Tagore’s classic quotations in Chinese and English

Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet and writer. His life was full of extraordinary legends. This article is a classic quotation by Rabindranath Tagore in both Chinese and English. You are welcome to read and appreciate it. I believe you will like it!

1. The relationship between rest and work is just like the relationship between eyelids and eyes.

Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.

2. We see the world wrong and say it deceives us.

We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

3. The sparrow is worried about the peacock because it is carrying its feather tail.

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.

　4. The waterfall sings, "When I find my freedom, I find my song.

" The waterfall sings, "I find my song, when I find my freedom. "

5. Our life is gifted, and we can only get it if we give it.

Life is given to us, we earn it life, can obtain the life.

6. Error cannot withstand failure, but truth is not afraid of failure.

Wrong cannot afford defeat but right can.

7. "Complete" decorates oneself beautifully for the love of "incomplete".

The perfect decks itself in beauty for the love of the Imperfect.

8. We have misidentified the world, but say that the world has deceived us.

We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

9. Man builds a dike against himself.

Man barricades against himself.

10. Dust endures humiliation, but repays it with flowers.

The dust receives insult and in return offers her flowers.

11. The puppy suspects that the universe is conspiring to usurp its position.

The pet dog suspects the universe for scheming to take its place.

12. God’s power is in the gentle breeze, not in the violent storm.

God's great power is in the gentle breeze, not in the storm.

13. When a wealthy and wealthy man boasts that he has received favor from God, God is ashamed.

God is ashamed when the prosperous boasts of his special favour.

14. Never be afraid of a moment - the voice of eternity sings.

Never be afraid of the moments--thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

15. Rest belongs to work, just as eyelids belong to eyes.

Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.

16. When we are extremely humble, that is when we are closest to greatness.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

17. Make life as gorgeous as summer flowers and death as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

18. You can’t see yourself, all you see is your shadow.

What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

19. It is the teardrop of the earth, which keeps her smile youthful.

　It is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom.

20. Don’t blame your food because you have no appetite.

Do not blame your food because you have no appetite.

21. When I was young, my life was like a flower.

When I was young, my life is like a flower

22. My heart is a bird in the wilderness, finding its sky in your eyes.

My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes.

23. I can’t choose the best, the best chooses me.

I cannot choose the best.

The best chooses me.

24. The scabbard protects the sharpness of the sword, but it is content with its own dullness.

The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the word.

25. Let life be as gorgeous as summer flowers and death as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

26. Don’t complain about your food because you have a bad appetite.

Don't because you have no appetite, and complain about your food.

27. It is the teardrop of the earth, which keeps her smile young.

　It is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom.

28. The woodcutter’s ax asked the tree for its handle, and the tree gave it to him.

The woodcutter's ax begged for its handle from tree, the tree gave it.

29. We see the world wrong and say it deceives us.

We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

30. The stars will not be afraid to appear just because they look like fireflies.

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.

31. Make life as gorgeous as summer flowers and death as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves

32. Errors cannot withstand failure, but truth is not afraid of failure.

Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can.

33. Youth is inexperienced and willful.

Youth is not experienced and capricious.

34. "Complete" decorates oneself beautifully for the love of "incomplete".

The perfect decks itself in beauty for the love of the Imperfect.

35. The bird wishes to be a cloud, and the cloud wishes to be a bird.

The bird wishes it were a cloud, the cloud wishes it were a bird.

36. What makes pebbles perfect is not the blow of a hammer, but the singing and dancing of water.

Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.

37. Error cannot withstand failure, but truth is not afraid of failure.

Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can.

38. My existence is a permanent surprise, and this is life.

That I exist is a perpetual suprise which is life.

39. If you cry because you have lost the sun, then you have also lost the stars.

If you shed tears when you mithe sun, you also mithe stars.

40. You can’t get the beauty of flowers by picking the petals.

By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

41. My existence is a permanent miracle to me. This is life.

That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.

42. I would rather have the kind of beauty that is invisible but expresses inner qualities.

I'd rather that although see but show the beauty of inner quality.

43. You can’t see yourself, all you see is your shadow.

What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

44. The white clouds stand humbly on the edge of the sky, and the morning light gives it a magnificent brilliance.

The cloud stood humbly in a corner of the sky, The morning crowned it with splendour.

45. Dream is a wife who must talk, sleep is a husband who endures silently.

Dream is a wife who must talk, sleep is a husband who silently suffers.

46. The big ones are not afraid to swim with the small ones, but the middle ones stay away from them.

The great walks with the small without fear.

The middling keeps aloof.

47. When the sun crosses the sea in the west, he leaves his last salute to the east.

The sun goes to crothe Western sea, leaving its last salutation to the East.

48. Man cannot express himself in his history, he struggles to show his prominence in history.

Man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.

49. Make life as gorgeous as summer flowers and death as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

50. If you cry because you have lost the sun, then you have also lost the stars.

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars. ;