马克·吐温 | Mark Twain 中英文经典名言,被称为美国文学史上最知名人士之一,被推崇为“美国文坛巨子”,擅长写具有讽刺意义的小说。在他的笔下诞生了很多经典的名言佳句。
1、It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
最好闭上嘴,让别人认为你傻,而决不把嘴巴张开去解答所有的疑难。
2、To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
生活的成功需要两个因素:愚昧以及自信。
3、The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
取得进展的秘诀就是开始;开始的秘诀就是将令人窒息的复杂任务,细化成可操作的任务,然后开始做第一件。
4、Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
人人都是月亮,都有决不让人知道的阴暗面。
5、A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
当真理还正在穿鞋的时候,谎言就能走遍半个世界。
6、A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
一个人的性格可以到他交谈中使用的形容词中去了解。
7、Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
首先弄到事实,然后你就可以随心所欲地把他们扭曲。
8、Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
真正伟大的人让你产生你也能伟大起来的感觉。
9、The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.
你解释越多,我越难理解。
10、Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
今天显然什么也不会发生。
11、The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
先是怕生,后才怕死。完全活过的人,随时都准备死。
12、Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
善良是聋子能听,瞎子能看的语言。
13、The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
越是禁止的事物越流行。
14、The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
保持身体健康的唯一办法,就是吃点你不想吃的,喝点你不想喝的,以及做点你不愿做的事情。
15、When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
垂钓爱情用心而不是用脑做诱饵。