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”
我們(水族)能活到三百歲但我們死時我們成為海上的泡沫而已。
------安徒生 美人魚
2.
Writers are well-known for their powers of invention and imagination.
------Andersen, “The Nightingale”
作家以創造力和想像力聞名。
------安徒生 夜鶯
3.
Teas in the listener’s eyes are the finest possible reward for any singer.
------Andersen, “The Nightingale”
對任何歌唱者來說，聆聽者眼中的淚水是最好的報酬。
------安徒生 夜鶯
4.
“But he hasn’t got anything on!” a little child said.
------Andersen, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
「但他什麼也沒穿啊！」一個小孩子說。
------安徒生 國王的新衣
5.
“I have many beautiful flowers,” he said, “but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all.”
------Wilde, “The Selfish Giant”
「我有許多美麗的花，」他說：「但這些孩子是所有花中最美麗的。」
------王爾德 自私的巨人
6.
In war, the strong makes slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of poor.
------Wilde, “The Young King”
戰爭時，強者奴役弱者；和平時，富者奴役貧者。
------王爾德 年輕的國王
7.
We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and we are slaves, though men call us free.
------Wilde, “The Young King”
我們鐐銬在身，雖然沒人見到；我們身為奴隸，雖然人們認為我們自由。
------王爾德 年輕的國王
8.
The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
------Wilde, “The Young King”
這世界的擔子太重了，一個人承擔不起；這世界的悲傷太沉重了，一顆心承受不了。
------王爾德 年輕的國王
9.
“What is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?”
------Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
「一本既沒有圖畫，又沒有對話的書，有什麼用呢？」愛麗絲想著。
------卡洛兒，＜愛麗絲夢遊仙境＞
10.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
人並不是生來給打敗的。人可消滅，但打不敗。
------海明威＜老人與海＞
11.
Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
比起那些偉大的鳥獸來，人算不了什麼。
------海明威＜老人與海＞
12.
Pain does not matter to a man.
------Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
對男子漢而言，痛苦算不了什麼。
------海明威＜老人與海＞
13.
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
------Camus, The plague
人之可稱讚之點，多於其可鄙視之處。
------卡繆＜瘟疫＞
14.
What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.
------Camus, The plague
我感到興趣的是：為所愛而生，為所愛而死。
------卡繆＜瘟疫＞
15.
If there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love.
------Camus, The plague
如果有一件人可以永遠渴望，而且有時能夠得到的東西，那就是人類的愛。
------卡繆＜瘟疫＞
16.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
------Voltaire
我不贊成你的意見，但我誓死保衛你的發言權。
------伏爾泰
17.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
------Stevenson, “Solitude”
歡笑，世界與歡笑；哭泣，你自己一個人哭泣。
------史蒂文生，＜孤寂＞
18.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.
------Stevenson
不論肩上的擔子如何沉重，總能負擔到日暮時分。不論工作如何艱辛，總可以支撐著做一整天。
------史蒂文生
19.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
------Maugham, Of Human Bondage
人們請你批評，但他們要的卻是讚美。
------毛姆，＜人性枷鎖＞
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
如果國家對任何事的評估高於自由，它會喪失自由；諷刺的是，如果它評估高的是安逸或金錢，它也會喪失安逸或金錢。
------毛姆
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
我們不能依據自己的觀念來訓練孩子；我們必須把他們當成上帝的賞賜，接納他們，愛護他們。
------哥德
22.
Life teaches to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
------Goethe
生活教導我們對自己、對別人不要太嚴苛。
------哥德
23.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
------Mark Twain
貓與謊言最顯著的差異之一：貓只有九條命。
------馬克吐溫
24.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
------Mark Twain
人人都是月亮，都有不願讓人見到的陰暗面。
------馬克吐溫
25.
“Classic.” A book which people praise and don’t read.
------Mark Twain
「經典之作。」人們稱讚卻不想讀的書。
------馬克吐溫
26.
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
------Johnson
字典像手錶；最壞的比沒有好，最好的不能期待分秒不差。
------約翰生
27.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
------Johnson
生活是需求不斷的過程，而非享樂不斷的過程。
------約翰生
28.
We want to live by each other’s happiness-not by each other’s misery.
------Chaplin, “The Great Dictator”
我們必須仰賴彼此的快樂過活─而非仰賴彼此的不幸。
------卓別林，〈大獨裁者〉
29.
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
------Dickens, Little Dorrit
一日為紳士，終身為紳士。
------狄更斯，《小杜麗》
30.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
------Browning
無知並非單純，而是罪惡。
------勃朗寧
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