1. 在一定程度上来讲是这样。我们被赋予自己的躯体，自己的诞生地和生活中的位置，但这并不意味着我们不能改变现状。我们有可能变成我们想要自己成为的任何样子。〔美〕西德尼谢尔顿：《午夜情》

1. To a certain extent, that is the case. We are given our own bodies, our place of birth, and our position in life, but this does not mean that we cannot change our current situation. We have the potential to become any person we want to be. [USA] Sidney Sheldon: "Midnight Passion"

2. 所谓生命，就是一种力量，它时刻都在征服周围的一切事物，弱肉强食，把其他东西的力量吸收为自己的力量，而且天衣无缝地高度统一起来。〔日〕佐滕春夫：《更生记田园的忧郁》

2. What is life but a force that constantly conquers everything around it, a survival of the fittest, absorbing the power of other things into its own, and seamlessly integrating it to a high degree. [Japan] Sato Haruo: "The Melancholy of the再生 Garden"

3. 人最宝贵的是生命。生命人只有一次。人的一生应当这样度过：当回忆往事的时候，他不会因为虚度年华而悔恨，也不会因为碌碌无为而羞愧〔在临死的时候，他能够说：“我的整个生命和全部精力，都已经献

3. The most precious thing to a person is life. A person's life is only once. A person's life should be spent in this way: when recalling the past, he will not regret for having wasted his years, nor will he feel ashamed for his fruitless efforts [when facing death, he can say, "My entire life and all my energy have been dedicated to..."]

4. 生命就是思想。〔古罗马〕马可奥勒利乌斯：《沉思录》

4. Life is thought. [Ancient Rome] Marcus Aurelius: "Meditations"

5. 悲观的人，先被自己打败，然后才被生活打败;乐观的人，先战胜自己，然后才战胜生活。 ——汪国真

5. Pessimists are defeated first by themselves, and then by life; optimists defeat themselves first, and then conquer life. ——Wang Guozhen

6. 我们的生命是天赋的，我们惟有献出生命，才能得到生命。〔印度〕泰戈尔：《飞鸟集》

6. Our life is a gift from nature, and we can only gain life by sacrificing our life. [India] Tagore: "Stray Birds"

7. 倘若你懂得如何利用生命，那么一生的时间是够长的。——塞内加《论生命的短促》

7. If you know how to make use of life, then the time of a lifetime is long enough. — Seneca, "On the Shortness of Life"

8. 一个社会，只有当他把真理公之于众时，才会强而有力。左拉

8. A society is only strong and powerful when it makes the truth known to the public. Zola

9. 进入白天的更大的神秘。〔印〕泰戈尔：《流萤集》

9. Entering the greater mystery of daylight. [India] Tagore: "Collection of Fireflies"

10. 真理喜欢批评，因为经过批评，真理就会取胜；谬误害怕批评，因为经过批评，谬误就要失败。狄德罗

10. Truth loves criticism because after criticism, truth will prevail; error fears criticism because after criticism, error will fail. — Diderot

11. 掩饰真理是卑鄙，因害怕真理而撒谎是怯懦。奥格辽夫

11. Disguising the truth is despicable, and lying out of fear of the truth is cowardly. - Ogarev

12. 人生是个舞台，所以你得学会演好自己的角色。〔希腊〕帕拉达斯：《希腊文选》

12. Life is a stage, so you must learn to play your role well. [Greek] Paradas: "Selections from Greek Literature"

13. 对于人类来说，生存本身就是旅行。〔日本〕东山魁夷：《风景巡礼》

13. To humans, existence itself is a journey. [Japan] Katsushika Hokusai: "Wanderings Through Scenery"

14. 植物的生命要从他的绿叶上显出来。〔意〕但丁：《神曲净界》

14. The life of the plant must manifest itself in its green leaves. [Translation] Dante: "Divine Comedy, Purgatory"

15. 充满着欢乐与斗争精神的人们，永远带着欢乐，欢迎雷霆与阳光。 —— 赫胥黎

15. People filled with joy and the spirit of struggle will always carry joy and welcome thunder and sunshine. —— Huxley

16. 人的一生可能燃烧也可能腐朽，我不能腐朽，我愿意燃烧起来！ —— 奥斯特洛夫斯基

16. Life may either burn or rot, but I cannot rot, I am willing to burn! — Oparin

17. 生命在前进的同时，也就是在走向死亡。〔墨〕富恩特斯：《阿尔特米奥克罗斯之死》

17. Life progresses, and in doing so, it also approaches death. [Mexican] Fuentes: "The Death of Artemio Cruz"

18. 真正的圣者的信条是善用生命，充分地利用生命。赫伯特

18. The creed of the true saint is to make good use of life, to fully utilize life. - Herbert

19. 人的生命就是不断的适应再适应。哈代

19. Human life is a constant process of adaptation, adaptation, and adaptation again. Hardy

20. 人生不单单是以年月日计算的，事实往往是最好的日历。〔英〕本迪斯累里：《维尼夏》

20. Life is not solely measured by years, months, and days; in fact, reality is often the best calendar. [Eng.] Benjamin Disraeli: "Venice"

21. 能将自己的生命寄托于他人记忆中，生命仿佛就加长了一些；光荣，是我们获得的新生命，其可珍可贵，实在不下于天赋的生命。〔法〕孟德斯鸠：《波斯人信札》

21. To entrust one's own life to the memory of others makes one's life seem to be extended; glory is the new life we have gained, which is as precious and valuable as the life bestowed by nature. [French] Montesquieu: "The Letters of Persians"

