马克·吐温生前说过的至理名言

 　　Life would be infinitely¹ happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

　　如果我们能在80岁的时候出生，然后慢慢走向18岁，那生活将会幸福无比。

　　Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

　　20年后，让你觉得更失望的不是你做过的事情，而是你没有做过的事情。所以，解开帆索，从安全的港湾里扬帆出行吧。乘着信风，去探索，去梦想，去发现！

　　Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ·

　　每个人都像月亮，有着从来不让任何人看见的黑暗面。

　　Keep away from people who try to belittle² your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

　　远离那些企图让你丧失雄心的人吧。小人经常如此，而真正的伟人会让你觉得你也可以变得伟大。

　　Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

　　别到处说世界亏欠了你。世界什么都不欠你的，你还没出生它就在这儿了。

　　If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

　　如果你收养了一只饥饿的狗，并且让它过上了舒服的日子，它将不会咬你。这便是狗与人最主要的区别。

　　Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed³ downstairs a step at a time.

　　Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

　　习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其一下子扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引下楼。

　　Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

　　善良是一种聋子能听见、盲人能看见的语言。

　　The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

　　让自己高兴起来的最好办法就是设法让别人高兴起来。

　　There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished⁴ things. The first group is less crowded.

　　世界上主要有两类人。第一类人有所成就，第二类人号称自己有所成就。第一类人不如第二类人那么多。

　　I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

　　我总是等机会错过了才发现我曾有过机会。

　　Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

　　皱纹应该只是微笑留下的印记。

　　A lie can travel halfway⁵ around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.

　　真理还在穿鞋的时候，谎言就走遍了半个世界。

　　The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

　　人类有一件真正有力的武器，那就是笑。

1 infinitely   

adv.无限地，无穷地

参考例句：

• There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
• The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。

2 belittle   

v.轻视，小看，贬低

参考例句：

• Do not belittle what he has achieved.不能小看他取得的成绩。
• When you belittle others,you are actually the one who appears small.当你轻视他人时， 真正渺小的其实是你自己。

3 coaxed   

v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱

参考例句：

• She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
• I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

5 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。