美国总统林肯的200字英语名言
罗斯福经典语录一I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender. (Address at Friends School, Washington, DC, May 24, 1907)孩子们，我想看你们竞赛，我想见到你们勇敢男子汉的一面，还有和气细心的一刻。
罗斯福经典语录二Be practical as well are generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. (Speech at Prize Day Exercises at Groton School, Groton, MA, May 24 1904)你的志向必须要实事求是并且要有意义，把眼光放远至天上的星星，但要紧记把你的双脚踏实在地上。
罗斯福经典语录三Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. (America and the World War, 1915)勇气胆量，勤奋向上，自我控制，和聪敏机灵的努力，都是成功必不可少的要素。
Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character. (American Ideals, 1897)个性——不论对国家还是个人，都是不可缺少的。
罗斯福经典语录四A man’s usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals in so far as he can. (A Letter to Dr. Sturgis Bigelow, March 29, 1898)一个人的效用功德，取决于他有否在能力范围内尽全力实践自己的理想志向。
罗斯福经典语录五It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. (The Strenuous Life, 1900)失败苦，更苦的是从没尝试争取便成功。
(注：因为没经历，很快会跌下来。
Hard一词亦可解作困难，但在这句中不是指很难才失败。
)罗斯福经典语录六All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer and nobler type of manhood. (Address to Naval War College, June 2, 1897)在厄运中磨练出来的大胆气魄、勇气胆量和坚韧耐力，全可把人锻炼得更为优秀、更高尚。
罗斯福经典语录七Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. (The Great Adventure, 1918)留下来的都不惧怕死亡;死去的亦没有为生命的喜悦和责任而退缩。
(注：此话是罗斯福为在第一次世界大战中丧生的儿子Quentin Roosevelt的颂词。
自问未能翻释出他的神绪，请高人指教。
)罗斯福经典语录八Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. (Speech at Spokane, WA, May 26, 1903)我们这个自由的政府是依据并通过法律所定义的。
罗斯福经典语录九A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy. (The New Nationalism, 1910)一个伟大的民主制度，必须不断进步，否则会渐变得不再伟大，甚至不再是民主。
罗斯福经典语录十Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. (Miscellaneous Writings, c. 18
名人名言（中英对照）
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.——美国国父 华盛顿 .G.Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it .想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。
——英国作家潘恩Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you give it to others.自由就是这样的东西，不给予别人你自己也无法得到。
—— 美国记者 怀特. W. A.Those who deny freedom to others hardly deserve it for themselves. 凡是不给别人自由的人，自己也无法得到。
——英国诗人蒲柏There is in liberty as in innocence and virtue a satisfaction one can only feel in their enjoyment and a pleasure which can cease only when lost. 自由同清白与美德一样，只有在你享用它时，才感到满足，一旦失去它们，你就会感到欢乐停止了。
——法国思想家 卢梭The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power.自由的历史是限制政府权力的历史。
——美国总统威尔逊.W。
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活和自由。
——荷兰人文主义者 伊拉斯漠The time of life is short to spend that shortness basely, it would e too long . 人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。
——莎士比亚. W.
经典英文名人名言
All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人— [法] Dumas pre大仲马 Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。
—— Socrates 苏底 Easy come, easy go. 易得者亦易 —— Hazlitt赫斯特 Love rules his kingdom without a sword. 爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。
—— Herbert 赫伯特 We soon believe what we desire. 我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。
—— Chaucer乔叟 The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。
—— Fuller 富勒 The longest day has an end. 最难过的日子也有尽头。
—— Howell 贺韦尔 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。
—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。
—— Heywood 希伍德 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
—— Taverner 泰维纳 A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink. 一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。
—— Heywood 希伍德 One cannot eat one’s cake and have it. 一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。
—— Davies 戴维斯 Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林 Time and tide wait for no man. 时间不等人。
—— Scott 斯科特 There is no rose without a thorn. 没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。
—— Ray 雷 Lookers-on see most of the game. 旁观者清。
—— Smedley 斯密莱 Beggars cannot be choosers. 行乞者不得有选择。
—— Heywood 希伍德 First catch your hare. 首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。
—— Thackeray 萨克雷 Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it. 胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。
—— M. Moore 穆尔 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 爱默生 Cowards die many times before their deaths. 懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。
—— Julius Caesar 凯撒 Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real. 但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。
—— Jules Verne 凡尔纳 Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。
—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。
—— T. Fuller 富勒 Goals determine what you are going to be. 目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。
—— Julius Erving欧文 All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope. 人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。
—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲马（法国作家） It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for? 光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。
要看你为什么而勤劳。
—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗 You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。
—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
一些关于求学的英文名人名言（要中英对照，要有哪个说的）
if enterprise is afoot, wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to thrift; and if enterprise is asleep, wealth decays, whatever thrift may be doing. (john maynard keynes british economist)如果企业在进展，不论节俭不节俭，财富也在。
(国经济学家 凯恩斯 .j.m.)literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. (wiliam rplph lnge, birtish writer and churchman) 当一半成为贸易，一半艺术时，那是它最繁荣的时期。
(英国作家和牧师 英奇. w.r.)if you don’t learn to think when you are young , you may never learn.(thomas edison , american inventor) 如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。
(美国发明家 爱迪生 . t.)better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .(plato , ancient greek philosopher) 与其不受教育,不如不生,因为无知是不幸的根源.(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)genius17 without education is like silver in the mine. (benjamin franklin , american president) 未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。
(美国总统 富兰克. b.)the roots of education are bitter , but the fruit is sweet .(aristotle , ancient greek philosopher) 教育的根是苦的，但其果实是甜的。
(古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to damned, and no body to be kicked? (edward thurlow, british lawyer) 公司既没有灵魂可以被诅咒，又没有躯体可以被踢翻，难道你指望它有什么良心吗
(英国律师 瑟洛杉矶 .e.)economy the poor man’s mints; extravagance the rich man\\\\’s pitfall.(martin tupper. american economist.) 节约是穷人的造币厂，浪费是富人的陷阱。
(美国经济学家 塔珀 .m.)a friendship founded on business is better than business founded on friendship. (john davision rockefeller, american businessman) 建立在商务基础上的友谊胜过建立在友谊基础上的商务。
(美国实业家 洛克菲勒 j d.)natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.(francis bacon , british philosopher ) 天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。
(英国哲学家 培根 . f.)
