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 foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
愚蠢的一致性是小人物的妖怪,为小政治家、哲学家和神祗所崇拜。
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
一个好的领导者应该承担的责任比他应该承担的多一点,比他应该承担的荣誉少一点。
A colleague said to me one time, ‘They don't pay me to like the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson.I said to her,‘You know, kids don't learn from people they don't like.
有一次,一位同事对我说,“他们雇我不是为了喜欢孩子。他们付钱给我是为了教训我。我对她说,‘你知道,孩子不会向他们不喜欢的人学习。
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。
Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.
从前,有一位王后,她有一个非常丑、非常畸形的儿子。不过,他出生时的一位仙女说,尽管如此,他还是会非常和蔼可亲的,因为他有非常好的判断力。
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
惧怕爱就是惧怕生活,那些惧怕生活的人已经有四分之三部分死了。
If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
如果有人认真看我的木偶戏,我很早就被送去治疗了。
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.
在人类所知之外,还有第五维度。它是一个和空间一样广阔,和无限一样永恒的维度。它是光明与黑暗、科学与迷信之间的中间地带。
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
悲伤不过是两座花园之间的一堵墙。
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
在我的一生中,我失败了一次又一次。这就是我成功的原因。
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.
真爱从来没有时间和地点。它是偶然发生的,在心跳中,在一个闪烁的、悸动的瞬间。
The best revenge is massive success.
最好的报复是巨大的成功。