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國大文豪、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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194:
You can lead a man up to the university, but you can't make him think.
你可以把一個人領進大學,但你卻無法使他思考。
〈類似格言:「師父帶入門,修行在個人。」〉
..... Finley Peter Dunne(美國作家~鄧恩)
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195:
You can learn from everyone.
人人皆是你可以學習的對象。
〈雁按:或意譯為「三人行,必有我師焉。」〉
..... Derek Boke(美國哈佛大學校長~伯克)
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196:
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
人必須有自信,這是成功的秘密。
〈引錄《MBA 智庫百科》:「自信(Assertive)是指人對自己的個性心理與社會角色進行的一種積極評價的結果。它是一種有能力或採用某種有效手段完成某項任務、解決某個問題的信念。它是心理健康的重要標誌之一,也是一個人取得成功必須要具備的一項心理特質。」〉
〈又錄:MBA《自信的個人特質》:
「一、優勢認定:對自己的優勢與劣勢有正確的認識,並對自己的實力、優勢有正確的估計和積極的肯定。
二、信念:相信自己有能力實現既定目標,特別在問題難度加大時,表現出對自己決定或判斷的認可。
三、敢於挑戰:主動地接受挑戰,將自己置於挑戰性極強的環境中。
四、堅持不懈:即使在受到阻撓、誹謗等困難境地,也不改變目標,直到實現預期的目的。」
..... Charles Chaplin(英國電影藝術家~卓別林)
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197:
I would like now to seriously indifferent room of wonderful.
我只想現在認真過得精采,無所謂好與壞。
〈雁按:把握當下,則每一分一秒的親情與友誼,都是「精采」的回憶!〉
..... William Shakespeare(英國大文豪、劇作家~莎士比亞)
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198:
You will neer have what you like until you learn to like what you have.
在學會喜歡你已有的東西以前,你永遠不會得到你喜歡的東西。
〈雁按:如果我們對人、事與物「喜歡的標準」訂得很高..... 那麼,我們的人生將很無趣。〉
.....Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(德國詩人~歌德)
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199:
The secret of success─if there is one─is the ability to put yourself in another person’s shoes, and to consider things from his or her point of view as well as your own.
成功的秘訣,在於能將自己的腳放進他人的鞋裡,以及能從他人的觀點來考慮事物。
〈引錄《孫子兵法.謀攻篇第三》:「知己知彼,百勝不殆。不知己知彼,每戰必殆。」〉
〈比爾.蓋茲接受印度媒體 NDTV 採訪談《掌握成功的秘訣》:「1. 熱情;2. 智力;3. 正直誠實;4. 一個好的經營團隊;和 5. 領導。」〉
..... Henry Ford(美國工業家與汽車業先驅~亨利‧福特)
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200:
Readers may be divided into four classes:
1. Spongers, who absorb all they read and return it nearly in the same state, only a little dirtied.
2. Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time.
3. Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read.
4. Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable other to profit by it also.
讀者可被分為四種類型:
(1) 海棉型讀者。意指讀書時全盤吸收,用時也幾乎依樣畫葫蘆,只是有點走樣的讀者。
(2) 沙漏型讀者。這些讀者在書中一無所獲,他們讀書,只為消磨時間而已。
(3) 濾袋型讀者。這類讀者在讀書時,只得到書中的糟粕。
(4) 醒目鑽石型讀者。這種罕見而可貴的讀者讀起書來,不僅自己受惠,也能使他人雨露均霑。
..... Samuel Taylor Coleridge〈英國詩人~柯爾律治〉
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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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