英语谚语与名人名言集锦(1.4.1)
Theme: History and Civilization
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
—, the 16th President of the United States
同胞们，我们无法逃避历史。
——美国第16任总统 亚伯拉罕·林肯
There is a history in all men's lives.
—, English poet and playwright
每个人都有自己的历史。
——英国诗人、剧作家 威廉·莎士比亚
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
—, Irish writer and poet
任何人都能创造历史，只有伟人能书写历史。
——爱尔兰作家、诗人 奥斯卡·王尔德
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
—, Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian
世界史即伟人传。
——苏格兰评论、讽刺作家、历史学家 托马斯·卡莱尔
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
—, German poet, philosopher
历史学家是回望过去的预言家。
——德国诗人、哲学家 约翰·弗里德里希·冯·席勒
Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.
—Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer
进步就是人类有能力把简单事情复杂化。
——挪威人类学者、探险家 托尔·海尔达尔
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.
—Richard Feynman, scientist, teacher and musician
我们还处于人类历史的最初阶段。和困难作斗争是理所当然的。但是还有千万年的未来。我们的责任是尽力去做，去学，找出更好的解决方法，并且传承下去。
——科学家、教师、音乐家 理查德·费曼
People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.
—Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, both French naturalist writers
大家不喜欢简单的、真实的东西；他们喜欢神话和谎言。
——法国自然主义小说家 埃德蒙和茹儿·德·袭古尔兄弟
A living civilization creates; a dying, builds museums.
—Fischer, biochemist, Nobel prize winner
活文明创造博物馆；死文明建造博物馆。
——生化学家、诺贝尔奖获得者 费舍尔
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
—Arnold Toynbee, British historian
文明是一种运动，不是某一时的境况，是旅程，不是停泊的港口。
——英国历史学家 阿诺德·托因比
节选自《大学英语新概念阅读教程》（第一册）（主编 李华田 黎闯进 缪惠莲，武汉大学出版社，2012年6月）
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