求Nelson Mandela的名言英文版如果天空是黑暗的，那就摸黑生存；如果发出声音是危险的，那就保持沉默；
这段话在中文网页上流传甚广，甚至许多有名的人也引用，都说是曼德拉说的。
但是，到目前为止，似乎没有人能找到英文原文，网上流传的英文原文也明显是伪造的，因为网上流传的英语原文语法错误连篇、狗屁不通。
所以，这段话到底是不是曼德拉说的，出自哪里，很让人怀疑。
英文网页里所能查到的曼德拉的经典语录，也找不到与这段话对应的英文。
有人考证过这段话的出处，认为是凤凰卫视的编辑季业所言。
既然是中国人说的话，也就不存在什么英语原文了。
关于完美的英文名人名言
If you can you can.A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist ) 豁达者长寿。
(英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。
(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president) 懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。
(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker ) 健康是人生第一财富。
(美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.) All is but lip-wisdom that wants experience. (Philip Sideney, British satesman) 凡是没有实际经验的，都只是口头智慧。
(英国政治家 锡得尼 D .) Expericence is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. (Law Vernon, British writer) 经验是一位先行测试然后才授课严厉的教师。
(英国作家 弗农. L.) Experience is not interesting till it begins to repeat itself, in fact, till it does that ,it hardly is experience. (Elizabeth Bowen, British novelist) 经验直到自我重复时才变得有意义，事实上，直到那时才算得上经验。
(英国小说家 鲍恩 E.) Expericence is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. (Aldous Leonard Huxley, American writer) 经验不会从天而降；经验只有通过实践才能获得。
(美国作家 郝胥黎.A.L.) Experience is the child of thought , and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books. (Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman) 经验是思想之子，思想是行动之子，了解他人不可以书本为据。
(英国政治家 迪斯雷利 B .) Experience is the na me give their mistakes. (Oscar Wilde, British playwriter and poet) 经验是每个人为其错误寻找的代名词。
(英国剧作家、诗人 王尔德 O.) Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. (Dan Stanfort, American brsinessman) 经验是当你没得到想得到之物时所得到的东西。
(美国实业家 斯坦福。
D.) Expreience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other. (Benjamin Franklin, Americna president) 经验始终是收费高的学校，然而，笨汉非进此学校不可。
(美国总统 富兰克林 B ) Experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues. (Bendict de spinoza, Dutch philosopher) 经验给我们太多的教训，告诉我们人类最难管制 的东西，莫过于自己的舌头。
(荷兰哲学家 斯宾诺沙 B) Experience never misleads; what you are missed by is only your judgement, and this misleads you by anticipating results from experience of a kind that is not produced by your experements. (Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter) 经验永远不会对你做错误的引导；把你引导错的只是你自己的判断，而你的判断之所以对你发生误导的作用，乃是由于它根据那种并非借着实验而产生的经验来预料的结果。
(意大利画家 达芬奇) Experience without learning is better than learning without excperi-ence. (Bertuand Russell, British philosopher and mathematician) 有经验而无学问胜于有学问而无经验。
(英国哲学家、数学家 罗素.B.) I have but one lamp wait which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Patrick Henry, Americna statesman) 我只拿一盏灯来指引我的脚步，而那盏灯就是经验，对于未来，我只是能以过去来判断。
(美国政治家 享利.P.) Mistakes are an essential part of education. (Bertrand Russell, Bdritish philosopher) 从错误中吸取教训是教育极为重要的一部分。
(英国哲学家 罗素 . B .) Neither beliver nor reject anything, because any other person has rejected of believed it. Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error, Use it. (Thomas Jefferson, American president) 不要因为别的人相信或否定了什么东西，你也就去相信它或否定它。
上帝赠予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。
那你就去运用它吧\\\/ (美国总统 杰斐逊 .T.) One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (James Russell Lowell, British Poet and critic) 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。
(英国诗人、批评家 洛威尔 .J. R .) Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. (Samuel Smiles, British writer) 实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。
(英国作家 斯迈尔斯 . S .) Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. (Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer) 谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。
(班牙作家 塞万提斯.M.) The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. (Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and nathematician) 世界的悲剧就在于有想象力又缺乏经验，而有经验的人又缺乏想象力。
(英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 .A . N.) The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. (Grorge Santayana, Spain-born American philosopher and poet) 教育之艰苦在于从意念中获得经验。
