The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. — Thomas Carlyle, Scottish satirical writer

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。 —托马斯·卡莱尔，苏格兰讽刺作家

Histories make men wise; poems witty¹; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic² and rhetoric³ able to contend. —Francis Bacon, English philosopher

历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞使人善辩。 —弗朗西斯·培根，英国哲学家

Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. —John Lubbock, English polymath

衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。 —约翰·卢伯克，英国博学家

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. —Albert Einstein，American physicist⁴

不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 —阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦，美国物理学家

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. — Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer

我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。 —奥利弗·哥尔德史密斯，爱尔兰作家