Don’t gild the lily.

　　不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚 . W .)

　　I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer)

　　只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克•吐温)

　　It is no use doing what you like ; you have got to like what you do .

　　(Winston Churchill , British prime minister)

　　不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.)

　　My philosophy of life is work . (Thomas Alva Edison , American inventor)

　　我的人生哲学就是工作。 (美国发明家 爱迪生 . T . A .)

　　When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is slavery .(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer )

　　工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。

　　(俄国作家 高尔基. M.)

　　Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice, and poverty.

　　(Voltaire , French philosopher )

　　工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。 (法国哲学家 伏尔基泰)


　　KNOWLEDGE 知识篇

　　Activity is the only road to knowledge .

　　(George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist)

　　行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

　　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 vessels 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.)

　　The roots of education are bitter , but the fruit is sweet .(Aristotle , Ancient Greek philosopher )

　　教育的根是苦的，但其果实是甜的。( 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)


　　CULTURE 文化篇

　　A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight .(P. B. Shelley , British poet )

　　伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱. P. B)

　　A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( Stendhcl , French writer )

　　一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)

　　Art is a lie that tells the truth .( Picasso , Spanish painter )

　　美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕加索)

　　Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist )

　　幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国小说家 马克•吐温)

　　The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )

　　文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)

　　When one loves one’s art no service seems too hard .( O. Henry, American novelist )

　　一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。 (美国小说家 欧•亨利)