阿諾德·本涅特
英國作家
The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life.
酒店的最大優(yōu)勢在于它是家庭生活的避難所。
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
找不到時間娛樂的人遲早會被迫找時間生病。
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
閱讀的藝術(shù)在很大程度上是從書中與生活的相遇中獲得更好的理解。
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual spark in man can be fanned into flame.
人的精神比單純的體力更重要，人中的精神火花可以被扇成火焰。
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
好的小說告訴我們關(guān)于其主角的真相；而壞的小說告訴我們關(guān)于其作者的真相。
The real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
生活的全部秘訣在于對一件事深感興趣，對一千件事都感興趣。
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
偉大的本質(zhì)在于認識到美德就足夠了。
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
The great advantage of telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
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