1. Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. (Shakespeare)
Don’t give up the purpose you were determined to achieve just because of one setback. . (Shakespeare)
2. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "Impossible".(Napoleon)
Impossible". (Napoleon)
3. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. (C. Weizmann)
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. Work hard. (Weizmann)
4. There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. (Muggeridge)
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. (Muggeridge)
5. Time is a bird for ever on the wing. (T. W. Robertson)
Time is a bird for ever on the wing. (Robertson)
6. 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. Won't. (Edison)
7. A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson )
A day is a miniature of eternity. (Emerson)
8. Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (L. Blum)
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. (Bruce)
9. If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. (O. Wilde)
If there were less sympathy in the world, the world It will be less troublesome.
(Wilde)
Classic English Quotes 2
1.
We (sea folk) can live to three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.
------Andersen, "The little mermaid"
We (water tribe) can live to be three hundred years old but when we die we become the sea Just a bubble.
------Andersen
2.
Writers are well-known for their powers of invention and imagination.
------Andersen, "The Nightingale"
The writer is famous for his creativity and imagination.
------Andersen
3.
Teas in the listener's eyes are the finest possible reward for any singer.
------Andersen, "The Nightingale"
For any singer, tears in the eyes of the listener are the best reward.
------Andersen
4.
" But he hasn't got anything on!" a little child said.
------Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
"But he hasn't got anything on!" Ah!" said a child.
------Andersen
5.
"I have many beautiful flowers," he said, " but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all."
------Wilde, "The Selfish Giant"
"I have many beautiful flowers," he said : "But these children are the most beautiful of all flowers."
------Wilde
6.
In war, the strong makes slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of poor.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
In war, the strong enslave the weak; In times of peace, the rich enslave the poor.
------Wilde
7.
We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and we are slaves, though men call us free.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
We are in chains, though no one sees us; as slaves, though we are thought free.
------Wilde
8.
The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and th
e world's sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
------Wilde, "The Young King"
The burden of this world is too heavy for one heart to suffer.
The sadness in this world is too heavy for a heart to bear.
------Wilde
9.
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation "
------Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"A book without pictures or conversation What's the use of a book of dialogues?" Alice thought.
------Carol,
10.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Man is not born to be defeated. Can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated.
------Hemingway
11.
Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Man is nothing compared to those great birds and beasts.
-- ----Hemingway
12.
Pain does not matter to a man.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
To a man, pain is nothing.
------Hemingway
13.
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
------Camus, The plague
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
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------ Camus
14.
What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.
-- ----Camus, The plague
What interests me is: live for what you love, die for what you love.
------Camus
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If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love.
------Camus, The plague
If there is one thing that a person can always desire and sometimes be able to obtain, it is human love.
------ Camus
16.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
----
--Voltaire
I do not agree with your opinion, but I will defend to the death your right to speak.
------ Voltaire
17 .
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
------Stevenson, "Solitude"
Laughter , the world and laughter; cry, cry alone.
------ Stevenson,
18.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.
------Stevenson
No matter how heavy the burden is, I can always bear the burden until the sunset. No matter how hard the work is, I can always support it for a whole day.
------ Stevenson
19.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
------Maugham, Of Human Bondage
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. It is praise.
------ Maugham,
20.
If a nation values ??anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values ??more, it will lose that too.
------Maugham
If the country is concerned about anything It will lose freedom if it values ??it higher than freedom; ironically, if it values ??comfort or money highly, it will also lose comfort or money.
------ Maugham
21.
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
---- --Goethe
We cannot train children based on our own ideas; we must regard them as God's gifts, accept them, and love them.
------Goethe
22.
Life teaches to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
------Goethe
Life Teach us not to be too harsh on ourselves and others.
------Goethe
23.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
------Mark Twain
One of the most significant differences between cats and lies: cats have only nine lives. .
------Mark Twain
24.
Eve
ryone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
------Mark Twain
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. The dark side that people see.
------Mark Twain
25.
"Classic." A book which people praise and don' t read.
------Mark Twain
"A classic." A book that people praise but don't want to read.
---- --Mark Twain
26.
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
------Johnson
A dictionary is like a watch; the worst is better than nothing, and the best cannot be expected to be accurate every second.
------John Life
27.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
------Johnson
Life is a process of continuous needs, not a process of continuous enjoyment.
------Johnson
28.
We want to live by each other's happiness-not by each other's misery.
------Chaplin, "The Great Dictator"
We must live by each other's happiness-not by each other's misery. Dependent on each other's misfortunes.
------Chaplin, "The Great Dictator"
29.
