Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor)

有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家 爱迪生. T. )

But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president )

但是难道败局已定，胜利已经无望?不，不能这样说! (法国总统 戴高乐. C.)

I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )

我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇 。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)

If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence¹ as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence² as your brother and hope as your sentry³. (Thomas Edison , American inventor )

如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly⁴ ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).

只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.)

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)

实力永远意味着责任和危险。 (美国总统 罗斯福. T.)

Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)

成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )

在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor )

人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)

A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist )

豁达者长寿。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)

Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president )

早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Sloth⁵ , like rust⁶ , consumes faster than labor⁷ wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president)

懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker )

健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.)

All the splendor⁸ 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire , French thinker)

人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。 (法国思想家 伏尔泰)

Creditors⁹ 4 have better memories than debtors¹⁰ . (Benjamin Franklin , American president )

放债的比借债的记忆好。( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some .

(Benjamin Franklin , American president )

要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

If your Riches are yours , why don't you take them with you to the other world ?(Benjamin Franklin , American president )

如果财富是你的，那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢?(

美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Money is a good servant and a bad master .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )

金钱是善仆，也是恶主。( 英国哲学家 培根. F. )

Money is like muck , not good except it be spread .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher)

金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。(英国哲学家 培根. F.)

No country , however rich , can afford the waste of its human resources .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。(美国总统 罗斯富. F.)

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing .(Albert Einstein , American scientist )

有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。(美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A.)

A lifetime of happiness ! No man alive could bear it ; it would be hell on earth .(G. Bernard Shaw ,British dramatist )

终身幸福!这是任何活着的人都无法忍受的，那将是人间地狱。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

Happiness is form courage .( H. Jackson , British writer )

幸福是勇气的一种形式。 (英国作家 杰克逊. H.)

Happy is the man who is living by his hobby .(G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )

醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G .)

Happiness lies not in the mere¹¹ possession of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president )

幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。(美国总统 罗斯福. F.)

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen , as by little advantages that occur every day .(

Benjamin Franklin ,American president).

与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运，不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be .(Abraham Lincoln ,American president )

对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。(美国总统 林肯. A.)

The secret of being miserable¹² is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )

痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G .)

The supreme¹³ happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved .(

Victor Hugo , French novelist )

生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。( 法国小说家 雨果. V .)

There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence¹⁴ .(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker )

人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无暇。( 法国思想家 卢梭. J . J. )

To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )

要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。 (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .)

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样，我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G. )

No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.

-An Ideal Husband (1895)

没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。--改编自《理想的丈夫》

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

-The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

真相很少纯粹，也决不简单。——《不可儿嬉》

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。——爱自己就是开始延续一生的罗曼史。

We are all in the gutter¹⁵, but some of us are looking at the stars.

我们都生活在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。

Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

大多数人发现他们从未后悔的事情只是他们的错误，但发现时已经太晚了

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings¹⁶ in disguise

看似痛苦的试炼的往往是伪装的祝福。