Happiness is beneficial for the body , but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. (Marcel Proust, French writer)
愉快有益于人的身体，但只有悲伤才能培养心灵力量。(法国作家 普鲁斯 M)
And smile, smile, smile
让微笑永远充满你的心田
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers. (Plato , Ancient Greek Philosopher)
正像空容器发出的声音最大，智力最低者最善于唠叨不休。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times .A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight. (Arthur Schopenhauer. Geman philosopher)
一定的忧愁、痛苦或烦恼，对每个人都是时时必需的。一艘船如果没有压舱物，便不会稳定，不能朝着目的地一直前进。(德国哲学家 叔本华 A)
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. (Michel Eyquem Montaigne, French essayist)
害怕痛苦的人已经在承受他所害怕 的痛苦了。(法国散文家 蒙田 M E)
Better one suffer, than a nation grieve. (John Drydon, British poet)
宁可一人受苦，不使民族悲伤。(英国诗人 德莱顿 J)
Between grief and nothing I will take grief. (William Faulkner, American writer)
在悲痛与虚无之间，我愿意选择悲痛。(美国作家 福克纳 W)
Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. (Thomas Fuller, American inventor)
使人高兴的'或者沮丧的，与其说是事实，还不如说是攀比。(美国发明家 富勒 T)
For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later. (John Milton, Britsh poet)
好事不出门，坏事传千里。(英国诗人 弥尔顿 J)
Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomtited
你虽然在困苦中也不惴惴不安
for the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloom bed
从暗处往往流出生命之泉
Sit not sad because that time a fitful aspect weareth
不要因为时运不济而郁郁寡欢，忍耐虽然最痛苦
Patience is most bitter , yet most sweet the fruit it bearth
其果实也最香甜
He best can pity who has felt the worse. (John Gay, British dramstist and poet)
感受过悲伤的人最富有同情心。(英国剧作家、诗人 盖伊 J)
He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure. (Saki, British writer)
谁想在逆境中得到援助，就应在身处顺境时待人宽厚。(英国作家 萨基)
I tell you hopeless grief is passionless. (E.B.Browning, British poetess)
我告诉你，没有希望的悲伤是没有激情的。(英国女诗人 布朗宁 E B)
It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of en-during blindness. (John Milton, British poet)
失明本身并非是悲惨的，不能忍受失明才是悲惨的。(英国诗人 弥尔顿 J)
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles with sniffes predomi-nating. (O.Henry, American writer)
人生是由呜咽、抽泣和微笑组成的，而在三者之中，抽泣处于支配地位。(美国作家 欧 享利)
No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate , who regards pleasure as the highest good. (Cicero, ancient Roman statsman)
把痛苦视为生活中最大的祸害的人不可能勇敢；把欢乐视为生活中最美妙的人不会自我节制。(古罗马政治家 西塞罗)
One must mourn not the death of men but their birth. (Charles Scondat Montesquieu, French thinker and Philosopher)
人所悲伤的并不是人类的死亡而是他们的诞生。(法国思想家、哲学家 孟德斯鸠)
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy. (LeoTolstoy ,Russian writer) 纯粹的、完全的哀愁和纯粹的、完全的欢乐一样都是不可能的。(俄国文学家 托尔斯泰 L)
handicaps a man's pow Sadness diminishes or er of action. (Benedict de Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher)
忧伤会减少或者妨害一个人行动的力量。(荷兰哲学家 斯宾诺莎 B)
Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it. (James Mackintosh, British writer) 悲哀和烦恼不是使人心软，就是使人心狠。(英国作家 麦金托什 J)
Tears are the silent language of grief. (Voltaire, French philosopher)
眼泪是无声的、悲伤的语言。(法国哲学家 伏尔泰)
The fiercest agonies have shorest reign. (William Crllen Bryant, American poet)
最猛烈的痛苦持续的时间也最短。(美国诗人 布莱恩特 W C)
The most glorious moment in your life are not the socalled days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishment. (Gustave Flaubert, French writer)
的一生中，最为辉煌的一天并不是功成名就的那些天，而是从悲叹与绝望中产生对人生的挑战和对未来辉煌的期盼的那些日子。(法国作家 福楼拜 G)
He pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. (Publius Syrus, Syrian Latin writer) 心理疾病比身体疾病更糟。(叙利亚拉丁语作家 西拉士 P)
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)
痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。(英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.)
