A Grain of Sand 一粒沙子
William Blake/威廉.布莱克
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild fllower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
从一粒沙子看到一个世界，
从一朵野花看到一个天堂，
把握在你手心里的就是无限，
永恒也就消融于一个时辰。
Love 爱情
I love you not because of who you are,but because of who I am when I am with you.
我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
No man or woman is worth your tears,and the one who is ,won't make you cry.
没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。
Never frown,even when you are sad,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
纵然伤心，也不要悉眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
To the world you may be one person,but to one person you may be the world.
对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某人，你是他的整个世界。
Don't waste your time on a man/woman,who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
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.
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
Don't try to hard,the best things come when you least expect them to.
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
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.
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
Don't cry because it is over,smile because it happened.
不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。
Life is a pure flame,and we live by an invisible sun within us. -------Sir Thomas Browne
“生命是束纯净的火焰，我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。” --------托马斯。布朗爵士
Love Your Life 热爱生活
Henry David Thoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗
However mean your life is,meet it and live it do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里，你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；在那门前，积雪同在早春融化。我只看到，一个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大， 所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！不要找新的花样，无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，回到那里去。万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。
These Things Shall Never Die 这些美好不会消逝
Charles Dickens/查尔斯.狄更斯
The pure.the bright,the beautiful, 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,
That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,
The impulses to wordless prayer, 推动着我们做无言的祷告的,
The dreams of love and truth; 让我们梦想着爱与真理的;
The longing after something's lost, 在失去后为之感到珍惜的,
The spirit's yearning cry, 使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,
The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的-
These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手，
A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的时候，
A kindly word in grief's dark hour 伤恸、困难的时候，一句亲切的话
That proves a friend indeed 就足以证明朋友的真心；
The plea for mercy softly breathed, 轻声地乞求怜悯，
When justice threatens nigh, 在审判临近的时候，
The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一种伤感--
These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温情
Must find some work to do 尽你所能地去做；
Lose not a chance to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----
Be firm,and just ,and true; 为人要坚定，正直，忠诚；
So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒
Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。
And angel voices say to thee---你将听到天使的声音在说-----
These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
Think it over……好好想想……
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘；
We spend more,but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；
We have more compromises,but less time;
我们妥协更多，时间更少；
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；
We have more medicines,but less health;
我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍；
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；
We have highter income,but less morals;
我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少；
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了；
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；
That's why I propose,that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别；
Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；
Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存；
Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”；
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们；
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情；
Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别；
And you don't know if it will be your last.
你无从知道这是否是最后一刻。
Virtue 美德
G.Herbert/赫伯特
Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright!
甜美的白昼，如此凉爽、安宁、明媚！
The bridal of the earth and sky-
天地间完美的匹配-----
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;
今宵的露珠儿将为你的消逝而落泪；
For thou must die.
因为你必须离去。
Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave,
美丽的玫瑰，色泽红润艳丽，
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,
令匆匆而过的人拭目而视，
Thy root is ever in its grave,
你的根永远扎在坟墓里，
And thou must die.
而你必须消逝。
Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses,
美妙的春天，充满了美好的日子和芳香的玫瑰，
A box where sweets compacted lie,
如一支芬芳满溢的盒子，
My music shows ye have your closes,
我的音乐表明你们也有终止，
And all must die,
万物都得消逝。
Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
唯有美好而正直的心灵，
Like season'd timber,never gives;
犹如干燥备用的木料，永不走样；
But though the whole world turn to coal,
纵然整个世界变为灰烬，
Then chiefly lives.
它依然流光溢彩。
A Forever Friend 永远的朋友
"A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out."
"别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起。”
Sometimes in life,
有时候在生活中，
You find a special friend;
你会找到一个特别的朋友;
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
他只是你生活中的一部分内容，却能改变你整个的生活。
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
他会把你逗得开怀大笑；
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
他会让你相信人间有真情。
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
他会让你确信，真的有一扇不加锁的门，在等待着你去开启。
This is Forever Friendship.
这就是永远的友谊。
when you're down,
当你失意，
and the world seems dark and empty,
当世界变得黯淡与空虚，
Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world
suddenly seem bright and full.
你真正的朋友会让你振作起来，原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。
Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,the sad times,and the confused times.
你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。
If you turn and walk away,
你转身走开时，
Your forever friend follows,
真正的朋友会紧紧相随，
If you lose you way,
你迷失方向时，
Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on.
真正的朋友会引导你，鼓励你。
Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay.
真正的朋友会握着你的手，告诉你一切都会好起来的。
And if you find such a friend,
如果你找到了这样的朋友，
You feel happy and complete,
你会快乐，觉得人生完整，
Because you need not worry,
因为你无需再忧虑。
Your have a forever friend for life,
你拥有了一个真正的朋友，
And forever has no end.
永永远远，永无止境。
Friends 朋友
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。
There's always going to be people that hurt you,so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
别人常常伤害你，所以你该继续付出信任，并小心挑选你下次信任的人。
Make youself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前，先完善并了解自己。
Remember:Whatever happens,happens for a reason.
