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幸福
Happiness
Happiness is a state of mind and not a state of possession. Be as you are and you will be happy, if you try to be someone else you will be miserable.
幸福是一种心态,而不是一种占有。做你自己,你会快乐;如果你想成为别人,你会痛苦。
To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.
愚蠢、自私和健康是幸福的三个条件——尽管如果没有愚蠢,其他的都是无用的。
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
一支蜡烛可以点燃成千上万支蜡烛,而且蜡烛的寿命不会缩短。幸福不会因为分享而减少。
The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
智慧最明显的标志是持续的快乐:她的状态就像月亮上方的事物一样,总是清晰而宁静。
If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
如果你想快乐一个星期,找一个妻子;如果你想快乐一个月,杀了一头猪;但如果你想一生幸福,就种一个花园吧。
Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.
在宁静中寻找幸福,避免野心,即使它只是在科学和发现上表现出明显的天真无邪。
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.
生活的幸福是由分分秒秒组成的——一个吻,一个微笑,一个友善的眼神,一句由衷的赞美,这些微小而又很快被人遗忘的善意。
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have but rather of recognizing & appreciating what we do have.
我们往往忘记,幸福不是来自于得到我们没有的东西,而是来自于认识和欣赏我们所拥有的。
The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
一个人内心的快乐不能满足他的灵魂;为了自己的幸福,一个人必须努力包括他人的幸福。
Give freely, love fully, and play feverously! Don’t put so many conditioned rules on your happiness. Life can be a beautiful experience if we allow it.
自由地给予,充分地爱,狂热地玩!不要给自己的幸福设定太多的条条框框。如果我们允许,生活可以是一段美好的经历。
The greatest thing about dreams is they don’t expire. They can lay dormant for years and when you pull them out and dust them off, they shine like new.
梦想最大的好处是它们不会过期。它们可以休眠多年,当你把它们拿出来掸去灰尘,它们就会像新的一样闪闪发光。
Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.
像爱情,像才华,像任何其他美德,像生活中的任何其他东西一样,幸福需要培养——这就是全部的真理。
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
在创造性的表达和知识中唤醒快乐是教师的最高艺术。
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
只有当你慷慨地同意分享你的成功和幸福时,你的成功和幸福才会被原谅。
The most important thing is to enjoy your life- to be happy - it's all that matters.
最重要的是享受你的生活——快乐——这才是最重要的。
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
幸福的生活在很大程度上必须是平静的生活,因为只有在平静的气氛中,真正的快乐才敢生活。
Humanity's greatest achievement will come when the happiness of some will no longer be the sadness of others.
当一些人的快乐不再是另一些人的悲伤时,人类最大的成就就会到来。
Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
幸福是人生的意义和目的,是人类存在的全部目的和目的。