in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (george bernad shaw, british dramastist)
对于害怕危险的人,这个世界上总是 危险的。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳 g)
it is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (william somerset maugham, british novelist)
说苦难能使人格得到升华,这是不确切的;幸福有时倒能做到这一点,而苦难常会使人心胸狭窄,产生复仇的心理。(英国小说家 毛姆 w s)
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。—Napoleon
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名称有什么关系呢?玫瑰不叫玫瑰,依然芳香如故。—Shakespeare
Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
越来越老并不可怕,可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。—Kenny Rogers
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
生活中没有可怕的`东西,只有应去了解的东西。—Marie Curie
Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.
科学知识要求完全不受个人感情的影响。 —Bertrand Russell
Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
大自然永远不会欺骗我们,欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—Rousseau
Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.
真理是美的;毫无疑问,谎言也是如此。 —Emerson.
Death…is no more than passing from one room into another.
死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。—Helen Keller
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.
科学的本质是:问一个不恰当的问题,于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。—Jacob Bronowski
let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie,and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis. (seebohm caroline, british physician)
让我们建议处在危机之中的人:不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上,相反而要集中在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。(英国医生 卡罗琳 s)
if you want to live your whole life free from pain
如果你想一生摆脱苦难
you must become either a god or else a coupes
你就得是神或者是死尸