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武夷山
今天是元宵节,也叫灯节(Lantern Festival)。我2009年辑译过几条含有lantern的英语名言,今天加上几条提到lamp的英语名言,与大家分享,祝大家平安。
Yeats
我一直相信每个人最好的一面。我发现,只要相信这一点,就足以使坏人都表现出自己最好的地方,使好人将手中的灯举得更高。
――爱尔兰诗人叶芝
To discuss an opinion with a fool is like carrying a lantern before a blind man.
De Gaston
与傻瓜讨论问题, 如同提灯给盲人照路。
――德.加斯顿
Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.
宗教就像是一盏五彩灯里面的蜡烛。每个人都是透过某一种颜色看进去,但是蜡烛总是在那里。
----穆罕默德·纳吉布(1901-1984),埃及首任总统
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa
若想让爱的讯息被听见,就得将它发出去。让灯保持不灭,就得不断添油。
----特蕾莎修女
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
Patrick Henry
我只有一盏灯指引着我的脚步,那便是经验之灯。
----帕特里克·亨利(1736-1799),美国律师,喊出“不自由毋宁死”口号的那一位。
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
Jane Porter
传递知识,好比在我们的油灯上点燃别人的蜡烛,毫不减损我们自身的光焰。
----Jane Porter,美国女作家,1960年生
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
一条恰当的引语好比一盏灯,它投射出的光亮覆盖了整句话。
(博主:这也是我喜欢quotation的原因。)
----Letitia Elizabeth Landon(1802-1838),英国女诗人和小说家
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