I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. ( George Eliot )我从不怜惜自负的人们，因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。（艾略特）

　　Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. ( Bernard Shaw )人可以爬到最高峰，但他不能在那儿久住。（萧伯纳）

　　The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (Kierkegaard)暴君死了，他的统治就结束了；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。（克尔凯郭尔）

　　Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ( T. S. Eliot )世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。（艾略特）

　　The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing. ( Lady Astor )生活中的主要危险来自那些想要改变一切或什么也不想改变的人。（阿斯特子爵夫人）

　　Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. ( Mark Twain )习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下楼。（马克吐温）

　　Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. ( C. K. Chesterton )可以给偏执下一个粗略的定义：没有观点的人的愤怒。（切斯特顿）

　　Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ( W. Winchell )乐观主义者：被狮子逼上了树但仍能欣赏风景的人。（温切尔）

　　You know what charm is : A way of getting the answer "yes" without having asked any clear question. ( A. Camus )你知道什么是魅力：一种不用明白地提出问题而能得到肯定答复的办法。（加谬）

　　The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ( J. Cocteau )对于诗人来说，最大的悲剧莫过于由于误解而受到钦佩。（科克托）

　　The essence of language is human activity. ( O. Jesperson )语言的本质是人类活动。（耶斯佩森）

　　Animals are such agreeable friends ----they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ( George Eliot )动物是极容易相处的，它们从不提问，也从不会批评。（艾略特）

　　Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ( W. Durant )教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。（杜兰特）

　　In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. ( W. A. White )教育不是为了教会青年人谋生，而是教会他们创造生活。（怀特）

　　I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. ( M. P. Cato )我宁可看到青年人脸红，也不愿看到它脸色变得苍白。（加图）

　　It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo )在争论中是无法击败无知者的。（麦卡杜）

　　A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. ( Voltaire )持久的争论意味着双方都是错的。（伏尔泰）

　　People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。（切斯特顿）

　　The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )明白事理的人使自己适应世界；不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。（萧伯钠）

　　Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ( C. G. Jung )任何形式的瘾都是不好的，不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是唯心主义。（荣格）

　　As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( C. Darrow )只要世界还存在，就会有错误，如果没有人反叛，这些错误将永远存在下去。（达罗）

　　I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ( Voltaire )我不同意你说的话，但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。（伏尔泰）

　　The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。（勒纳尔）

　　The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

( Mark Twain )具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。（马克吐温）