That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. 人不能从历史的教训中学到很多东西,这是所有历史教训中最重要的一条。 -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎
A chicken won't be grudged to a place a goose will come from. 一只鸡不会不情愿去一个鹅会来的地方。
Does a man not know when he has pepper in his eyes? If we forget yesterday, how shall we remember tomorrow. 人岂不知眼睛里有胡椒吗?忘记昨天,又怎能记住明天。
You need more than dancing shoes to be a dancer. 要成为一名舞蹈家,你需要的不仅仅是舞鞋。
A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. 在没有爱的地方,一群人不是一群人,一张张脸不过是一排画,而交谈不过是铙钹丁令作声。 -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. 幽默理所当然地被认为是诗歌天才中最完美的部分。 -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔
Three things have a flavor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun, and married love. 未来的世界有三样东西:安息日、太阳和婚姻之爱。
What first appears as a calamity may later bring good fortune. 起初看似灾难的事,日后可能会带来好运。