妙语连珠(二)

    13. Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. 记忆不是过去的钥匙,而是未来的钥匙.
    14. I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. 我之所以哭,是因为我没有鞋,直到我看到一个没有脚的人.     
    15. Long and steep is the path to virtue, and smooth is the way that leads to wickedness. 通向美德的路漫长而又陡峭,通向邪恶的路非常平坦.
    16. Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. 习惯就是习惯,是不能被人扔出窗外的,但可以一步步将它哄下楼梯.
    17. Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 艺术可以洗去日常生活给灵魂蒙上的尘埃.
    18. Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. 思想像兔子.你买上一对,然后学会对待它们,你马上就会有一打.
    19. If the brain sows not corn, it plants thistles. 思想像田野,不播种粮食,就会长满荆棘.
    20. Ideas are the raw material of proGREss. 思想是进步的原材料.
    21. We can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual proGREss. 我们就像手指一样分开,但只有合起手来才能共同进步.
    22. The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. 结束战争的最快的方法就是认输.
    23. Remembrance is a dream that comes in waves. 回忆是荡漾在波浪里的梦.
    24. Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. 不要将名气和成功混淆.麦当娜是前者,海伦·凯勒则是后者.
    25. The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn. 才智最高的人就像山峰一样,最早迎来黎明.
    26. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you push hard on the world, the world pushes back on you. If you touch the world gently, the world will touch you gently in return.对每种行为来说,都会有作用和反作用.如果你狠狠推这个世界,世界也会狠狠地推你.如果你轻轻地抚摸这个世界,世界也会轻轻抚摸你.