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Sometimes affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom.
有时爱情是朵含蓄的花，需要时间才能怒放。
Happy life lies in a peaceful mind.
幸福的生活存在于心绪的宁静之中。
It always seems impossible until it’s done. - Nelson Mandela
在事情未完成之前，一切都看似不可能。——纳尔逊•曼德拉
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
通往成功的路旁充斥许多诱人的休息区。
How could it be so clear and cool? For fresh water comes from the source.
问渠那得清如许，为有源头活水来。
Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.
自由是做你自己喜欢的事，而幸福却是喜欢你自己做的事。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
爱情无贵贱，贫富皆有之。
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood.
人生一大幸事是拥有一段美好的童年时光。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Storms make trees take deeper roots.
暴风雨使大树的根扎得更深。
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
感恩不仅是最大的美德，还是所有美德之源。
If you don"t build your dream, someone will hire you to build theirs.
如果你没有梦想，那么你只能为别人的梦想打工。
He that travels far knows much.
见多才能识广。
I call architecture frozen music. --- Goethe
我称建筑为凝结的音乐。——歌德
Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。
With friends at one"s side, the life displays all its value.
有了朋友，生命才完整。
Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind.
耐心等待！风车从不跑去找风。
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
好奇心是活跃思维永恒明确的特性之一。
The meaning of loyalty is that you should never forget anyone that you loved.
忠诚的意义在于我们不应该忘记爱过的每一个人。
Autumn, the year"s last, loveliest smile.
秋，四季流转中最后一抹、亦是最美的微笑。
Don"t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
不要随波逐流，要引领潮流。
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is Art.
爱美是一种品味；创造美则是一种艺术。
The outer world you see is a reflection of your inner self.
你看到什么样的世界，你就拥有什么样的内心。
Happiness isn"t getting all you want. It"s enjoying all you have.
幸福不是得到你想要的一切，而是享受你所拥有的一切。
Patriotism is the highest of all. - Chopin
爱祖国高于一切。——肖邦
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
生活是绘画，不是做算术。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺，诺必果。
Honor old people as we do our own aged parents.
老吾老，以及人之老。
Where there"s a bright heart, there will also be a ferry-crossing with a ready boat... And hope.
只要心中有光，就会有渡口，会有船只，会有希望。—— 易信
It does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live.
人不能活在梦里，不要依赖梦想而忘记生活。
The beauty of the journey is found in the scenery along the way.
旅行之美在于沿途所见的风景。
To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.
对一个日渐变老的父亲来说，闺女是最珍贵的。
Firsthand experience is often necessary for personal growth.
亲身体验通常是成长所必须的。
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
狗狗是世界上唯一爱你胜过爱自己的动物。
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
我不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的梦想。
Love me little and love me long.
不求情意绵绵，但求天长地久。
Life is made up of small pleasures.
生活由各种微小的幸福构成。
You don"t need somebody to interpret for you what a beautiful sunrise it is.
日出之美，无需言语来描述。
A bosom friend afar brings distance near.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
Autumn is the mellow time.
秋天是收获的季节。
Opportunities are like sunrises -- if you wait too long, you miss them.
机会如同日出——等得太久就会错过。
Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.
秋秋是第二个春，每片叶都是一朵花。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
预言未来的最好方法就是创造未来。
History doesn"t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain)
历史不会重演，但总会惊人地相似。（马克·吐温）
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
我们征服的不是高山而是自己。
Gentle maiden, pure and fair/ Fit pair for a prince.
窈窕淑女，君子好逑。
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
我发现，我越是努力，就越发幸运。
With each sunrise, we start anew.
新的一天，新的开始。
The stars shine in the sky tonight.
今夜星光灿烂。
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。
No matter how far you may fly, never forget where you come from.
无论你能飞多远，都别忘了你来自何方。
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
If you wept for the missing sunset, you would miss all the shining stars.
如果你为错过夕阳而哭泣，那你要错过群星。
Laughing is the most touching mask.
笑是最动人的面具。
Time is a bird flying into eternity.
时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。
As a tree, I have my own posture.
作为一棵树，我有我的姿态
Thanks for keeping me company. We both never need feel lonely any more.
谢谢你的陪伴，我们都不再孤单。
Measure not the work until the day"s out and the labor done.
时未尽，工未成，轻下结论，为时尚早
Leave a pure clean environment for our future generations.
给我们的子孙后代留一片纯净吧！
The morning crowned the humble cloud with splendor.
晨光为谦逊的白云披上壮丽的光彩。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真知。
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
随遇而安。
we’re on our way home.
我们在回家的路上。
In me the tiger sniffs the rose．
我心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇。
Calculation never made a hero.
举棋不定，难以称雄。
Tender is the night.
夜色温柔。
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
As each day backs away, we grow up little by little.
每一个日子往后退去，人就长大成年。
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.
绿树是大地谱于苍宇的诗篇。
I only pray our life be long and our souls together heavenward fly! （林语堂译）
但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。
Dancing my dance, let people say what they want
做我自己想做的，让别人说去吧。
