名人名言：香奈儿的25句经典名言（中英对照）

 　　谈香奈儿我们直觉就谈到了时尚、时装、香水，她的辉煌成与品牌经营，不过我们却很少马上联想到关于 Coco Chanel 的个人魅力。先让我们暂时忘却这大牌子光芒，站在一个靠近的角度细细的品味，关于25句出自 Coco Chanel 历练人生后的经典名言吧!

　　1. Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It isnot. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

　　有些人认为奢华的反面词是贫穷，但其实不是，奢华的反义词是粗俗。

　　2. The most courageous¹ act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

　　最有勇气的行为就是只想着自己。

　　3. In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

　　想要无可取代，就必须与众不同。

　　4.You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

　　你生命只有一次，还是有趣点好。

　　5. I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.

　　我不做流行，我就是流行。

　　(Chanel文艺小片:香奈儿创始人经典风格)

　　6. Only those with no memory insist on their originality².

　　只有那些没有内存坚持他们的创意。

　　7.Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

　　穿得破旧，人们只记得衣服;穿得无暇，人们会记得衣服里的女人。

　　8.My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.

　　我的生活不曾取悦于我，所以我创造了自己的生活。

　　9.I imposed black; it is still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around.

　　我支持黑色,今天依旧强大,黑人都会抹去一切。

　　10. As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

　　只要知道男人跟孩子一样，你就什么都懂了!

　　11.I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.

　　我不在乎你怎么看待我，反正我根本也不会考虑你。

　　12. Fashion changes, but style endures.

　　时尚会变迁，不过风格会永恒。

　　13. There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. Thatleaves no other time.

　　没时间让你感到枯燥乏味，因为时间都拿来工作与恋爱。

　　14.A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

　　一个女孩应该拥有两样，她自己和她想成就的。

　　15.You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible³ for the rest of your life.

　　你可以华丽的三十,四十岁,无法抗拒的你的生活。

　　16.A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

　　女人再怎么打扮，优雅是最重要的。

名人名言：香奈儿的25句经典名言（中英对照）

　　17.Men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness.

　　男人总只记得哪个女人可以使他关注与不安。

　　18. Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.

　　既然一切都记在脑海里了，我们最好就别丢掉。

　　19. Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But atfifty you get the face you deserve.

　　在你二十岁时拥有一张大自然给你的脸庞，三十岁时生命与岁月会塑造你的面貌，五十岁时你会得到一张你应得的脸。

　　20.I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things thatwomen have is men.

　　我不知道为什么女人拥有一个男人时，也要拥有他的所有一切。

　　21. How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

　　有多少在乎一个失去当一个决定不但是要有人。

　　22. Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

　　温柔不完成工作,除非你恰巧是一只母鸡产卵。

　　23.It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

　　它总是更好的是有点不得体。

　　24.The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.

　　最适合你的颜色，才是世界上最美的颜色。

　　25.Elegance⁴ is refusal.

　　优雅是懂得拒绝。

1 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。

2 originality   

n.创造力，独创性；新颖

参考例句：

• The name of the game in pop music is originality.流行音乐的本质是独创性。
• He displayed an originality amounting almost to genius.他显示出近乎天才的创造性。

3 irresistible   

adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的

参考例句：

• The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
• She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。

4 elegance   

n.优雅；优美，雅致；精致，巧妙

参考例句：

• The furnishings in the room imparted an air of elegance.这个房间的家具带给这房间一种优雅的气氛。
• John has been known for his sartorial elegance.约翰因为衣着讲究而出名。