Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought

a stone. -- Emerson

知识是一座城堡，每个人都应为它增砖添瓦。-- 爱默生

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily,

it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be

prayed for. -- Thomas Arnold

真知如同珍宝，不是轻易获得的，必须学习、钻研、思考，最重要的是必须有强烈的求知欲。

-- 托马斯 · 阿诺德

Knowledge comes from experience alone.

知识来自实践。

Knowledge makes humble¹, ignorance makes proud.

知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲。

Knowledge is power. -- Bacon

知识就是力量。 -- 培根

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

知识是宝库，而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。

Knowledge is the food of the soul. -- Plato

知识是心灵的食粮。 -- 柏拉图

Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament². Life and power are scattered³ with all its beams. -- Daniel Webster

知识的确是天空中硕大无比的太阳。它的光辉撒下生命和力量。 -- 韦伯斯特

Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.

有知识而无时间，只算半个能人。

Learning is the eye of the mind.

学问是心灵的眼睛。

Learn young, learn fair.

学习趁年少，而且要学好。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.

孩提时代学到的东西，至死也不会忘却。

Learn from the mistakes of others and prevent your own.

前人犯错，后人戒。

Learn to creep before you leap.

先学爬，后学跳。(循序渐进)

there is no royal road to learning.

学问之道无捷径。

Without learning, without eyes.

没有学识就是盲人。

He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit.

学习根苦果甜。

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to dropback.

学习如逆水行舟，不进则退。

Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous.

学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

There is no end to learning.

学无止境。

Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. -- William

Shakespeare

无知乃是罪恶，知识乃是我们借以飞向天堂的翅膀。 -- 莎士比亚

It is harder to conceal⁴ ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

掩盖无知要比学到知识更难。

Not ignorance, but the ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

不是无知本身，而是对无知的无知，才是知识的死亡。

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.

最可怕的事莫过于无知而行动。

Wisdom is more precious than wealth.

智慧比财富更宝贵。

The wise man is always a good listener.

智者善听人言。

Wise men are silent; fools talk.

蠢人多话，智者寡言。

Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

-- Bacon

读书使人充实，讨论使人机敏，写作使人严谨。 --培根

Reading enriches the mind.

开卷有益。

He that can read an meditate⁵ will not find his evenings long or life tedious.

会读书思索的人不会感到长夜无聊或生活乏味。

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of

past centuries. -- Descartes

所有的好书，读起来就如同和过去世界上最杰出的人谈话。 -- 笛卡尔

There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread⁶ the

fatiguing⁷ climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its

luminous⁸ summits.

在科学上没有平坦大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着陡峭山路攀登的人，才有希望达到光辉的顶点。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

书籍和朋友，在好不在多。

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. --L.W.Akott

好书使人开卷有所求，闭卷有所获。 -- 奥尔科特

There is no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labour and diligence.

世间无所谓天才，它仅是刻苦加勤奋。

A free man obtains knowledge from many sources 1 besides books .

(Thomas Jefferson , American president)

一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(

美国总统 杰斐逊 . T.)

A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way .(Adams Franklin , American humorist )

我的大部分知识都是这样获得的：在寻找某个资料时意外的发现了另上的资料。

(美国幽默作家 富兰克林. A.)

If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest .

(Benjamin Franklin , American president )

倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它;向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Imagination is more important than knowledge .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )

想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A. )

Knowledge is power . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )

知识就是力量。 (英国哲学家 培根. F.)

The empty vessels⁹ make the greatest sound . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )

满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)

EDUCATION 教育篇

And gladly would learn , and gladly teach .( Chaucer , British poet)

勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人, 乔叟)

Better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .(Plato , Ancient Greek philosopher)

与其不受教育,不如不生,因为无知是不幸的根源.(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)

Genius17 without education is like silver in the mine. (Benjamin Franklin , American president )

未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。 (美国总统 富兰克. B.)