Chinese-English comparison of foreign celebrity quotes

1. Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (L. Blum)

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. Have the courage to make choices. (Bruce)

2. As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. (C. Darrow)

As long as the world As long as it exists, there will be mistakes, and if no one rebels, these mistakes will always exist. (Darrow)

3. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. (Bernard Shaw)

The reasonable man Adapt yourself to the world; unreasonable people want to adapt the world to themselves. (Robert Shaw)

4. Don't waste life in doubts and fears. (Emerson)

Don't waste life in doubts and fears. (Emerson)

5. It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. (W. G. McAdoo)

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. (McAdoo)

6. People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. (Chesterton)

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. (Chesterton)

7. Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. (Shakespeare)

Don’t give up just because of one setback. Originally determined to achieve the goal. (Shakespeare)

8. If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. (O. Wilde)

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9. A day is a miniature of eternity. (Emerson)

A day is a miniature of eternity. (Emerson)

10. The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. (J. Cocteau)

For a poet, the greatest tragedy is to be admired through being misunderstood. Admired due to misunderstanding. (Cocteau)

11. In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. (W. A. ??White)

Education is not to teach youth People make a living, but teach them to create a life. (White)

12. There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. (Muggeridge)

There is no such thing as darkness, (www.lz13.cn) only Just invisible. (Muggeridge)

13. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. (C. Weizmann)

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. You have to work hard for it. (Weizmann)

14. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “Impossible”. (Napoleon)

Those who are determined to win never say "impossible".

(Napoleon)

15. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. (W. Durant)

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. (Durant)

16. If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. (Edison)

If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. Just never. (Edison)

17. Time is a bird for ever on the wing. (T. W. Robertson)

Time is a bird for ever flying. (Robertson)

18. A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. (Voltaire)

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.

(Voltaire)