22. 21谁若游戏人生，他就一事无成；谁不主宰自己，永远是一个奴隶。——歌德

22. He who plays with life accomplishes nothing; he who does not master himself is forever a slave. — Goethe

23. 但愿每次回忆，对生活都不感到负疚郭小川

23. May every memory of life not feel guilty, Guo Xiaochuan.

24. 10真正的快乐是内在的，它只有在人类的心灵里才能发现。布雷默

24. True happiness is internal; it can only be found in the human heart. Brehmer

25. 人生是一场无休、无歇、无情的战斗，凡是要做个够得上称为人的人，都得时时刻刻向无形的敌人作战。〔法〕罗曼罗兰《约翰克利斯朵夫》

25. Life is an endless, ceaseless, and ruthless battle. Anyone who wants to be truly human must constantly fight against the intangible enemies. [French] Romain Rolland, "Jean-Christophe"

26. 一个人是一捆关系，一团根蒂，而他开出来的花，结出来的果实，就是这世界。〔美〕爱默森：《爱默森文选》

26. An individual is a bundle of relationships, a cluster of roots, and the flowers he opens and the fruits he bears are this world. [US] Emerson: "Essays of Emerson"

27. 肯定生命，哪怕是在它最异样最艰难的问题上；生命意志在其最高类型的牺牲中，为自身的不可穷竭而欢欣鼓舞——我称这为酒神精神。〔德〕尼采：《偶像的黄昏》

27. Affirming life, even in its most abnormal and most difficult problems; the will to life rejoices and exults in its own inexhaustibility in its highest type of sacrifice - I call this the Dionysian spirit. (German) Nietzsche: "The Twilight of the Idols"

28. 22人生极为重要的三件事：用宽容的心对待世界，对待生活；用快乐的心创造世界，改变生活；用感恩的心感受世界，感受生活！

28. The three most important things in life are: to treat the world and life with a heart of tolerance; to create the world and change life with a heart of joy; and to feel the world and life with a heart of gratitude!

29. 生命——带来爱——工作——美——苦痛——和生命的终结！〔英〕高尔斯华绥：《福尔赛世家》

29. Life – brings love – work – beauty – suffering – and the end of life! [English] Galsworthy: "The Forsyte Saga"

30. 先相信你自己，然后别人才会相信你。 —— 屠格涅夫

30. Believe in yourself first, and then others will believe in you. —屠格涅夫

31. 生命由种种经验而千锤百炼。蒙森

31. Life is tempered and refined through various experiences. Mengsen

32. 能将自己的生命寄托在他人记忆中，生命仿佛就加长了一些。〔法〕孟德斯鸠：《波斯人信札》

32. To entrust one's life to the memory of others is to extend one's life as if it had been lengthened. [French] Montesquieu: "The Persian Letters"

33. 凡是有良好教养的人有一禁诫：勿发脾气。爱默生

33. Every well-bred person has a prohibition: Do not lose your temper. - Emerson

34. 如果诞生是开始向死亡迈进，谁最早开始这生命的旅程，谁就走在最前面。〔意〕皮兰德娄：《亨利四世》

34. If birth is the beginning of the journey towards death, then he who first begins this journey of life is the one who walks ahead. [It.] Pirandello: "Henry IV."

35. 生命是宝贵的，亦是脆弱的，如同一根新发芽的小树枝，轻轻一折，生命便会从此逝去。有人说生命是五彩的，我也认为的确如此。

35. Life is precious and fragile, just like a newly sprouted twig, which can be easily broken and its life would be gone forever. Some say life is colorful, and I agree with that too.

36. 世界上最值得珍惜的财产是生命。最富有的国家是那些养育出伟大而快活的人的国家。〔英〕约罗斯金：《到此为止》

36. The most precious property in the world is life. The most affluent nations are those that raise great and happy people. [Eng] Yorkinsky: "Until Now"

37. 话可以收回，但人生不可能这样。席勒

37. Words can be收回， but life cannot be like that. - Schiller

38. 生活就是战斗。〔俄〕柯罗连科：《盲音乐家》

38. Life is a battle. [Russian] Korolenko: "The Blind Musician"

39. 勿问成功的秘诀为何，且尽全力做你应该做的事吧。美华纳

39. Do not ask what the secret of success is; instead, do your best at what you should be doing. — Meihua Wan

40. 生命的路是进步的，总是沿着无限的精神三角形的斜面向上走，什么都阻止他不得。〔中〕鲁迅：《生命的路》

40. The path of life is progressive, always ascending along the slant of an infinite spiritual triangle, nothing can stop it. [Chinese] Lu Xun: "The Path of Life"

41. 9踩着别人肩膀显示自我高度的人，迟早会变成不折不扣的矮人。

41. Those who show off their own height by stepping on others' shoulders will eventually become a true dwarf without a doubt.

42. 给了世界上最壮丽的事业——为人类的解放而斗争。”〔苏〕奥斯特洛夫斯墓：《钢铁是怎样炼成的》

42. Bestowed the most magnificent cause in the world — the struggle for the liberation of humanity." [Soviet] A. Ostrovsky: "How the Steel Was Tempered"