要记住：任何事情的发生都有因有起。
How many people actually have 8 true friends?Hardly anyone I know.But some of us have all right friends and good friends.
有多少人可以拥有八个真正的朋友？就我所知少之又少。但我们会有泛泛之交和好友。
Words To Live By 生活的忠告
Anonymous/无名氏
I’ll give you some advice about life.
给你生活的忠告
Eat more roughage;
多吃些粗粮；
Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains;
给别人比他们期望的更多，并用心去做；
Remember what life tells you;
熟记生活告诉你的一切；
Don’t take to heart every thing you hear.
Don’t spend all that you have.
Don’t sleep as long as you want;
不要轻信你听到的每件事，不要花光你的所有，不要想睡多久就睡多久；
Whenever you say” I love you”, please say it honestly;
无论何时说“我爱你”，请真心实意；
Whevever you say” I’m sorry”, please look into the other person’s eyes;
无论何时说“对不起”，请看对方的眼睛；
Fall in love at first sight;
相信一见钟情；
Don’t neglect dreams;
请不要忽视梦想；
Love deeply and ardently, even if there is pain, but this is the way to make your life complete;
深情热烈地爱，也许会受伤，但这是使人生完整的唯一方法；
Find a way to settle, not to dispute;
用一种明确的方法解决争议，不要冒犯；
Never judge people by their appearance;
永远不要以貌取人；
Speak slowly, but think quickly;
慢慢地说，但要迅速地想；
When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, simle and say, “Why do you want to know?”
当别人问你不想回答的问题时，笑着说：“你为什么想知道？”
Remember that the man who can shoulder the most risk will gain the deepest love and the supreme
accomplishment;
记住：那些敢于承担最大风险的人才能得到最深的爱和最大的成就；
Call you mother on the phone. If you can’t, you may think of her in your heart;
给妈妈打电话，如果不行，至少在心里想着她；
When someone sneezes say, “God bless you”;
当别人打喷嚏时，说一声“上帝保佑”；
If you fail, don’t forget to learn your lesson;
如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训；
Remember the three “ respects” .Respect yourself, respect others, stand on dignity and pay attention
to your behavior;
记住三个“尊”： 尊重你自己； 尊重别人； 保持尊严， 对自己的行为负责；
Don’t let a little dispute break up a great friendship;
不要让小小的争端损毁了一场伟大的友谊；
Whenever you find your wrongdoing, be quick with reparation!
无论何时你发现自己做错了，竭尽所能去弥补；动作要快！
Whenever you make a phone call smil when you pick up the phone, because someone feel it!
无论什么时候打电话，摘起话筒的时候请微笑，因为对方能感觉到！
Marry a person who likes talking; because when you get old, you’ll find that chatting to be a great
advantage;
找一个你爱聊的人结婚；因为年纪大了后，你会发觉喜欢聊天是一个人最大的优点；
Find time for yourself.
找点时间，单独呆会儿；
Life will change what you are but not who you are;
欣然接受改变，但不要摒弃你的个人理念；
Remember that silence is golden;
记住：沉默是金；
Read more books and watch less television;
多看点书，少看点电视；
Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again;
过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。
Trust God, but don’t forget to lock the door;
相信上帝，但是别忘了锁门；
The harmonizing atmosphere of a family is valuable;
家庭的融洽氛围是难能可贵的；
Try your best to let family harmony flow smoothly;
尽你的能力让家平顺和谐；
When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don’t quibble over the appetizers;
当你和你的亲近的少吵嘴时候，试着就事论事，不要扯出那些陈芝麻、烂谷子的事；
You cannot hold onto yesterday;
不要摆脱不了昨天；
Figure out the meaning of someone’s words;
多注意言下之意；
Share your knowledge to continue a timeless tradition;
和别人分享你的知识，那才是永恒之道；
Treat our earth in a friendly way,don’t fool around with mother nature;
善待我们的地球，不要愚弄自然母亲；
Do the thing you should do;
做自己该做的事；
Don’t trust a lover who kisses you without closing their eyes;
不要相信接吻时从不闭眼的伴侣；
Go to a place you’ve never been to every year.
每年至少去一个你从没去过的地方。
If you earn much money,the best way to spend it is on charitable deeds while you are alive;
如果你赚了很多钱，在活着的时候多行善事，这是你能得到的最好回报；
Remember,not all the best harvest is luck;
记住有时候，不是最好的收获也是一种好运；
Understand rules completely and change them reasonably;
深刻理解所有的规则，合理地更新他们；
Remember,the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them;
记住，最好的爱存在于对别人的爱胜于对别人的索求这上；
Comment on the success you have attained by looking in the past at the target you wanted to achieve most;
回头看看你发誓取得的目标，然后评价你到底有多成功；
In love and cooking,you must give 100% effort……but expect little appreciation;
无论是烹饪不是爱情，都用百分之百的负责态度对待，但是不要乞求太多的回报。