July 2020
The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.
人应该生活，而不是单纯生存。
– Jack London
Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.
鼓励是灵魂的氧气。
– George M. Adams
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。
– R. W. Emerson
Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.
每一场悲剧都会在平凡的人中造就出英雄来。
– Normna Stephens
When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty little package.
一个人只顾自己的人不足以成大器。
– John Ruskin
Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower.
人品之于人，犹如芳香之于花。
– C.C.Schwab
Konowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
– Francis Bacon
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
要善于处世，不要老于世故。
– Francis Quarles
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。
– George Eliot
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
一个人怎样死去并不重要，重要的在于他怎样活着。
– Samuel Johnson
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it.
苦难显才华，好运隐天资。
– Horace
There is no absolute success in the world, only constant progress.
世界上的事没有绝对成功，只有不断地进步。
– Swift
Talent without working hard is nothing.
没有努力，天分不代表什么。
Be the best version of you.
做最好版本的你。
Everything happens for a reason.
这个世界，没有偶然。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺，诺必果。
Nothing down, nothing up.
不经历风雨，怎能见彩虹。
Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
人生是不公平的，但还是好的很。
Not being heard is no reason for silence.
没有被听见不是沉默的理由。
By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村。
Never say die.
永不气馁。
Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
准备要周全，然后随遇而安。
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
人生太短，短到来不及浪费时间去恨任何人。
Love is composed of a single inhabiting two bodies.
爱情是两个不同身体里住着同一个灵魂。
Everyone’s got a life that no one else knows about.
每个人都有自己的人生，冷暖自知。
Youth is not a time of life. It’s a state of mind.
青春不是年华，而是一种心境。
As long as we live in each other’s heart, death can’t keep us apart.
只要我们住在彼此心里，死亡也不能让我们分离。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少纯粹，也绝不简单。
My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.
我的生活不能取悦我，所以我创造了自己的生活。
Constant dropping wears the stone.
锲而不舍，金石可镂。