The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦,而在于人们错过了什么。
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish satirical writer
托马斯·卡莱尔,苏格兰讽刺作家
Histories make men wise; poems witty;
历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;
the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep;
数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;
moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
伦理使人庄重;逻辑修辞使人善辩。
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
弗朗西斯·培根,英国哲学家
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为,而不是时间。
John Lubbock, English polymath
约翰·卢伯克,英国博学家
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
不要为成功而努力,要为做一个有价值的人而努力。
Albert Einstein,American physicist
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦,美国物理学家
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。
Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer
奥利弗·哥尔德史密斯,爱尔兰作家