A life will be successful or not according to as the power of accommodation is equal to or unequal to the strain of fusing and adjusting internal and external changes．
Samuel Butler ，The Way of All Flesh
生活是否成功依赖于一个人的适应能力能否胜任融合和调节内部及外界变化这一重担。
塞绍尔·小巴特勒；《众生之路》
Adapt or perish ，now as ever ，is Nature’s inexorable imperative．
H ．G． Wells ，Mind at the End of Its Tether
适者生，不适者灭，这是自然界一如既往、永不变更的规律。
赫·乔·威尔斯：《黔驴计穷》
If you want to slip Into a round hole ，you must make a ball of yourself．
George Eliot ，The Mill on the Floss
你想要钻入一个圆洞，你就必须将自己变为球形。
乔治·爱略特：《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》
Always we like those who admire us ，but we do not always like those whom we admire．
La Rochefoucauld ，Maxims
我们总是喜欢那些赞赏我们的人，但不一定喜欢我们赞赏的人。
拉罗什福科：《道德警句集》
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized ．It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings ，through no fault ，and no merit of my own．
Einstein ，Ideas and Opinions
让每个人作为个人受到尊重，但不要让任何人成为偶像。我从众人那儿接受了过多的尊崇和敬意，这真是命运的嘲讽，因这既不是由于我的缺点，也不是出于我的美德。
爱因斯坦：《思想和见解》
Natural abilities are like natural plants ，that need pruning by study, and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large ，except they be bounded In by experience．
Bacon ，Of Studies ，Essays
天生的能力好像天然生成的.植物，必须通过学习加以修整；然而学习本身如若不由实践去约束，必然方向纷杂而漫无目的。
培根：《随笔·论学习》
As many languages as he has ，as many friends， as many arts and trades ，so many times is he a man．
Emerson ，Culture，The Conduct of Life
竭尽全力掌握各种语言，结交各式朋友，精通各类技艺及行业，如此努力方能成为一个完整的人。
爱默生：《处世之道·
Seek not proud riches， but such as thou mayest get justly ，use soberly ，distribute cheerfully ，and leave contentedly．
Bacon ，Of Riches ，Essays
不要寻求令人称羡的财富，应当追求这样的境界：对财富正当地获取，清醒地使用，愉快地施舍并能知足地放弃。
培根：《随笔·论财富》
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action．
Aristotle ，Nicomachean Ethics
在人类生命的竞技场，荣誉与奖赏眷顾善于行动的人。
亚里士多德：《伦理学》
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much ，and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all．
Georges Bernanos ，The Last Essays of Georges Bernanos
思想倘若不引发行动则意义不大，而行动倘若不是源于思想则毫无意义。
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death ．It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain ，but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being．
William Hazllit ,Table Talk
充满行动和危险的生活将减缓对死亡的恐惧。它不仅赋予我们承受痛苦的刚毅，而且时刻引导我们把握飘忽不定的现在。
1、To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
既当演说家，又做实干家。
2、Variety is the spice of life.
变化是生活的调味品。
3、Bad times make a good man.
艰难困苦出能人。
4、There is no royal road to learning.
求知无坦途。
5、Doubt is the key to knowledge.
怀疑是知识的钥匙。
6、The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
7、A mans best friends are his ten fingers.
人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指。
8、Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.
只有在日常生活中尽责的人才会在重大时刻尽责。
9、The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.
做许多事情的捷径就是一次只做一件事。
10、Sow nothing, reap nothing.
春不播，秋不收。
11、Life is real, life is earnest.
人生真实，人生诚挚。
12、Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.
生活若无波折险阻，就会过于平淡无奇。
13、Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的.前提下得出充足的结论。
14、Life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine life.
人生是美好的，但要学会如何享用美好的生活。
15、Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.
人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程，人生无坦途。
16、Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.
人生像一匹马，你不驾驭它,它便驾驭你。
17、Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
人生是一幅大画布，你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩的画面。
18、Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
人生如一首乐曲，要用乐感，感情和直觉去谱写，不能只按乐律行事。
19、Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
生活是绘画，不是做算术。
20、The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
精神的财富是唯一的财富。
21、You cant judge a tree by its bark.
人不可貌相。
22、Sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事，必先利其器。
23、Wasting time is robbing oneself.
浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
24、Nurture passes nature.
教养胜过天性。
25、There is no garden without its weeds.
没有不长杂草的花园。
26、A man is only as good as what he loves.
一个人要用他所爱的东西有多好来衡量。
27、Wealth is the test of a mans character.
财富是对一个人品格的试金石。
28、The best hearts are always the bravest.
心灵最高尚的人，也总是最勇敢的人。
29、One never lose anything by politeness.
讲礼貌不吃亏。
30、Theres only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and thats your own self.
这个宇宙中只有一个角落你肯定可以改进，那就是你自己。
31、The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也吵你微笑。
32、Death comes to all, but great achievements raise a monument which shall endure until the sun grows old.
死亡无人能免，但非凡的成就会树起一座纪念碑，它将一直立到太阳冷却之时。
33、The reason why a great man is great is that he resolves to be a great man.
伟人之所以伟大，是因为他立志要成为伟大的人。
34、Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.
苦难是人生最伟大的老师。
35、A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
36、A common danger causes common action.
同舟共济。
37、A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
38、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
39、A guest should suit the convenience of the host.
客随主便。
40、A letter from home is a priceless treasure.
家书抵万金。
41、All rivers run into the sea.
殊途同归。
42、All time is no time when it is past.
机不可失，时不再来。
43、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。
44、As heroes think, so thought Bruce.
英雄所见略同。
45、A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
46、Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
天外有天，山外有山。
47、Bad luck often brings good luck.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
48、Business is business.
公事公办。
49、Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
笨鸟先飞。
50、Do one thing at a time, and do well.
一次只做一件事，做到最好!搞自读书名言网
2、Misfortunes never come alone/single.(祸不单行。)
3、Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.(遭祸容易脱祸难。)
4、Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾难不知福。)
5、To an optimist every change is a change for the better.(对于乐观者总是越变越好。)
6、From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。)
7、Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。)
8、Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。)
9、The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。)
10、A great ship asks for deep waters.(大船要走深水。)
11、While there is life, there is hope.(有生命便有希望/留得青山在，哪怕没柴烧)
12、Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠，胜个过一个诸葛亮。)
13、Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训;笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。)
14、Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。)
15、It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。)
16、If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.(如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。)
17、Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。)
18、Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。)
19、It is never too late to learn. (活到老，学到老。)
20、It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。)
21、Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)
22、Experience is the mother of wisdom.(经验是智慧之母。)
23、Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。)
24、Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。)
25、Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。)
26、Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)
27、A good medicine tasks bitter.(良药苦口。)
28、Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同。)
29、Storms make trees take deeper roots.(风暴使树木深深扎根。)
30、Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。)
31、Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来强。)
32、A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。)
33、All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。)
34、What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.(得之不费力，弃之不可惜。)
35、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.(只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。)
