A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair 合抱之木,生于毫末。 -Lao-tsé(中国古代哲学家 老子)
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face
笑声如阳光,驱走人们脸上的冬天。 -Victor Hugo (法国作家雨果)
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
如果世上只有欢乐,我们就永远学不会勇敢和耐心。-Helen Keller(海伦?凯勒)
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration
天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的汗水。-Edison (美国科学家 爱迪生)
We build too many walls and not enough bridges
我们造了太多墙,却没有造足够的桥。 -Isaac Newton (英国科学家 牛顿)
Life is a rainbow which also includes black
生活是一道彩虹,色彩斑斓中也有黑色。 -Yevgeny Yevtushenko (俄国诗人 叶夫杜山柯)
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner
害人终害己,搬起石头砸自己的脚。 -Hesiod(希腊诗人 赫西奥德)
We always have time enough , if we will but use it aright
只要我们能善用时间,就永远不愁时间不够用。 -Johan Wolfgang von Goethe(德国诗人 歌德)
The longest day has an end
最难过的日子也有尽头。 -Howell(美国小说家 贺韦尔)
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship
鸟儿有巢,蜘蛛有网,人类有友谊。 -William Blake(英国诗人 布莱克)
Friendship is love without his wings
友谊是没有羽翼的爱。 -George Gordon Byron(英国诗人 拜伦)
Practice makes perfect
熟能生巧。 -G Crabbe (英国诗人 克雷布)
How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child
逆子无情甚于蛇蝎。 -William Shakespeare(英国剧作家 莎士比亚)
The darkest hour is that before the dawn
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。 -Fuller(英国作家 富勒)
Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone -- Emerson
知识是一座城堡,每个人都应为它增砖添瓦。-- 爱默生
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for -- Thomas Arnold
真知如同珍宝,不是轻易获得的,必须学习、钻研、思考,最重要的是必须有强烈的求知欲。 -- 托马斯 · 阿诺德
Knowledge comes from experience alone 知识来自实践。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud
知识使人谦虚,无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge is power -- Bacon 知识就是力量。 -- 培根
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it
知识是宝库,而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。
Knowledge is the food of the soul -- Plato
知识是心灵的食粮。 -- 柏拉图
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament Life and power are scattered with all its beams -- Daniel Webster
知识的确是天空中硕大无比的太阳。它的光辉撒下生命和力量。 -- 韦伯斯特
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist
有知识而无时间,只算半个能人。
Learning is the eye of the mind 学问是心灵的眼睛。
Learn young, learn fair 学习趁年少,而且要学好。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave
孩提时代学到的东西,至死也不会忘却。
Learn from the mistakes of others and prevent your own
前人犯错,后人戒。
Learn to creep before you leap 先学爬,后学跳。(循序渐进)
There is no royal road to learning 学问之道无捷径。
Without learning, without eyes 没有学识就是盲人。
He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit 学习根苦果甜。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
学习如逆水行舟,不进则退。
Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous
学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。
There is no end to learning 学无止境。
Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven -- William Shakespeare
无知乃是罪恶,知识乃是我们借以飞向天堂的翅膀。 -- 莎士比亚
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge
掩盖无知要比学到知识更难。
Not ignorance, but the ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge
不是无知本身,而是对无知的无知,才是知识的死亡。
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action
最可怕的事莫过于无知而行动。
Wisdom is more precious than wealth 智慧比财富更宝贵。
The wise man is always a good listener 智者善听人言。
Wise men are silent; fools talk 蠢人多话,智者寡言。
Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man -- Bacon
读书使人充实,讨论使人机敏,写作使人严谨。 --培根
Reading enriches the mind 开卷有益。
He that can read an meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious 会读书思索的人不会感到长夜无聊或生活乏味。
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries -- Descartes
所有的好书,读起来就如同和过去世界上最杰出的人谈话。 -- 笛卡尔
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits
在科学上没有平坦大道,只有不畏劳苦沿着陡峭山路攀登的人,才有希望达到光辉的顶点。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen
书籍和朋友,在好不在多。
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit --LWAkott
好书使人开卷有所求,闭卷有所获。 -- 奥尔科特
There is no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labour and diligence 世间无所谓天才,它仅是刻苦加勤奋。