A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子,读进生活里。
一句英文,一种视角。慢慢读,总有一句与你共鸣。
A blanket really makes the bed. Good thing too, because I never make the bed.
毯子真能铺床。也是件好事,因为我从来不铺床。
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
我们人生的事业不是超越别人,而是超越自己。
It's amazing how quickly your mood can change, how deep your heart can sink and how much one person can affect you.
你的情绪变化之快、你的心脏之深、一个人对你的影响之大,都是令人惊讶的。
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
焦虑是自由的眩晕。
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
选票比子弹更有威力。
Success is a journey, not a destination.
成功是一段旅程,而不是终点。
The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.
工人们从这场战争中得不到任何好处,但他们会失去他们所珍视的一切。
Common sense is not so common.
常识并不常见。
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
终于自由了,终于自由了,感谢全能的上帝,我们终于自由了。
Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
忠告就像雪,越软,停留的时间越长,越能深入人心。
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.
优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。