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on. (William Shkespeare, British dramatist)
为了一去不复返的灾祸而悲伤将会抬致新的灾祸。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚 W)
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (James Russell Lowell, British Poet and critic)
一次痛苦的
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. (Samuel Smiles, British writer)
实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。(英国作家 斯迈尔斯 . S .)
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. (Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer)
谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。(班牙作家 塞万提斯.M.)
The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. (Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and nathematician)
世界的悲剧就在于有想象力又缺乏经验，而有经验的人又缺乏想象力。(英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 .A . N.)
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. (Grorge Santayana, Spain-born American philosopher and poet)
教育之艰苦在于从意念中获得经验。(西班牙裔美国哲学家、诗人 桑塔亚那.G.)
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. (Winston Churchill. British statesman)
傻瓜有时候也是对的。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 .W.)
To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth. (Stanislars I, Polish king)
青年而有老年之经验，老年而有青年之朝气，就能使人生发挥更大的作用。(波兰国王 斯坦尼劳斯一世)
To most men , experience is like the stern light of a ship which il-luminates only the track it has passed. (Samuel Tylor Coleridge, British poet)
对于大多数人，经验像是一艘船上的尾灯，只照亮船驶过的航道。(英国诗人 柯勒津治. S .T .)
Too much experience is a dangerous thing. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)
经验过多反而危险。(英国剧作家 王尔德 . O.)
We know nothing of what will happen in future , but by the analogy of past experience. (Abraham Lincoln , American president)
除了凭着对过去的`经验加以类推之外，我们对今后的事一无所知。(美国总统 林肯 . A .)
Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer)
离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)
Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher)
每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)
初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billings. American humorist)
友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。(美国幽默作家 比林斯 .J.)
Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet)
友谊是没有羽翼的爱。(英国诗人 拜伦.G,G)
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. (Albert Einstein, American scientist)
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利: two dogs fight for a bone, and
玉不琢，不成器: C: A piece of jade unless cut forms no article of vertu. / E: An uncut gem goes not sparkle. / The finest diamond must be cut. / Unpolished pearls never shine.
十年树木，百年树人: C: It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men. / E: It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
学无止境: C: knowledge is infinite / E: progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.
此地无银三百两: never try to prove what nobody doubts.
严师出高徒: C: Good pupils are to be brought up by strict teachers. / E: It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.
得不偿失: give a lark to catch a kite.
对症下药: a disease known is half the cure.
君子之交淡如水: a hedge between keeps friendship green.
化干戈为玉帛: bury the hatchet.
家和万事兴: he is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
江山易改，本性难移: the leopard cannot change its spots.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧: where there is life, there is hope.
狡兔三窟: the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
举一反三: half a tale is enough for a wise man.
当局者迷，旁观者清: outsiders see more than insiders. / standers-by see more than gamesters.
世上无难事，只怕有心人: dogged does it.
笨鸟先飞: C: a slow sparrow should make an early start. / E: a lame traveler should get out betimes.
冷暖自知: every man is best known to himself.
有情人终成眷属: every jack has jill.
宁为玉碎不为瓦全: better death than dishonor.
情人眼里出西施: if jack is in love, he is no judge of jill’s beauty.
拳不离手，曲不离口: no day without a line.
吃一堑，长一智: by falling we learn to go safely.
塞翁失马: no great loss without some small gain.
天无绝人之路: god tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
仁者见仁，智者见智: E: the donkey means one thing, and the driver another. / C: the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.
师傅领进门，修行在个人: no man is his craft’s master the first day.
