what's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名称有什么关系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。—shakespeare

there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高与荒谬仅一步之遥。—napoleon

growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
越来越老并不可怕，可怕的是让人觉得越来越老。—kenny rogers

without libraries what have we? we have no past and no future.
如果没有了图书馆，我们还有什么呢？我们没有了过去也没有了未来。 —kay bradbury

scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.
科学知识要求完全不受个人的影响。 —bertrand russell

nothing in life is to be feared. it is only to be understood.
生活中没有可怕的东西，只有应去了解的东西。—marie curie

truth is beautiful. withoutdoubt; and so are lies.
真理是美的；毫无疑问，谎言也是如此。 —emerson.

nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—rousseau

you can never plan the future by the past.
永远也不能依照过去来将来。 —burke

time is a versatile performer. it flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.
时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。—franklin p.jones

the first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.
在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。—emerson

death…is no more than passing from one room into another.
死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。—helen keller

important principles may and must be flexible.
重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。 —abraham lincoln

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

nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.
大自然永远不会欺骗我们，欺骗我们的往往是我们自己。—rousseau

you can never plan the future by the past.
永远也不能依照过去来将来。—burke

time is a versatile performer. it flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.
时间是个多才多艺的表演者。它能展翅飞翔，能阔步前进，能治愈创伤，能消逝而去，也能揭示真相。—franklin p.jones

the first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.
在所有头脑的影响之中，大自然的影响可谓是在时间上最先，在作用上最为重要的。—emerson

death…is no more than passing from one room into another.
死亡只不过是从一个房间进入另一个房间。—helen keller

important principles may and must be flexible.
重要的原则能够也必须是灵活的。 —abraham lincoln

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。那么，我们的著作和思想，如果想永远不过时，怎么能始终不呢？ —thomas carlyle

love alone can release the power of the atom so it will work for man and not against him.
只有爱才能使原子的力量造福人类，而非危害人类。—w. a. peterson

do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. (william shakespeare, british dramatist)
不要只因一次，就你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚.w.)

don't part with your illusions. when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (mark twain, american writer)
不要你的。当没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。（(美国作家 马克·吐温)

i want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. i don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world. (thomas edison, american inventor)
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. t.)

ideal is the beacon. without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.( leo tolstoy, russian writer)
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. l.)

if winter comes, can spring be far behind ?( p. b. shelley, british poet )
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人, 雪莱. p. b.)

if you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. (ibsen, norwegian dramatist )
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生)

if you would go up high, then use your own legs ! do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads. (f. w. nietzsche, german philosopher)

如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国家 尼采. f. w.)

it is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them. ( mark twain, american writer )
就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家 马克·吐温)

living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. (alexander dumas, davy de la pailleterie, french writer)