that is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.
科学的本质是：问一个不恰当的问题，于是走上了通往恰当答案的路。
—jacob bronowski
the danger of the past was that men became slaves. the danger of the future is that men may become robots.
在过去人们面临的危险是变成奴隶，而在将来危险是人类可能变成机器人。—erich fromm
knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是一宝库，而实践就是开启宝库大门的钥匙。—fuller
the golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
真正的`金科玉律就是世上并无金科玉律。—g.b.shaw
the lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
热爱大自然的人内外感觉协调一致，即使进入成年后依然保持着童心。
—emerson
ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in.
以爱心聚在一起的十个人能够完成一万个分散的人做不到的事情。—thomas carlyle imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.
想象不应脱离现实。—a.n. whitehead there are two sides to every story ..at least.
每个故事都可以从两个方面看，至少两个方面。—ann landers
today is not yesterday. we ourselves change. how then can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be fittest, continue always the same?
今天不同于昨天。我们自己也在改变。那么，我们的著作和思想，如果想永远不过时，怎么能始终不改变呢？ —thomas carlyle
1、A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。
2、You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.
你并不掌管整个宇宙，但你得掌管你自己。
3、Life lies not in living but in liking.
生活的意义并不在于活着，而在于爱好人生。
4、A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。
5、A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
6、Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
7、Live not to eat, but eat to live.
不要为了吃饭活着，而要为了活着吃饭。
8、A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
9、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
10、A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
11、Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold.
生活不在于握有一手好牌，而在于把手里的牌打好。
12、A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
13、A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
14、There is a history in all men's lives.
所有人的生活里都有一部历史。
15、A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难，失朋友易。
16、I eat merely to put food out of my mind.
我吃东西只是为了不再去想食物。
17、Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。
18、A friend is never known till a man has need.
需要之时方知友。
19、A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
20、For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
21、A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
22、A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
一本好书，相伴一生。
23、A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。
24、"After you" is good manners.
“您先请”是礼貌。
25、A good beginning is half done.
良好的'开端是成功的一半。
26、A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
27、A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
28、A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始者善终。
29、A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
30、A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情。
31、A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
32、A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
33、Do one thing at a time, and do well.
一次只做一件事，做到最好。
34、Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
35、A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所，流芳百世。
36、A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
37、Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
逆境出人才。
38、A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
39、A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
40、A faithful friend is hard to find.
知音难觅。
41、Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
42、A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
43、One should eat to live, not live to eat.
人生应为生而食，不应为食而生。
44、A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
45、A fox may grow gray, but never good.
江山易改，本性难移。
46、A friend without faults will never be found.
没有十全十美的朋友。
47、A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
48、A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
49、A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
50、The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是，你做了什么。
51、Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。
52、They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
据说一个人在这个世上获得真正的幸福需要三件事情：有人爱，有事做，有所期待。
5.、In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
最终，重要的不是活了多少年，而是这些年你怎么活。--林肯
54、Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。
1.practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
2.a friend indeed is known by sharing hardships. 患难是朋友的试金石。
3.plain living and high thinking. 生活要朴素，情操要高尚。
4.what is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
5.zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火。
6.you never know till you have tried. 不尝试，不知晓。
7.nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
8.pay what you owe,and you'll know what's your own. 付清你所欠下的债，方知什么是属于自己的.。
9.a life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人若无友，犹如只有生命没有太阳。
10.a good friend is my nearest relation. 好友如近亲。
11.a hedge between keeps friendship en. 淡交使友谊长青。(君子之交淡如水)
12.all are not friends that speak us fair. 说我们好话的未必全是朋友。
13.better an open enemy than a false friend. 虚伪的朋友比公开的朋友更可怕。
14.better (be) alone than in bad pany. 宁可独处，勿交坏友。
15.one never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains to be done. ——marie curie 切不要注意已经做了哪些，而只能去考虑还有哪些有待去做。——居里夫人
16.always aim for achievement and forget about success.——helen hayes 永远要争取去做出成就，别去多考虑成功。——海伦
17.absence makes the heart grow fonder. 久别情深。
18.actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
19.accidents will happen in the best regulated families. 家规再严，事端难免。
20.all good things must e to an end. 天下没有不散的宴席(好景不长)。
21.all shall be well,and jack shall have jill. 有情人终成眷属。
22.all that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。
23.all things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。
24.always prepare for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪。
25.as you sow,so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
26.walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。
27.waste not,want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。
28.what is done cannot be undone. 生米已成熟饭/木已成舟。
29.where there's a will,there's a way. 有志者事竟成。
30.where there's smoke,there's fire. 无风不起浪。
31.while there is life there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
32.wickedness does not go altogether unrequited. 恶有恶报。
33.if wishes were horses,beggars would ride. 如果愿望都能实现，乞丐早就发财了。(愿望不能代替实际)。
34.ill news es apace. 坏事传千里。
35.in unity there is strength. 团结就是力量。so said,so done. 说到做到/言出必行。
36.well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。
37.where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
38.no pains,no gains. 一分耕耘，一分收获。
39.reading makes a full man. 读书使人完善。
40.failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
41.nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
42.the man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.
——napoleon
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。——拿破仑
43.time is a bird forever on the wing. ——robertson
时间是一支永远在飞翔的鸟。 ——罗伯逊
44.don't waste life in doubts and fears. ——emerson
不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。 ——爱默生
45.it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。
46.at minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
