经典英语佳句

给大家发一些英语的经典名句，让你们在茶余饭后欣赏一下。如果你觉得那些的观点就好像道出了你人生的真谛，又或者有你特别中意的句子，同学们可以把它背诵下来，对英语学习很有好处。

Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two.
( A. Lowell )生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。（洛威尔）
Life is a palette; you put colors on it.
(生活是调色板，每个人自己在上面加上颜色)
On earth there is nothing great but man; in the man there is nothing great but mind. ( A. Hamilton )地球上唯一伟大的是人，人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。（哈密尔顿）

　　Everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. ( Chekhov )人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。（契诃夫）

　　Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ( T. Fuller )生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。（富勒）

　　Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limitless. ( S. Bernhardt )要这样生活，仿佛你生命永恒；要这样工作，仿佛你精力无穷。（波恩哈特，注意不是哈里波特哦）

Other man live to eat, while I eat to live. ( Socrates )别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。（苏格拉底）
老师知道德国人说中国人Leben für Essen（活着就是为了吃）；中国人说德国人：Essen für Leben（吃只是为了活）。

　　Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient¹ premises². ( S. Butler )生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。（巴特勒）

　　Life is not all beer and skittles. ( T. Hughes )人生并非只是吃喝玩乐。（休斯）

　　Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners³, we chart our course by them. ( C. Schurz )理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。（舒尔茨）

　　I tell you hopeless grief is passionless. ( E. B. Browning )我告诉你，没有希望的悲伤是没有感情的。（勃郎宁夫人）

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. (Marie Curie)生活中没有什么可怕的东西，只有需要理解的东西。（居里夫人）

　　A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore)只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。（巴里摩尔）

　　A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited⁴ enthusiasm. (C. M. Schwab)只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。（施瓦布）

　　One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. (A. Schweizer)有一点我是知道的：在你们之中，只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人，才是真正幸福的。（施韦策）
乖乖很有点伟大领袖毛主席他老人家的口气亚！

　　The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain⁵ it. (Goethe)人生重要的在于确立一个伟大的目标，并有决心使其实现。（歌德）

To live is to function. That is all there is in living. (Holmes)活着就要发挥作用，这就是生活的全部内容。（霍姆斯）

　　Man can only be free through mastery of himself. ( S. E. Morison)只有通过掌握自己，才能使自己得到解放。（莫里森）

Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. (J. H. Newman)不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不曾真正开始。（纽曼）

　　Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation⁶. ( C. Nepos)要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。（内波斯）

　　When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. ( R.Browning)当一个人内心开始斗争时，他就有了价值。（布郎宁）

　　There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way. (C. Morley )只有一种成功，那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。（莫利）

　　We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ( Martin Luther King, Jr.)我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。（马丁•路德•金）

　　We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves.( M. L. Becker )随着年龄的增长，我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏，而是变得更象我们自己。（贝克尔）
If a jewel falls into the mire⁷, it remains⁸ as precious as before; and though dust should ascend⁹ to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered. ( AL Jaber )宝石即使落在泥潭里，仍是一样可贵；尘土纵然扬到天上，还是没有价值。（贾比尔）

　　Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. ( Strong)与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。（斯特郎）

　　A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ( J. Burroughs )一个人可以失败许多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪别人，他还不是一个失败者。（巴勒斯）

　　Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries¹⁰ that ever beset¹¹ mankind. ( Carlyle )工作是医治人间一切病痛和疾苦的万应良药。（卡莱尔）

　　At twenty years of age, the will reigns¹²; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment¹³. ( B. Franklin) 二十岁时起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。（富兰克林）

　　The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.( T. Carlyle )生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。（卡莱尔）

　　To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ( J. W. Gardner )对聪明人来说，每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。（加德纳）

　　Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life. (Goethe )天才形成于平静中，性格来自于生活的激流。（歌德）

　　Wherever valour true is found, true modesty¹⁴ will there abound¹⁵. ( W. S.Gilbert )真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。（吉尔伯特）

　　We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb¹⁶ and clap as they go by. (W. Roger )我们不可能都成为英雄。总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌。（罗杰）

　　Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad. (Euripides )上帝要谁灭亡，必先让他疯狂。（欧里比德斯）
 

1 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

2 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

3 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

4 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

5 attain   

vt.达到，获得，完成

参考例句：

• I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
• His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。

6 ostentation   

n.夸耀，卖弄

参考例句：

• Choose a life of action,not one of ostentation.要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。
• I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.他们生活奢侈，爱摆阔，我不敢恭维。

7 mire   

n.泥沼，泥泞；v.使...陷于泥泞，使...陷入困境

参考例句：

• I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 ascend   

vi.渐渐上升，升高；vt.攀登，登上

参考例句：

• We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.我们看着飞机逐渐升高。
• We ascend in the order of time and of development.我们按时间和发展顺序向上溯。

10 miseries   

n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 )；痛苦的事；穷困；常发牢骚的人

参考例句：

• They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 beset   

v.镶嵌；困扰，包围

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.这项计划自开始就困难重重。

12 reigns   

n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 )；君主统治时期；任期；当政期

参考例句：

• In these valleys night reigns. 夜色笼罩着那些山谷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern. 英国女王是国家元首，但不治国事。 来自辞典例句

13 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

14 modesty   

n.谦逊，虚心，端庄，稳重，羞怯，朴素

参考例句：

• Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
• As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。

15 abound   

vi.大量存在；(in，with)充满，富于

参考例句：

• Oranges abound here all the year round.这里一年到头都有很多橙子。
• But problems abound in the management of State-owned companies.但是在国有企业的管理中仍然存在不少问题。

16 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。