英语谚语与名人名言集锦)

Theme: Human and Society

I do not like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself.

—Conrad Joseph, British novelist

我不喜欢工作——没有人会喜欢工作，但是我喜欢在所从事的工作中——找到发现自己的机会。

——英国小说家 约瑟夫

Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love.

—Francis Bacon, British philosopher

幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。

——英国哲学家 培根

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, they make them.

—George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，假如找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。

——英国剧作家 肖伯纳

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

—John Kennedy, American President

美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的自由做些什么。

——美国总统 肯尼迪

Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.

—Richard Nixon, American President

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。

——美国总统 尼克松

The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better .No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes . He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them.

—Franklin Roosevelt, American President

人经过努力可以改变世界，这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必须敏感，随时准备接受新鲜事物；他必须有勇气与能力去面对新的事实，解决新问题。

——美国总统 罗斯福

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. —Franklin Roosevelt, American president

我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来，但我们能够为未来造就我们的青年一代。

——美国总统 罗斯福

The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.

—John Ruskin, American writer and critic

爱美是健康人性的重要组成部分。

——美国作家、批评家 罗斯金

To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.

—Stanislaus I, Polish king

青年而有老年之经验，老年而有青年之朝气，就能使人生发挥更大的作用。

——波兰国王 斯坦尼劳斯一世

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of past experience. —Abraham Lincoln, American president

除了凭着对过去的经验加以类推之外，我们对今后的事一无所知。

——美国总统 林肯

The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

—Thomas Jefferson, American president

人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后做出正确的判定。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。

——美国总统 杰斐逊

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）