英文名言

《英文名言》采用英汉对照方式,是英文名言警句之大成,涉及哲学、历史、教育、文学、艺术、社会等各个领域。所选词条约9500条,大多出自著名的思想家、哲学家、教育家、文学家、艺术家、政治家、军事家等名人的著述。其中疑难英文名言警句,均略加注释。

  • 热忱(Zeal)的名言

    Zeal is fit only for wise men,but is found mostly in fools. ——Thomas Fuller 热忱仅适宜于智者,但大多在愚人身上找到。 ——托马斯·富勒 Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. ——Thomas Fuller 没有知识的热忱犹如火之无……” [阅读]

  • 青春(Youth)的名言

    Youth is quick in temper but weak in judgement. ——Homer 青年性情急躁,短于判断。 ——荷马 Beautiful is the bloom of youth,but it does not last. ——Theocritus 青春的花朵是美丽的,但它不能持久。 ——忒俄克里托斯 While thy blo……” [阅读]

  • 年(Year)的名言

    Our years come to an end like a sigh. ——Old Testament 我们度尽的年岁好像一声叹息。 ——《旧约全书》 Each passing year takes something from us. ——Horace 每个流年都从我们身上取走些东西。 ——贺拉斯 Nothing goes swifter……” [阅读]

  • 坏事(Wrongs)的名言

    It is better to suffer wrong than to do it,and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. ——Samuel Johnson 宁可受苦也不要去做坏事,有时受骗比不受信任较为愉快。 ——塞缪尔·约翰逊 Some kind of wrongs there are,which……” [阅读]

  • 写作(Writing)的名言

    Writing is not literature unless it gives the reader pleasure which arises not only from the things said,but from the way in which they are said. ——Rupert Brooke 写作不算作文学,除非它给予读者一种快感,这种快感不仅来自所说……” [阅读]

  • 创伤(Wounds)的名言

    A scar nobly got,or a noble scar,is a good livery of honour. ——Shakespeare 光荣的疤痕是最好的装饰。……我看那多半是疤痕。 ——莎士比亚 The wound that bred this meeting here Cannot be cured by words. ——Shakespeare 引起这……” [阅读]

  • 价值(Worth)的名言

    It is quality than quantity that matters. ——Seneca 价值在于质而不在于量。 ——塞涅卡 Merit is worthier than fame. ——Bacon 功绩比名声更有价值。 ——培根 So much is a man worth as he esteems himself. ——French Proverb……” [阅读]

  • 崇拜(Worship)的名言

    Worship is transcendant wonder. ——Carlyle 崇拜是超常的惊奇。 ——卡莱尔 It is good to declare thy loving—kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness by night. ——Old Testament 早晨传扬你的慈爱,夜间传扬你的信念,这是美事……” [阅读]

  • 世界(World)的名言

    For all that is in the world,the lust of the flesh,and the lust of the eyes,and the pride of life is not of the Father,but is of the world. ——New Testament 因为凡是世界上的事就如肉体的情欲、眼目的情欲和生活的骄傲都不是从父……” [阅读]

  • 工作(Work)的名言

    Work keeps at bay three great evils:boredom,vice,and need. ——Voltaire 工作使我们离开三件坏事:无聊、罪过和需求。 ——伏尔泰 What is the use of health,or of life,if not to do some work therewith? ——Carlyle 如果不从事点工作,健……” [阅读]

  • 言辞(Words)的名言

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in the setting of silver. ——Old Testament 一句话说得合宜就如金苹果放在银盘里。 ——《旧约全书》 How forcible are right words! ——Old Testament 正直的言语力量何其大! ——《旧……” [阅读]

  • 惊奇(Wonder)的名言

    Wonder——which is the seed of knowledge. ——Bacon 惊奇是知识的种子。 ——培根 Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy. ——Montaigne 惊奇是一切哲学的基础。 ——蒙田 Wonder is involuntary praise. ——Young 惊讶是不自主……” [阅读]

  • 女人(Woman)的名言

    To feel,to love,to suffer,to devote herself will always be the text of the life of a woman. ——Balzac 感觉、爱情、受苦、献身,常常构成一个女人的全部生命。 ——巴尔扎克 The deepest tenderness a woman can show to a man,is to he……” [阅读]

  • 悲哀(Woe)的名言

    All these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come. ——Shakespeare 这一切悲哀痛苦, 到将来便是握手谈心的资料。 ——莎士比亚 The man that makes his toe When he his heart should make Shall of a corn cry woe……” [阅读]

  • 才智(Wit)的名言

    At their wit’s end. ——Old Testament 智穷力竭。 ——《旧约全书》 The true touchstone of wit is the inpromptu. ——Moliere 才智的真正考验是能否即席创作。 ——莫里哀 Wit and wisdom are born with a man. ——John Selden 才智……” [阅读]

