Family
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
——D.C. Fisher， American female novelist
母亲不是赖以依靠的人，而是使依靠成为不必要的人。
——美国女小说家D. C.菲席尔
All happy families are like one another， each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
——Leo Tolstoy， Russian writer
所有幸福的家庭都十分相似；而每个不幸的家庭各有各自的不幸。
——俄国文学家L.托尔斯泰
All I am， or can be， I owe to my angel mother.
——Abraham Lincoln， American president
我之所有，我之所能，都归功于我天使般的母亲。
——美国总统A.林肯
As a modern parent， I know that itˊs not how much you give children those counts， itˊs the love and attention you shower on them.A caring attitude can not only
save you a small fortune， but also even make you feel good about being tight—fisted and offering more care than presents.
——Hare Noel， American writer
作为一个现代的父母，我很清楚重要的不是你给了孩子们多少物质的东西，而是你倾注在他
们身上的关心和爱。关心的态度不仅能帮你省下一笔可观的钱，而且甚至能使你感到一份欣
慰，因为你花钱不多并且给予了胜过礼物的关怀。
——美国作家O.H诺埃尔
Be it ever so humble， there is no place like home.
——John Howard Payne， American dramatist and actor
金窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。
——美国剧作家、演员J. H.佩恩
Every soil where he is well is to a valiant man his natural country.
——Massinger Philip， British dramatist
勇敢的人随遇而安，所到之处都是故乡。
——英国剧作家M.菲利普
Go where he will， the wise man is at home—his hearth the earth， his hall the azure dome.
——Ralph Waldo Emerson， American thinker
明智者四海为家——地球是他的壁炉，蓝天是他的客厅。
——美国思想家R. W.爱默生
Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection
， and obedience of the children the submission to love.
——Francis Bacon， British philosopher
幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。
——英国哲学家F.培根
He is the happiest， be he King or peasant， who finds peace in his home.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe， German dramatist and poet
无论是国王还是农夫，家庭和睦是最幸福的。
——德国剧作家、诗人J. W.歌德
Home is the girlˊs prison and the womanˊs workhouse.
——George Bernard Shaw， British dramatist
家是姑娘的监狱，女人的教养院。
——英国剧作家G.萧伯纳
Home is the place where， when you have to go there，it has to take you in.
——Frost Robert， American poet
无论何时何地家永远是向游子敞开大门的地方。
——美国诗人F.罗伯特
How sharper than a serpentˊs tooth is to have a thankless child.
——William Shakespeare， British dramatist
逆子无情甚于蛇蝎。
——英国剧作家W.莎士比亚
Husbands and wives in the process of divorce （and those in the throes of another argument） easily fall into the trap of denigrating the other， publicly if possible， and as often as possible.
——Howard Mel， American writer
正在闹离婚的（包括那些处于吵闹不停的痛楚中的）夫妻们很容易陷在对方的泥沼中不能自
拔， 这种诋毁是尽可能公开的，尽量频繁地进行。
——美国作家H.梅尔
I donˊt know who my grandfather was. Iˊ m much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
——Abraham Lincoln， American president
我不知道我爷爷是什么样的人，我更关心的是，他的孙子会成为什么样的人。
——美国总统A.林肯
If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground， put some responsibility on their shoulders.
——John Bunyan， British essayist
你若希望你的孩子总是脚踏实地， 就要让他们负些责任。
——英国散文家J.班扬
It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his children feel that home
was the happiest place in the world； and I value this delicious homefeeling
a
s one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
——Irving Washington， Father of literature of the United States
让孩子感到家庭是世界上最幸福的地方，这是以往有涵养的大人明智的做法。这种美妙的家
庭情感，在我看来，和大人赠给孩子们的那些最精致的礼物一样珍贵。
——美国文学之父I.华盛顿
Marriage may be compared to a cage： the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.
——Michel de Montaigne， French thinker and essayist
婚姻好比鸟笼，外面的鸟想进进不去；里面的鸟儿想出出不来。
——法国思想家、散文家M. D.蒙田
My father had always said that there are four things a child needs plenty of lov
e， nourishing food， regular sleep ， and lots of soap and water—and after those， what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.
——Ivy Baker Priest， American officer of government
我父亲总是说，一个孩子需要四样东西——充分的爱、富于营养的食物、有规律的睡眠、大量
的肥皂和水——这些完了呢，他最需要的是一些明智的放任。
——美国政府官员I. B.普里斯特
The brotherly spirit of science， which unites into one family all its votarie of whatever grade， and however widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe.
——Franklin Roosevelt， American president
科学的博爱精神把分散在世界各地、各种热心科学的人联结成一个大家庭。
——美国总统F.罗斯福
The family is one of natureˊs masterpieces.
——George Santayana， American philosopher and poet
家庭是大自然创造的杰作之一。
——美国哲学家、诗人G.桑塔亚那
The family you came from isnˊt as important as the family you are going to have.
——D.Herbert Lawrence， British writer
你将拥有的家庭比你出身的那个家庭重要。
——英国作家D. H.劳伦斯
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
——Bertrand Russell， British philosopher
父亲们最根本的缺点在于想要自己的孩子为自己争光。
——英国哲学家B.罗素
The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress.
——E.Coke， British jurist
每个人的家对他自己都像是城堡和要塞。
——英国法学家E.科克
The sooner you treat your son as a man， the sooner he will be one.
——William John Locke， British novelist
越早把你的儿子当成男人，他就越早成为男人。
——英国小说家W. J.洛克