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。
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe -- the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
有两件事使我的脑海中充满了前所未有的惊奇和敬畏——我头顶的星空和我内心的道德法则。
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.
死亡过去常常在生命的壮年宣布它自己,但现在人们拖得太久了,有时我们似乎到了不得不宣布死亡的时候。就好像一个人死的时候需要一种特殊的力量,而不是最终的弱点。
A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.
悲伤的冠冕是回忆快乐的时光。
I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
我知道我想做一些有创意的事情。我不认为我有机会做这样的事情,因为我不知道有谁追求过他们真正热爱的东西,但我有唱歌或写作的梦想。
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
可以说,朋友是另一个我。
I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death. Beyond the walls of intelligence life is defined.
我从不睡觉,因为睡眠是死亡的近亲。在智慧之墙之外,生活是有定义的。
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
养成读书的习惯,就是为自己建造一个避难所,使自己免受生活中几乎所有的不幸。
Prepare yourself for success. You have to see it coming to get there.
做好成功的准备。你必须看到它的到来。
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
我一生中最幸福的时刻是在家里和家人一起度过的那几个时刻。
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
君子怀德,小人怀土。
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
成功很简单。在正确的时间以正确的方式做正确的事。
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
如果我们遇到一个智力超群的人,我们应该问他读什么书。