【英漢對照】英語諺語與名人名言集錦: Person to Person
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
—Charles Chaplin, English comic actor
人必須有自信，這是成功的秘密。
——英國喜劇演員 卓別林
Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.
— Lucius Anaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher
樂觀主義者總是想象自己實現了目標的情景。
——古羅馬哲學家 西尼加
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
— Benjamin Franklin, American leading author, scientist, politician
能量加毅力可以征服一切。
——美國著名作家、科學家、政治家 富蘭克林
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
—George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist
痛苦的秘密在於有閒功夫擔心自己是否幸福。
——英國劇作家 蕭伯納
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
—Helen Keller, American writer
雖然世界多苦難，但是苦難總是能戰勝的。
——美國作家 海倫•凱勒
As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it.
—Hugh Black, American writer
水果不僅需要陽光，也需要涼夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不僅需要歡樂，也需要考驗和困難。
——美國作家 布萊克
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
— Martin Luther King, American leader in the African-American Civil Rights
我們必須接受失望，因為它是有限的，但千萬不可失去希望，因為它是無窮的。
——美國民權運動領袖 馬丁·路德·金
A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times. A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
一定程度的憂愁、痛苦或煩惱，對每個人都是必需的。一艘船如果沒有壓艙物，便不會穩定，不能朝著目的地一直前進。
——德國哲學家 叔本華
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer
友好的往來如同濃咖啡，無窮，令人徹夜難眠。
——美國作家 安·林德伯格
The real art of conversation is not to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
—Dorothy Nevill, English writer
談話的真正藝術不是在合適的場合說出合適的話，而是在錯誤的話差點脫口而出的時候沒有說出來。
——英國作家 多蘿西·內維爾
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）
