英语谚语与名人名言集锦)
Theme: Science and Technology
The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. —Emerson American essayist, philosopher, poet
在所有头脑的影响之中,大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先,在作用上最为重要的。
——美国散文家、哲学家、诗人 爱默生
Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
—Rousseau, French philosopher
大自然永远不会欺骗我们,欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。
——法国启蒙思想家、哲学家 卢梭
I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world.
—Thomas Edison, American inventor
我想揭示,用来造福人类。我认为,在我们的短暂一生中,最好的贡献莫过于此了。
——美国
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
—Albert Einstein, American scientist
想象力比知识更为重要。
——美国科学家 爱因斯坦
The man of science does not discover in order to know; he wants to know in order to discover. —A. N. Whitehead, English mathematician
家并非为了知道什么而寻求发现;他们是为了有所发现而想知道什么。
——英国数学家 怀特黑德
The brotherly spirit of science, which unites into one family all its votaries of whatever grade, and however widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe.
—Franklin Roosevelt, American president
科学的精神把分散在世界各地、各种热心科学的人联结成一个大家庭。
——美国总统 福
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
—Elbert Hubbard, American writer
一台机器可以完成五十个普通人的工作,但是无法完成一个非凡人的工作。
——美国作家 埃尔伯特·哈伯德
True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.
—Miguel de Unamuno, Basque , and
真正的科学首先教人怀疑和知道自己无知。
——巴斯克作家、诗人和哲学家 米格尔·乌纳穆诺
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
—Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician and mathematician
即使所有的专家都一致赞同,他们可能也错了。
——英国、和 伯特兰·罗素
节选自《大学英语新概念阅读教程》(第一册)(主编 李华田 黎闯进 缪惠莲,武汉大学出版社,2012年6月)