【英漢對照】英語諺語與名人名言集錦: Harmonious Society
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
— Earl Nightingale, American speaker and author
我們對生活的態度決定著生活對我們的態度。
—— 厄爾·南丁格爾 美國演說家、作家
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
— Havelock Ellis, British psychologist and essayist
生活的藝術在於對堅持與放棄的合理調配。
—— 亨利·哈維洛克·艾利斯 英國心理學家、作家
The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.
——Francis Bacon, British writer
人的行為準則是：維護自己的尊嚴，不妨礙他人的自由。
——英國作家 培根
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
——Burke Edmund, British statesman
權力越大，濫用職權的危險就越大。
——英國政治家 埃德蒙
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasure, we must go to those who are seeking it :the pains of power is real, its pleasures imaginary.
——C.Colton Charles, British churchman
欲知權力帶來的痛苦，去問那些當權者；欲知權力帶來的樂趣，去問那些追逐權勢者：權力帶來的痛苦是真實的，而權力帶來的樂趣只不過是憑空想象的。
——英國牧師 查爾斯
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
——Thomas Jefferson, American president
人民是完全可以信賴的，應該讓他們聽到一切真實和虛偽的東西，然後作出正確的判斷。倘使讓我來決定，我們應該是有一個政府而不要報紙呢，還是應該有報紙而不要政府，我會毫不猶豫選擇後者。
——美國前總統 傑斐遜
Good order is the foundation of all things.
——E.Burke, Btritish statesman
良好的秩序是一切的基礎。
——英國政治家 伯克
Law is order, and good law is good order.
——Aristole, Ancient Greek philosopher
法律就是秩序，有好的法律才有好的秩序。
——古希臘哲學家 亞里士多德
Virtue，as a Precious stone，is brighter against Plain background. It is the same that a simple dressed man Will call forth a fee ling of Profound respect against a graceful behavior and Virtue.
——Francis Bacon, British writer
美德好比寶石，它在樸素背景的襯托下反而更華麗。同樣，一個打扮並不華貴，卻端莊嚴肅 而又有美德的人是令人肅然起敬的。
——英國作家 培 根
Assuredly, the most gifted man errs who, in dealing with humanity, depends upon his own insight and intelligence and discards the moral law of society,created by respect for the individual, and those principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, the basis of our civilization, and the essence of Christianity.
——Ferdinand Foch, French marshal
的確，在處理人的問題時，如果只依賴個人的見識與才智，拋棄為尊重個人而制定的社會道德法律，拋棄作為我們文明基礎和基督教要素的自由、平等、博愛的原則，那麼，即使是最有天才的人，也肯定會犯錯誤。
——法國元帥 福煦
A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face；a beautiful behavior than a beautiful form.
——Emerson, American thinker
美麗的形體勝於美麗的臉蛋，美麗的舉止勝於美麗的形體。
——美國思想家、文學家 愛默生
There is one thing about hens that looks like wisdom——they don't cackle until they have laid their eggs.
——Josh Billings, American writer
母雞有一點看上去是明智的——它們在下了蛋之後才咯咯叫。
——美國幽默作家 比林斯
節選自《大學英語新概念閱讀教程》（第三冊）（主編 李華田，武漢大學出版社，2012年6月）