(西班牙裔美国哲学家、诗人 桑塔亚那.G.) The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. (Winston Churchill. British statesman) 傻瓜有时候也是对的。
(英国政治家 丘吉尔 .W.) To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth. (Stanislars I, Polish king) 青年而有老年之经验，老年而有青年之朝气，就能使人生发挥更大的作用。
(波兰国王 斯坦尼劳斯一世) To most men , experience is like the stern light of a ship which il-luminates only the track it has passed. (Samuel Tylor Coleridge, British poet) 对于大多数人，经验像是一艘船上的尾灯，只照亮船驶过的航道。
(英国诗人 柯勒津治. S .T .) Too much experience is a dangerous thing. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist) 经验过多反而危险。
(英国剧作家 王尔德 . O.) We know nothing of what will happen in future , but by the analogy of past experience. (Abraham Lincoln , American president) 除了凭着对过去的经验加以类推之外，我们对今后的事一无所知。
(美国总统 林肯 . A .) Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer) 离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。
(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.) Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher) 每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。
(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图) First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw) 初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。
(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G) Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billings. American humorist) 友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。
(美国幽默作家 比林斯 .J.) Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet) 友谊是没有羽翼的爱。
(英国诗人 拜伦.G,G) Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. (Albert Einstein, American scientist) 并非地球引力使人坠入爱河。
(美国科学家) The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. (Burke Edmund, British statesman) 权力越大，滥用职权的危险就越大。
(英国政治家 埃德蒙.B.) The greatest of evils and the worst of crims is poverty. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 最大的恶和最凶的罪是贫穷。
(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.)
最简单的英语名言30句
nothing in the world is impossible if you set your mind to do it 有志者事竟成 never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 今日事,今日毕 the early bird catches the worm 早到的鸟儿有虫吃 it's better than never 有总比没有好 Pain past is pleasure. 过去的痛苦即快乐。
All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事必先难后易。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 心之所愿，无事不成。
Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命必有希望。
I feel strongly that I can make it. 我坚信我一定能成功。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。
The shortest answer is doing. 最简短的回答就是行动。
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字：多一点点。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同 One picture is worth a thousand wards.百闻不如一见 Nothing ventured,nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Life is full of ups and dowms.生活充满起伏。
It's no use crying over spilt milk.\\\/What's done cannot be undone.覆水难收 The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.隔岸风景好；邻家芳草绿。
Hunger is the best sauce.饥饿是最好的调味品 Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。
God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。
Love me,love my dog.爱屋及乌 He bites off more than he can chew.贪多嚼不烂 To teach a fish how to swim.孔子面前卖文章。
Rome wasn't built in a day.伟业非一业建成。
Well begun,half done.好的开始是成功的一半 Every cloud has a silver lining.否极泰来 Look before you leap.三思而后行。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚 A little knowledge is dangerous.一知半解最危险 Clothes make the man.人要衣装，佛要金装 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口 History repeats itself.历史会重演 Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁
关于机遇的英文名言，还有关于抓住机遇成功的事例。
（英文的）
1、A friend is a present you give yourself.----Robert Louis Stevenson交一个朋友就是你赠予自己的一件礼物。
----史蒂文森2、Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.-- A. Einstein 不要为乐成而全力，要为做一个有代价的人而全力。
-- 爱因斯坦3、Nothing in life to be feared it is only to be understood.----Marie Curie生活中没有什么可怕的东西，只有需要理解的东西。
---居里夫人4、Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness.-- R.M. Nixon命运给以我们的不是失望之酒，而是机遇之杯。
是以，让我们毫无害怕，满心愉悦地操作独霸命运。
-- 尼克松5、The fireworks that jump high and go for are beautiful.----(Denmark) Andersen凡是能冲上去的，能散发出来的火焰，都是美丽的。
