1. 鼓励自己的最好办法，就是鼓励别人。——马克·吐温

1. The best way to encourage yourself is to encourage others. — Mark Twain

2. 经常要坦白地承认一项过失错误，这将使你的上司意料防备不及，才会给你一个机会去犯更多的错误。

2. Often it is necessary to admit a fault openly, which will catch your supervisor off guard and give you an opportunity to make more mistakes.

3. 巨大的财富具有充分的诱惑力，足以稳稳当当地起致命的作用，把那些道德基础并不牢固的人引入歧途。——马克·吐温

3. Great wealth has a powerful allure, enough to act as a deadly lure, leading those with a shaky moral foundation astray. — Mark Twain

4. 如果你懂得使用，金钱是一个好奴仆，如果你不懂得使用，它就变成你的主人。——马克·吐温

4. Money is a good servant if you know how to use it, but a bad master if you don't.—Mark Twain

5. 一本怀有恶意的书籍将不会伤害到任何人，除了写作它的傻瓜。

5. A malicious book will not harm anyone except the fool who wrote it.

6. 如果所有的人都是富有的，那么所有的人都是贫穷的。

6. If everyone is rich, then everyone is poor.

7. 如果你收养一条快要饿死的狗，把它喂得肥肥的，那它决不会咬你。这就是人与狗的主要差别——马克·吐温

7. If you adopt a dog that is almost starving and fatten it up, it will never bite you. That is the main difference between man and dog - Mark Twain

8. 在我们这样自由制度的国家，任何人只要高兴，只要肯花钱，就能自己毒害自己。——马克·吐温

8. In a country like ours with a free system, anyone can harm themselves as they please, as long as they are willing to spend money. — Mark Twain

9. “需要”不认识任何的“法律”。

9. "Need" does not recognize any "law."

10. 如果你收养了一只饥饿可怜的狗，并且让它舒适顺利，它将不会咬你，这便是一个人与一只狗之间最主要的差别。?>

10. If you adopt a hungry and可怜 dog and make it comfortable and well-off, it will not bite you, and this is the main difference between a person and a dog.

11. 哥伦布，在《品泰号》的护桅索上，高踞空阔渺茫的海面，挥舞帽子，眼巴巴地盯着一片陌生的新世界！这些人才算没白活——他们才算真正懂得什么叫乐趣——他们长长一辈子的快乐全部凑在这短短一瞬间里头了。——马克·吐温

11. Columbus, perched high on the yardarm of the "Pinta," soared above the vast, boundless sea, waving his hat, his eyes eagerly fixed on a strange, new world! These are the people who have not lived in vain—they truly understand what it means to have fun—they have collected all the joy of their entire long life into this fleeting instant. – Mark Twain

12. 当你为爱情而钓鱼时，要用你的心当作饵，而不是用你的脑筋。

12. When you fish for love, use your heart as bait, not your mind.

13. 预言是人类唯一一项无法经由练习而改善的技术。

13. Prophecy is the only skill that cannot be improved through practice.

14. 真诚的朋友，良好的书本和沉睡的良心，这就是理想的生活。——马克·吐温

14. A sincere friend, a good book, and a sleeping conscience, this is the ideal life. — Mark Twain

15. 政治家处理国务时，常考虑是否合乎礼节，而从不关心是否符合道德规范——马克·吐温

15. Politicians, when dealing with state affairs, often consider whether it is proper in terms of etiquette, but never care whether it conforms to moral norms — Mark Twain

16. 真理的靴子尚未穿上，谎言就跑遍世界。

16. The shoes of truth have not yet been put on, and lies have already spread throughout the world.

17. 谎言已走了半个世界，真话才在动身。

17. Lies have already traveled half the world, while the truth is just about to set out.

18. 如果我生下来就是八十岁，而慢慢长到十八岁的话，人生会更加快乐无穷。——马克·吐温

18. If I were born at eighty and grew slowly to eighteen, life would be more joyful and endless. — Mark Twain

19. 打消了一切忧虑，卸下了一切担子，一时不由感到满足，真好比心里搬开一块大石头。——马克·吐温

19. Disposed of all worries, laid down all burdens, I couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction at the moment, just as if I had removed a big stone from my heart. — Mark Twain