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
------Dickens, Little Dorrit
Once a gentleman, always a gentleman.
------Dickens, "Little Dorrit"
30.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
------Browning
Ignorance Not innocence, but sin.
------Browning
31.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
------Emerson
God said, you can have joy, or you can have power; but you cannot have both.
------Emerson
32.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
------Bradstreet, "Medit
ations Divine & Moral"
If there were no winter, spring would not be so pleasant; if people did not sometimes have to taste misfortune, luck would not be so popular.
-- ----Bracelet, "Meditations on the Sacred and Moral"
33.
History is the might Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages .
------Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
History is a giant tower of experience. Time has built this giant tower in the infinite wilderness of the past.
------Fang Long, "The Story of Man"
34.
The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food.
------ Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
Human history is the record of hungry people looking for food.
------ Van Loon, "The Story of Man"
35.
Glory abroad too often means misery at home.
------ Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
Glory abroad often means hardship at home.
------Fang Long, "The Story of Mankind"
36.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friend.
------Balthasar Gracian, "The Golden Mean"
A wise man benefits more from his enemies than a fool benefits from his friends.
------ Gretchen, "The Mean"
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People are never ridiculous for being what they really are, but for affecting what they really are not.
------Lord Chesterfield, "Affectation"
People are never ridiculous when they are who they are; they are ridiculous only when they are pretending.
---- -- Chesterfield, "Mannerism"
38.
He who hunts for flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
-- ----Beecher, "The Cynic"
He who seeks flowers will find flowers; he who loves weeds will find weeds.
------Beecher Er,
39.
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.
<p>------Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
We can improve ourselves, stay away from ignorance, and discover that we are excellent, intelligent, and skilled animals.
- -----Richard Bach, "Heaven and Earth Are a Sand Gull"
40.
The gull sees farthest who flies highest.
---- --Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The seagull that flies the highest sees the farthest.
------Richard Bach, "The Seagull in the Sky and the Earth"
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41.
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.
------ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Don't believe what the eyes tell you. The eyes show limited things. Use your understanding to observe.
------Richard Bach, "The sky and the earth are a sand gull"
42.
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
----- -Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
People who want to show off their wit sometimes deviate a little from the truth.
------Shubery, "The Little Prince"
p>43.
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
------ Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
It is far more difficult to judge yourself than to judge others. If you can judge yourself correctly, you are actually a person with real wisdom.
------Shoebury, "The Little Prince"
44.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
------Einstein, "What I Believe"
The most beautiful things we can experience are mysteries. It is The source of all true art and science.
------Einstein, "My Faith"
45.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
------Hazlitt, "Political Essays"
Love of freedom means love of others; love of power That is to love oneself.
------Haislett, "Political Essays"
46.
Order makes possible the highest human relationships which are the principle source of man's education.
------Meyer, "A Tick of Clock"
Order changes the most perfect human relationship, which is the main source of human education.
------Mei Yu, "A Moment"
47.
The love and freedom I want for myself are to be tested by the love and freedom I give others.
------ Raymond Swing, "Action Is the Measure"
The love and freedom I want depend on the love and freedom I give to others.
------Swing, < Scale〉
48.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
------Santayana The Life of Reason
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Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
------Santayana, "The Rational Life"
49.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
------ Santayana
The one who has never cried Young people are savages; old people who do not want to laugh are fools.
------Santayana
50.
In short, I begin to write in order to get even on death.
------Saroyan, "Why I Write"
In short, in order not to owe the god of death, I began to write .
------Sarajan, "Why I Write"
51.
If it weren't for art, we' d have vanished from the face of the earth long ago.
------Saroyan, "Leaf and Loaf"
If it were not for art, we would have vanished from the earth long ago. The surface disappears.
------Sarayan,
52.
Take time before time takes you.
------Richmond, "A New Look from Borrowed Time"
Before you die, you should try to make the most of your time.
------Richmond,
53.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
------Mencken
The older I get, the less I believe that wisdom comes with age.
A well-known saying.
------Mencken
54.
Don't throw stones at your neighbors', if your own windows are glass.
------Franklin
If your home has glass windows, don’t throw rocks at your neighbor’s house.
--- ---Franklin
55.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
------Mac Arthur
In war, there is no substitute for victory.
------MacArthur
56.
Old soldiers never die; they only fade away.
------Anonymous, "War Song"
Old soldiers never die, they just wither.
------The author is unknown,
57
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
------George Sand
There is only one happy thing in life: loving and being loved.
------ George Sand
58.
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.
------George Sand
p>Art for art's sake is empty talk. Art for truth, goodness, and beauty is the creed I pursue.
------George Sand