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牛津名句詞典~莎士比亞
What’s in a name?That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名稱有什麼關係呢?玫瑰不叫玫瑰,依然芳香如故。
shall i compear thee to summers day
能否讓我來把你比作夏日
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
我愛你,不是因為你是一個怎樣的人,而是因為與你在一起時,我變成了怎樣的自己。
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won’t make you cry.
沒有人值得你為之流淚,值得讓你這麼做的人不會讓你哭泣。
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.-Shakespeare
寧為聰明的愚夫,不作愚蠢的才子。
A light heart lives long .
豁達者長壽。
Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .
不要只因一次失敗,就放棄你原來決心想達到的目的。
In delay there lies no plenty , Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty , Youth’s a stuff that will not endure .
遷延蹉跎,來日無多,二十麗姝,請來吻我,衰草枯楊,青春易過。
The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long .
人生苦短,若虛度年華,則短暫的人生就太長了。
Don’t gild the lily.
不要給百合花鍍金/畫蛇添足。
The course of true love never did run smooth.
通向真愛的道路從無坦途。
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’t have them.
思念某人,最糟糕的莫過於,你坐在他身旁,卻知道自己永遠都無法擁有此人。
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
縱然傷心,也不要愁眉不展,因為你不知是誰會愛上你的笑容。
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
對於世界而言,你只是芸芸眾生中的一人;但是對於某個人而言,你卻是他的整個世界。
Don’t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn’t willing to waste their time on you.
不要為那些不願在你身上花費時間的人而浪費你的時間。
Just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.
如果有人沒有按你所希望的方式來愛你,那並不代表他們沒有竭盡所能地愛你。
Don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要著急,最好的總會在最不經意的時候出現。
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
在遇到真命天子之前,上天也許會安排我們先錯誤地遇到其他一些人;所以當我們終於遇見心儀的人時,我們便能夠心存感激。
Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
不要因為結束而哭泣,微笑吧,為你的曾經擁有。
All that glitters is not gold.
閃光的不一定是金子。
Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.
懦夫一生死多次;勇者一生死一回。
To be or not to be,--that is a question。
生存還是死亡,這是一個值得深思的問題。
The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long .
人生苦短,若虛度年華,則短暫的人生就太長了。
The empty vessels make the greatest sound .
滿瓶不響,半瓶響叮當。
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
有的人是生來的富貴,有的人是掙來的富貴,有的人是送上來的富貴。
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
假面具一定隱藏著一顆假的心。
Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
目前的恐懼並不如幻想般恐怖。
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
愚者自以為聰明,智者卻有自知之明。
What’s past is prologue.
往日只是(一首)序曲。
Past or to come seems best;things present worst.
往日和未來似乎是最好的;現在是最糟的。
Truth needs no colour;beauty,no pencil.
真理不需要用色彩包裝;美麗不需要用文筆描畫。
Action is eloquence.
行動就是雄辯。
There is a history in all men’s lives.
每個人的生命都是一部歷史。
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do,chapels had been churcher and poor men’s cottages princes’palaces.
如果付諸於行動與僅僅瞭解該做些什麼一樣容易,那麼小教堂早已變成大教堂,而窮人的茅屋也早變成王子的宮殿了。
There are more things between heayen and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
在這天地間有許多事情是人類哲學所不能解釋的。
Frailty,thy name in woman!
女人,你的名字叫弱者! |
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