  • 愿望(Wish)的名言

    Thy wish was father,Harry,to that thought. ——Shakespeare 你因为存着那样的愿望,哈利,所以才会发生那样的思想。 ——莎士比亚 Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines. ——Young 我们的愿望像我们的影子, 随着口落而……” [阅读]

  • 智慧(Wisdom)的名言

    Wisdom cometh by suffering. ——AEschylus 智慧来自苦难中。 ——厄斯启拉斯 Wisdom without honest is mere craft and cozenage. ——Ben Jonson 有智慧而无诚实不过是诡计和欺诈。 ——本·琼生 The invariable mark of wisdom is to……” [阅读]

  • 冬天(Winter)的名言

    See,winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad,with all his rising train—— Vapours and clouds,and storms. ——James Thomson 看吧,冬天来统治这多变的一年了, 阴沉,忧愁,连同它一系列的 云雾和风暴。 ——詹姆斯·汤姆森 Quak……” [阅读]

  • 酒(Wine)的名言

    It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. ——Pliny 一个众所周知的说法——酒中见真情。 ——普林尼 Wine gives strength to weary men. ——Homer 酒给劳倦者以力量。 ——荷马 Boys should abstain from al……” [阅读]

  • 意志(Will)的名言

    Where there’s a will there’s a way。 ——English Proverb 有志者事竟成。 ——英国谚语 Where the will is ready the feet are light. ——George Herbert 下了决心脚下便轻。 ——乔治·赫伯特 He wants wit that wants resolved w……” [阅读]

  • 妻子(Wife)的名言

    The Lord God said,it is not good that the man should be alone;I will make him a helper fit for him. ——Old Testament 耶和华上帝说,那人独居不好,我要为他造一个配偶帮助他。 ——《旧约全书》 A man leaves his father and his moth……” [阅读]

  • 邪恶(Wickedness)的名言

    Ye have ploughed wickedness,ye have reaped iniquity. ——Old Testament 你们耕种的是邪恶,收割的是罪孽。 ——《旧约全书》 Let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thought. ——Old Testament 让邪恶者放弃他的行……” [阅读]

  • 欢迎(Welcome)的名言

    Bid that welcome Which comes to punish us,and we punish it Seeming to bear it lightly. ——Shakespeare 我们应该用处之泰然的态度, 报复命运加于我们的凌辱。 ——莎士比亚 Welcome ever welcome And farewell goes out sighing. ——……” [阅读]

  • 天气(Weather)的名言

    Everybody talks about the weather,but nobody does anything about it. ——Proverb 人人谈论天气,但谁也对它无能为力。 ——谚语 To talk of the weather,it’s nothing but folly, For when it rains in the hill,it shines in the valley……” [阅读]

  • 财富(Wealth)的名言

    When wealth is centralized the people are dispersed;when wealth is distributed the people are brought together. ——Confucius 财聚则民散,财散则民聚。 ——孔子 If the search of riches were sure to be successful,though I shal……” [阅读]

  • 虚弱(Weakness)的名言

    There are two kinds of weakness that which breaks and that which bends. ——James Lowell 有两类弱点,一类是易于折断,另一类是易于弯曲。 ——詹姆斯·罗威尔 Man’s weaknesses are often necessary to the purpose of life. ——Maur……” [阅读]

  • 浪费(Waste)的名言

    Wilful waste brings woeful want. ——Thomas Fuller 故意的浪费造成可悲的贫乏。 ——托马斯·富勒 Alas! Our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert. ——Byron 天啊!我们年轻的感情白白浪费, 正如在沙漠上浇水。 ——……” [阅读]

  • 警告(Warning)的名言

    The tempest threatens before it comes;houses creak before they fall. ——Latin Proverb 暴风雨来前要怒吼,房屋倒塌前会有裂声。 ——拉丁谚语 A person is not punishable unless he had been forewarned. ——Simmon 没有事前警告,一个……” [阅读]

  • 战争(War)的名言

    Men would rather have their fill of sleep,love,singing and dancing than of war. ——Homer 人们应该充分拥有安睡、爱情、唱歌和跳舞,而不是战争。 ——荷马 The laws are silent in the midst or arms. ——Cicero 在战鼓声中法律便沉默……” [阅读]

  • 放纵(Wantonness)的名言

    Leave thy lascivious wassails. ——Shakespeare 离开你荒唐的淫乐吧! ——莎士比亚 Unbridled wanntoness caused unbridled desire. ——Cicero 不加约束的放纵滋生毫无限制的欲望。 ——西塞罗……” [阅读]