A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
荣誉
Honor
If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
如果我们注定要死,我们就足以使我们的国家蒙受损失;活着的人越少,获得的荣誉就越多。
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.
不幸的是,善良和荣誉在杰出的人中间是一种例外,而不是常态,更不用说天才了。
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.
如果荣誉是你的衣服,那么西装将会穿一辈子;但如果衣服是你的荣誉,它将很快被磨损。
A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
如果一个人坚持自己的行为理想,尽管这样做是不方便的、无益的或危险的,他就有荣誉。
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
人们尊重他们知识范围内的东西,却没有意识到他们是多么依赖于知识范围之外的东西。
To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
雄心勃勃地追求真正的荣誉、真正的光荣和我们本性的完美,是美德的根本原则和激励。
I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.
我有一个个人的抱负,诚实地生活,尊重我的真爱,以及我身边的人。
Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.
让我看看你尊敬的人,因为我更了解你是什么样的人。因为你向我展示了你对人性的理解。
It's an honor to see that green jacket in the bedroom closet, but I'm not going to become somebody else because I won the Masters.
我很荣幸能在卧室的衣橱里看到那件绿色的夹克,但我不会因为赢得了大师赛而成为别人。
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
当意志战胜恐惧,当责任向命运挑战,当荣誉蔑视死亡——这就是英雄主义。
Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
向报道地震的记者颁发荣誉雕像,就像向外科医生颁发一等奖一样。
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
我们为什么要纪念那些在战场上牺牲的人?一个人在进入自己的深渊时,可能表现出鲁莽的勇气。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
我既不应该得到如此多的荣誉,也不应该蒙受如此多的耻辱。
Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.
一切都随波逐流:荣誉、骄傲、体面,这些都是写这本书所需要的。
No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken.
没有什么报复比没有被报复更光荣的了。
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.
有些人有一种快乐的性情,一种强烈的荣誉感和自尊感,他们对正义和美德的热爱与一般人对财富和荣誉的热爱是一样的……但这些人的数目是如此之少,我提到他们只是为了向人类表示敬意。
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
没有荣誉,再多的能力也无济于事。
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
当荣誉的太阳落山,财富展翅,知识就会闪耀,那是最珍贵的东西。