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。
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
真理永远是真理,不管缺乏理解、怀疑或无知。
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
很多人想和你一起坐豪华轿车,但你想要的是当豪华轿车抛锚时,有人愿意和你一起乘公共汽车。
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
宽恕是对孩子梦想奇迹的答案,通过奇迹,破碎的东西重新成为完整的,弄脏的东西重新变得干净。
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.
常识是世界上分布得最均匀的东西,因为每个人都认为自己很有天赋,即使是那些在其他事情上最难满足的人,也没有比他们已经拥有的东西更渴望得到常识的习惯。
If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
如果一个男人能……做一个更好的捕鼠器,世界就会开辟一条通往自己家门口的路。
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
当然,战争是可以避免的;但它们比某种和平要好得多。
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
人们的赞许就像阿基米德的杠杆,有了合适的支点,就能推动世界。
The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
世界上有很多事情,我相信我们都应该像国王一样快乐。
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
领导者的首要责任是定义现实。最后是说谢谢。在这两者之间,领导者是一个仆人。
It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.
不是通过增加国家的资本,而是通过使这些资本中比其他情况下更大的一部分具有活性和生产性,使最明智的银行业务能够增加国家的工业。
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
中年真正可怕的事情是你会从中成长起来。
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
当我调查发现,当我发现天堂和行星的力量就在我们的内心时,我真的好像生活在众神之中。