A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times.A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight.
——Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
一定的忧愁、痛苦或烦恼,对每个人都是时时必需的。一艘船如果没有压舱物,便不会稳定
,不能朝着目的地一直前进。
——德国哲学家 A.叔本华
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
——Michel Eyquem Montaigne, French essayist
害怕痛苦的人已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
——法国散文家 M. E.蒙田
Better one suffers, than a nation grieves.
——John Drydon, British poet
宁可一人受苦,不使民族悲伤。
——英国诗人 J.德莱顿
Between grief and nothing I will take grief.
——William Faulkner, American writer
在悲痛与虚无之间,我愿意选择悲痛。
——美国作家 W.福克纳
Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
——Thomas Fuller, American inventor
使人高兴的或者沮丧的,与其说是事实,还不如说是攀比。
——美国发明家 T.富勒
Grief is itself a medicine.
——William Cowper, British poet
悲痛本身也是一种药。
——英国诗人 W.考伯
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
——Marcel Proust, French writer
愉快有益于人的身体,但只有悲伤才能培养心灵力量。
——法国作家 M.普鲁斯
Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomfited, for the water of lifes fountain springiest from a gloom bed.
Sit not sad because that time a fitful aspect weareth, Patience is most bitter,
yet most sweet the fruit it berths.
——Sadi,Persian poet
你虽然在困苦中也不惴惴不安,从暗处往往流出生命之泉。
不要因为时运不济而郁郁寡欢,忍耐虽然最痛苦,其果实也最香甜。
——波斯诗人萨迪
He best can pity who has felt the worse.
——John Gay, British dramatist and poet
感受过悲伤的人最富有同情心。
——英国剧作家、诗人 J.盖伊
I tell you hopeless grief is passionless.
——E.B.Browning, British poetess
我告诉你,没有希望的悲伤是没有激情的。
——英国女诗人 E. B.布朗宁
It is not miserable to be blind, it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness.
——John Milton, British poet
失明本身并非是悲惨的,不能忍受失明才是悲惨的。
——英国诗人 J.弥尔顿
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles with sniffs predominating.
——O.Henry, American writer
人生是由呜咽、抽泣和微笑组成的,而在三者之中,抽泣处于支配地位。
——美国作家欧·亨利
No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good.
——Cicero, Ancient Roman statesman
把痛苦视为生活中最大的祸害的人不可能勇敢;把欢乐视为生活中最美妙的人不会自我节制
——古罗马政治家西塞罗
One must mourn not the death of men but their birth.
——Charles Scondat Montesquieu, French thinker and philosopher
人所悲伤的并不是人类的死亡而是他们的诞生。
——法国思想家、哲学家C.S.孟德斯鸠Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
——Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer
纯粹的、完全的哀愁和纯粹的、完全的欢乐一样都是不可能的。
——俄国文学家 L.托尔斯泰
Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
——James Mackintosh, British writer
悲哀和烦恼不是使人心软,就是使人心狠。
——英国作家 J.麦金托什
Tears are the silent language of grief.
——Voltaire, French philosopher
眼泪是无声的、悲伤的语言。
——法国哲学家伏尔泰
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign.
——William Cullen Bryant, American poet
最猛烈的痛苦持续的时间也最短。
——美国诗人 W. C.布莱恩特
The most glorious moment in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel raise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishment.
——Gustave Flaubert, French writer
你的一生中,最为辉煌的一天并不是功成名就的那些天,而是从悲叹与绝望中产生对人生的挑战和对未来辉煌的期盼的那些日子。
——法国作家 G.福楼拜
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
——Publius Syrus, Syrian Latin writer
心理疾病比身体疾病更糟。
——叙利亚拉丁语作家 P.西拉士
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
——George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist
痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。
——英国剧作家 G.萧伯纳
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
——William Shakespeare, British dramatist
为了一去不复返的灾祸而悲伤将会导致新的灾祸。
——英国剧作家 W.莎士比亚
Whats the use of worrying?
It never was worthwhile,
So, pack up your troubles in your old kit bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
——George Asaf, British poet
担忧又有什么用?
不值得为它浪费时间,
把烦恼塞进行囊去,
让微笑永远充满你的心田。
——英国诗人 G.阿萨夫