20. 每一个人生下来都拥有一项资产，它比其他所有的资产价值都高，就是他最后的一口气。

20. Every person is born with an asset that is more valuable than all other assets, and that is their last breath.

21. 有阅读能力而不愿读好书的人，和文盲没有两样。——马克·吐温

21. A person who can read but will not read good books is no different from an illiterate person. - Mark Twain

22. 在衣着上你可以不修边幅，但切不可让灵魂染上污点——马克·吐温

22. You can be untidy in your attire, but never let your soul be stained — Mark Twain

23. 人生在世，必须善处境，万不可浪费时间，作无益的烦恼。

23. In life, one must wisely manage one's circumstances and must never waste time in futile worries.

24. 狂热的欲望，会诱出危险的行动，干出荒谬的事情来。——马克·吐温

24. The passionate desire can lead to dangerous actions and result in absurd things being done. — Mark Twain

25. 不要把事实告诉不值得的人。

25. Do not tell facts to people who are not worth it.

26. “名声”如同是蒸气，“声望”如同是意外，在地球上唯一可以确定的事情是被遗忘掉。

26. "Fame" is like steam, "reputation" is like an accident; the only thing certain on Earth is being forgotten.

27. 那些有好书却不读的人不比无法读到这些书的人拥有任何优势。

27. People who have good books but do not read them do not have any advantage over those who cannot read these books.

28. 这样的特质可使友谊维系终身——只要不想对方借钱。

28. Such qualities can sustain a friendship for a lifetime—as long as neither party asks the other for a loan.

29. 悲伤可以自行料理；而欢乐的滋味如果要充分体会，你就必须有人分享才行。——马克·吐温

29. Grief can be dealt with on one's own; but to fully taste the joy, you must have someone to share it with. — Mark Twain

30. 天才蒙受冤屈，他的英名便会因此——马克·吐温

30. The genius bears冤屈, and his reputation will thereby——Mark Twain

31. 快乐不是一件自我存在的东西，它仅是与其他不快乐事情的一个相对比照，这就是快乐的整个情况。

31. Happiness is not a self-existent thing; it is merely a relative contrast to other unhappy things, which is the whole situation of happiness.

32. 友谊是如此圣洁的一种激情，是如此甜蜜、牢固和忠诚。

32. Friendship is such a sacred passion, so sweet, firm, and loyal.

33. 我给我母亲添了不少乱，但是我认为她对此颇为享受。——马克·吐温

33. I've caused quite a bit of trouble for my mother, but I think she rather enjoys it. — Mark Twain

34. 土著们对于衣服、房屋、定时起居、教堂、学校、主日学校、工作以及文明强加在他们头上的其他迫害，都很不习惯，他们如饥似渴地怀念他们那丧失了的故乡和他们从前那种自由的野蛮生活。他们把那个天堂换了这个地狱，现在是悔之晚矣。他们坐在异乡的高崖岩上，思念故乡，一天又一天地含着眼泪，凝神注视着海外，怀着无法消除的渴望，遥望着烟雾迷蒙的地方，那就是他们原先那个天堂的鬼影。他们一个个都伤透了心，全都死掉了。——马克·吐温

34. The indigenous people were very unaccustomed to the clothes, houses, regulated living, churches, schools, Sunday schools, work, and other hardships of civilization imposed upon them. They longed for their lost homeland and the free, primitive life they once had with an insatiable desire. They had exchanged that paradise for this hell, and now it was too late to regret it. They sat on the cliffs of their alien land, longing for their homeland, shedding tears day after day, gazing intently at the overseas, with an unquenchable longing, watching the hazy, distant places, which were the phantoms of their original paradise. They were all heartbroken, all were dead. - Mark Twain

35. 虚假的谦让一出现，真正的谦让就及时消亡。——马克·吐温

35. The false modesty appears, the true modesty dies out promptly. — Mark Twain