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。
Unlaid eggs are a long time becoming chickens.
未产的蛋要经过很长时间才能变成鸡。
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
赞美就像隔着面纱接吻。
We met for a reason, either you're a blessing or a lesson.
我们相遇是有原因的,要么是你的祝福,要么是你的教训。
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
伟大是开始的艺术,伟大是结束的艺术。
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
习惯的枷锁太轻了,你感觉不到,直到它们太沉重了,你无法打破。
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
当你生气的时候说出来,你会做出你会后悔的最好的演讲。
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
要想知道谁统治着你,你只需找出谁是你不允许批评的。
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
感受感激而不表达就像包装礼物却不送一样。
It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing, that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think about.
让你快乐或不快乐的,不是你拥有什么,不是你是谁,不是你在哪里,不是你在做什么。这是你的想法。
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
科学有时被说成是与信仰对立的,而且与信仰不一致。但事实上,所有的科学都建立在信仰的基础上,因为它假定自然规律的持久性和统一性——这是永远无法证明的。
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.
认识到这种与宇宙其他部分的亲缘关系是理解他的必要条件,但他的本质是由其他地方所没有的品质所决定的,而不是由他与猿、鱼、树、火或任何东西的共同之处所决定的。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔比剑更有力。