經(jīng)典諺語:真理與社會-I

I only regret that I gave but one life to lose for my country.
［注解］語出美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭英雄Nathan Hale（內(nèi)森·黑爾）。
［譯］我惟一遺憾的是我只有一次生命可以獻給祖國。
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainty.
［注解］語出Francis Bacon，英國哲學家培根。
［譯］如果以種種肯定的立論開始，他必將以各種懷疑而告終；但如果他寧愿以懷疑開始，他必將以肯定的結(jié)論而告終。
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street).
［注解］指社會整體的福利依靠組成社會的各個人的行為表現(xiàn)。比喻眾擎易舉。
［譯］家家都把門口打掃干凈，就有清潔的城市。
If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.
［譯］時來運轉(zhuǎn)，得意忘形；運氣太壞，無人理會。
If you want peace, prepare for war.
［譯］欲求和平，必先備戰(zhàn)。
Ignorance of the law excuses no one. (or Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.)
［譯］對法律無知不能免罪；不懂法不能作為免罪的口實。
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.
［譯］在平靜的海洋，人人都可當舵手。
In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.
［譯］在一千鎊的法律里，沒有一盎司的愛；法律無情不徇私。
In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.
［譯］歷代最偉大的思想都載入史冊而不朽。
In time of peace prepare for war.
［譯］居安思危。
In wine there is truth.
［譯］酒后吐真言。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
［注解］正如鳥不弄臟自己的窩一樣，人不應損害自己最親近的人或東西，不應公開批評或詆毀自己的家庭。此句是對毀壞家庭、國家名譽者的譴責。
［譯］惡鳥瀆巢；家丑不可外揚。
It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
［注解］指此失則彼得，沒有使所有人都受害的壞事。
［譯］使人人遭殃的風才是惡風。
It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
［譯］家家難免有敗類。
It is easier to descend than to ascend.
［譯］下降容易上升難。
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
［注解］語出Adlai Stevenson，英國作家史蒂文森。
［譯］為原則而斗爭容易，按原則的要求活著難。
It is easier to pull down than to build.
［譯］敗事容易成事難。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
［譯］前車之覆，后車之鑒。
It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother.
［譯］一切優(yōu)秀的人，通常都從他們母親那里繼承優(yōu)良的因素。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
［譯］天有不測風云，人有旦夕禍福。
It's man's duty to be courageous enough to seek for truth.
［注解］語出天文學家Copernicus（哥白尼）。
［譯］勇于探索真理是人的天職。
It never rains but it pours.
［注解］指事情不發(fā)生則已，一旦發(fā)生便接踵而來，喻禍不單行。
［譯］下不則已，一下傾盆。
It will be too easy to create world history when struggling under most favorable conditions.
［注解］語出偉大思想家Karl Marx（卡爾·馬克思）。
［譯］如果斗爭只是在極順利的成功機會的條件下才著手進行，那么創(chuàng)造世界歷史未免就太容易了。