What\'s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

名称有什么关系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。—Shakespeare

There is but one step from the sublime¹ to the ridiculous.

崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。—Napoleon

Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

越来越老并不可怕，可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。—Kenny Rogers

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

如果没有了图书馆，我们还有什么呢？我们没有了过去也没有了未来。 —Kay Bradbury

Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal².

科学知识要求完全不受个人感情的影响。 —Bertrand Russell

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

生活中没有可怕的东西，只有应去了解的东西。—Marie Curie

Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.

真理是美的；毫无疑问，谎言也是如此。 —Emerson.

Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—Rousseau

You can never plan the future by the past.

永远也不能依照过去来计划将来。 —Burke

Time is a versatile³ performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。—Franklin P.Jones

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。—Emerson