金句打卡2020年

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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. (Ralph W. Sockman, American pastor, 1889-1970)

当我们是少数时，可以测试自己的勇气；当我们是多数时，可以测试自己的宽容。(拉尔夫·W·索克曼，美国牧师，1889-1970)

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In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering. (William James, pioneering American psychologist and philosopher, 1842-1910)

在运用我们智力的时候，忘却和铭记同样重要。(威廉·詹姆斯，美国先驱心理学家、哲学家，1842-1910)

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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road. (Henry Ward Beecher, US Congregationalist clergyman, 1813-1887)

没有幽默感的人就像没有弹簧的马车，路上的每一块石子都会让它颠簸。(亨利·沃德·比其，美国公理会牧师，1813-1887)

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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations. (George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1856-1950)

生命对我来说不是一截短短的蜡烛，而是一支暂时由我们拿着的火炬，我想尽己所能使它燃烧得更加炽旺，然后传给下一代。(萧伯纳，爱尔兰剧作家，1856-1950)

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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. (Charles Dickens, English novelist, 1812-1870)

有一种智慧属于头脑，还有一种智慧归于心灵。(查尔斯·狄更斯，英国小说家，1812-1870)

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Patience with others is love, patience with self is hope, patience with God is faith. (Adel Bestavros, Egyptian teacher, 1924-2005)

对他人的耐心是爱心，对自己的耐心是希望，对上帝的耐心是信仰。(阿德尔·贝斯塔弗罗斯，埃及教师，1924-2005)

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Don't push yourself to try to be right in everything, because sometimes, being wrong makes you a better person.

不用每件事都强求正确，因为有时候，是犯错让我们成为更好的人。

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Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night. You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life. (Sherwood Anderson, American novelist, 1876-1941)

爱情就像黑夜里吹动树下青草的一阵风，你不能试图使爱情明确，这是生命中神圣的意外。(舍伍德·安德森，美国小说家，1876-1941)

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Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. (C.S. Lewis, British scholar and novelist, 1898-1963)

奇迹是对大千世界的微观再现，它用小写的文字讲述让人看不清的宏大。(C·S·路易斯，英国学者、小说家，1898-1963)

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Smile and silence are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems and silence is the way to avoid many problems.

微笑和沉默是两把利器：微笑解决很多问题，沉默避免很多问题。

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History is the mighty tower of experience, which time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. (Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist, 1882-1944)

历史是经验的巨塔，岁月在无限的往昔中建造了它。(房龙，荷裔美籍历史学家，记者，1882-1944)

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Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler. (Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900)

思想是感觉的影子——总是更暗、更空、更简单。(弗里德里希·尼采，德国哲学家，1844-1900)