---（丹麦）安徒生6、Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.--J.H. Newman不怕你的生命将要结束，应该担忧你的生命从未开头。
-- 纽曼7、Life is a journey.Do not care too much about minor matters.----Xie Juezai人生如寄，用不着争长些时与短些时。
---- 谢觉哉8、Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.-- Swetchine只有强者才明了斗争；弱者乃至失败都不够资格，而是生来便是被征服的。
-- 斯威特切尼9、We'd better struggle for the future rather than regret for the past.----(Germany)Karl Marx后悔过去，不如奋斗将来。
----（德国）马克思10、A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.-- J. Burroughs一个人可以失败很多次，可是只要他没有起头责骂旁人，他还不是一个失败者。
-- 巴勒斯11、The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.-- Bernara Shaw在这个世上取得成绩的人，都全力去探求他们想要的机遇，要是找不到机遇，他们便自己缔造机遇。
-- 萧伯纳12、Energy and persistence conquer all things.-- Benjamin Franklin 能量加毅力可以征服一切。
-- 富兰克林The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want , and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。
(英国剧作家肖伯纳. G.)Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President )命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。
(美国总统 尼克松 . R.)Let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis. (Seebohm Caroline, British physician)让我们建议处在危机之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上，相反而要集中在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。
(英国医生 卡罗琳 S)The chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity. (Burejer, British writer)中文的“危机”分为两个字，一个意味着危险，另外一个意味着机会。
(英国作家 布瑞杰)
关于勇气的英文名言格言50句
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. (Clare Boothe Luce, RSA dramatist)勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。
(美国剧作家 卢斯.C.B.)We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. (Euripides , ancient Creek dramatist.)我们懂得善，我们理解善，但是我们无法实现善。
人的勇气就是坚信自己的希望能够实现，并为之进行不屈不挠的努力。
(法国作家 赖奇特 J. P)Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound. (William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet)真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。
(英国剧作家、诗人 吉尔伯特.W.) Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。
Nothing is too difficult, if you put your heart into it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 一寸光阴一寸金。
All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。
There is nothing permanent except change. 唯有变化才是永恒的。
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. 身不正，影必斜。
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于心灵正如健康之于身体。
A word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses. 一言既出，驷马难追。
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. 改变自己往往比改变环境更为需要。
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. 只要一个人还有所追求，他就没有老。
直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 今日一只蛋，胜过明天一只鸡。
There is no friend so faithful as a good book. 最忠实的朋友莫过于一本好书。
Brevity is the soul of wit. 言贵简。
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 谋虑要慢，行动要快。
Friendship cannot stand always on one side. 友谊是双方的事。
One tree does not make a forest. 独木不成林。
Barking dogs don't bite. 吠狗不咬人。
What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非已莫为。
It's never too late to mend. 改过不嫌晚。
Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。
Running water does not get stale; a door-hinge is never worm-eaten. 流水不腐，户枢不蠹。
Sweep before your own door. 正人先正已。
A hero is nothing but a product of his time. 时势造英雄。
It is better to trust to valour than to luck. 靠运气不如靠勇气。
Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 无知是鲁莽之源。
One careless move may lose the whole game. 一步不慎，满盘皆输。
Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting. 言语象蜜蜂，有蜜也有刺。
It's only the idle will be tired. 只有闲人才会感到疲倦。
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it. 失去心中所欲的和得到心中所欲的，是人生的两大悲剧。
Strong in action, gentle in method. 行动要坚强，方式要温和。
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least. 最不信任别人的人最不应该得到信任。
Idleness is the root of all evils. 懒惰是万恶之源。
Diligence redeems stupidity. 勤能补拙。
Beware beginning. 以谨慎开始。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game. 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火，可以燎原。
One's sin will find one out. 坏事终归要败露。
