1.Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
人生如一首樂曲,要用樂感,感情和直覺去譜寫,不能只按樂律行事。
2.Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
生活是繪畫,不是做算術(shù)。
3.The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
精神的財富是唯一的財富。
4.You can't judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
5.Sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事,必先利其器。
6.Wasting time is robbing oneself.
浪費時間就是掠奪自己。
7.Nurture passes nature.
教養(yǎng)勝過天性。
8.There is no garden without its weeds.
沒有不長雜草的花園。
9.A man is only as good as what he loves.
一個人要用他所愛的東西有多好來衡量。
10.Wealth is the test of a man's character.
財富是對一個人品格的試金石。
11.The best hearts are always the bravest.
心靈最高尚的人,也總是最勇敢的人。
12.One never lose anything by politeness.
講禮貌不吃虧。
13.There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.
這個宇宙中只有一個角落你肯定可以改進,那就是你自己。
14.The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
世界猶如一面鏡子:朝它皺眉它就朝你皺眉,朝它微笑它也吵你微笑。
15.Death comes to all, but great achievements raise a monument which shall endure until the sun grows old.
死亡無人能免,但非凡的成就會樹起一座紀念碑,它將一直立到太陽冷卻之時。
16.The reason why a great man is great is that he resolves to be a great man.
偉人之所以偉大,是因為他立志要成為偉大的人。
17.Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.
苦難是人生最偉大的老師。
18.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海內(nèi)存知己,天涯若比鄰。
19.A common danger causes common action.
同舟共濟。
20.A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.
知足常樂。