Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set; and surely virtue is best, in a body that is comely, though not of delicate features; and that hath rather dignity of presence, than beauty of aspect. 美德好比宝石,它在朴素背景的衬托下反而...
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind, it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees, 青春不是生命的一段时光,不是指红润的脸颊、红扑扑的嘴唇和柔软的双膝; it is a matter of the will, a qua...
Acountry maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head, when she fell into the following train of reflections.The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred. 一个村姑头上顶着一...
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. 一个男人和他的女朋友结婚,举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。 All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and ce...
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 话说两个好朋友正在穿越一个沙漠。途中他们忽然争吵了起来,...
Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers And things are not what they seem. 请别用哀伤的诗句对我讲; 人生呵,无非虚梦一场! 因为沉睡的灵魂如死一般, 事物的表里...
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man c...
No young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. One half of time indeed is flown...
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night; it was wonderful to see, wonderful to hear him; he was more contented in making shoes, than was any of the seven sages. His neighbor, on the contrary, who was rolling in wealth, sung but l...
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; We spend more, but enjoy less; We have bigger houses, but smaller families; We have more compromises, but less time; We have more knowledge, but...
The pure, the bright, the beautiful, 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的, That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的, The impulses to wordless prayer, 推动着我们做无言的祷告的, The dreams of lov...
Promise yourself to dream more and hesitate less. 努力让自己多一点如心所愿,少一些己所不愿。 To believe in yourself more and judge yourself less by the accomplishments of others. 多一点相信自己,少一点将他人成就作为...
Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That's why you pay him/her. 一些无关紧要的数字不要挂怀,包括你的年龄、体重和身高。让医生来操心吧。因为他们收了...
When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. 当你身陷困境的时候(你有时会),回想你生命中快乐和幸福的时刻。 Remember how it made...
May every day of your life bring you fresh hopes for tomorrow---because hopes give us all our reason for trying. 愿你生命中的每一天都对未来充满新的希望--因为有了希望,我们才有追求。 May each new day bring a feelin...