A good name is better than riches. 声誉胜于财富。
Haste trips over its own heels. 忙易出错。
A watched pot never boils. 心急喝不了热粥。
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. 人越伟大，越能克制怒火。
Speech is the image of actions. 语言是行动的反映。
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation. 天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend. 宁有公开的敌人，不要虚伪的朋友。
A still tongue makes a wise head. 沉默者有智慧。
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥。
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it. 常人只想如何消磨时间，智者则努力利用时间。
Anger begins with folly, and ends in repentance. 愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。
All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
He who commences many things finishes but a few. 样样都搞，完成者少。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇气和坚定是美德的精神与灵魂。
Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。
First come, first served. 先来先招待。
Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。
No pains, no gains. 不劳无获。
Nothing venture, nothing gain. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。
Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦。
Well fed, well bred. 衣食足而后知廉耻。
In for a penny, in for a pound. 一不作，二不休。
A brave man risks his life, but not his conscience. 勇敢的人可用生命冒险，但不以良心冒险。
It is not the fine coat that makes the gentleman. 使人成为君子的并不是讲究的衣着。
Pride hurts, modesty benefits. 满招损，谦受益。
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. 害怕痛苦的人其实已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
Adversity is a good disciple. 逆境是锻炼人的最好场所。
Art is long, life is short. 人生有涯艺无涯。
Well begun, half done. 好的开始是成功的一半。
You can't eat your cake and have it also. 世事两难全。
Calamity is man's true touchstone. 患难是人的试金石。
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近墨者黑。
Constant dropping wears away a stone. 滴水穿石。
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. 生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。
The first step is as good as half over. 第一步是最关键的一步。
You never know your luck. 命运好坏不由己。
Sow nothing, reap nothing. 春不播，秋不收。
The wealth of the mind is the only wealth. 精神的财富是唯一的财富。
You can't judge a tree by its bark. 人不可貌相。
Clothes do not make the man. 人不在衣装。
To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds. 既当演说家，又做实干家。
Variety is the spice of life. 变化是生活的调味品。
Little goods, little care. 钱财少，不烦恼。
Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人往高处走，水往低处流。
A little pot is soon hot. 壶小易沸，量小易怒。
No sweet without sweat. 幸福来自汗水。
Better the last smile than the first laughter. 宁可最后微笑，不要首先狂喜。
One for all, all for one. 我为人人，人人为我。
Truth needs no color. 真理不需要打扮。
Every why has a wherefore. 凡事必有因。
Keeping is harder than winning. 创业难，守业更难。
Never do things by halves. 做事不可半途而废。
No cross, no crown. is to lose. 有时吃亏就是最大的便宜。
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. 真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
真正的勇气是：无所畏惧地接受上天给你的一切。
勤劳是财富的右手，节俭是她的左手。
Let bygones be bygones. 过去的事情就让他过去吧。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 衡量生命的尺度是思想和行动，而不是时间。
Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today. 今天的事情不要拖到明天。
Time is a bird forever on the wing. 时间是一只永远飞翔的鸟。
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. 想要懂得今天，就必须研究昨天。
Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals. 时间是伟大的法官，即使在道德领域也是如此。
It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way. Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. 勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。
Beauty lives with kindness. 美寓于善。
Distrust can be contagious. But, so can trust. 不信任有传染性。
但是信任亦然。
If you would convince others, you seem open to conviction yourself. 要说服别人，先得说服自己。
Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise. 相互宽容对方的缺点，乃是通向天堂之门。
Don t gild the lily. 不要画蛇添足。
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. 不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。
A friend is, as it were, a second self. 可以说，朋友是另一个自我。
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 选择朋友要谨慎，换朋友更要谨慎。
My philosophy of life is work. 我的人生哲学就是工作。
Suspicion is the poison of friendship. 怀疑是对友谊所下的毒药。
