培根格言錄
(2008-08-16 23:19:26)
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Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
不要尋求令人稱羨的財富,應當追求這樣的境界:對財富正當地獲取,清醒地使用,愉快地施舍並能知足地放棄。
It is impossible to love and be wise.
要戀愛而又要理智是不可能的。
This passion hath his floods, in very times of weakness; which are great prosperity, and great adversity; though this latter hath been less observed: both which times kindle love, and make it more fervent, and therefore show it to be the child of folly
當人心最軟弱的時候,愛情最容易入侵,那就是當人得意春風,忘乎所以和處境窘困孤獨淒零的時候,雖然後者未必能得到愛情。人在這樣的時候最急於跳入愛情的火焰中由此可見,“愛情”實在是“愚蠢”的兒子。
In beauty, that of favor, is more than that of color; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favor
形體之美要勝於顏色之美,而優雅行為之美又勝於形體之美
There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but that he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth is griefs to his friends, but he grieveth the less.
與友分享歡樂者,無不歡樂倍增;與友分擔哀傷者,無不哀傷減半
Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance
美猶如盛夏的水果,是容易腐爛而難保持的,世上有許多美人,她們有過放蕩的青春,卻迎受著愧悔的晚年。
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
天生的能力好像天然生成的植物,必須通過學習加以修整;然而學習本身如若不由實踐去約束,必然方向紛雜而漫無目的。
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set
美德好比寶石,在樸素背景的襯托下反而更華麗。
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
閱讀使人充實,交談使人機智,寫作使人精確。
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtitle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend
讀史使人明智,讀詩使人靈秀,數學使人周密,科學使人深刻,倫理學使人莊重,邏輯修辭之學使人善辯:凡有所學,皆成性格
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, fitter for new projects than for settled business
年輕人適合發明甚於評價,適合執行而甚於決策;適合從事新項目甚於固定職業
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