•the value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. ( montaigne )

　　•生命的价值不在于能活多少天，而在于我们如何使用这些日子。(蒙田)ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ( c. schurz )

　　•理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。(舒尔茨)

　　•all good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( h. d. thoreau )

　　•一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。(梭罗)

　　•no man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else. ( c. dickens )

　　•在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。(狄更斯)

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　　•life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two. ( a. lowell )

　　•生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。(洛威尔)

　　•love is stronger than death.

　　•爱的力量大于死亡。(《圣经》)

　　•we can't all be heroes. somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. (w. roger )

　　•我们不可能都成为英雄。总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌。(罗杰)

　　•life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ( s. butler )

　　•生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。(巴特勒)

　　•everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. ( chekhov )

　　•人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。(契诃夫)other man live to eat, while i eat to live. ( socrates )

　　•别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。(苏格拉底)

　　•patience! the windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( andy j. sklivis )

　　•耐心等待!风车从不跑去找风。(斯克利维斯)

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　　•the jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( w. penn)

　　•妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。(佩恩)many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( e. hubbard )

　　•许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。(哈伯德)

　　•it is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ( n. coward )