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【英語學習】美國第一名總統林肯的10名經典名言

亞伯拉罕·林肯(Abraham Lincoln),美國政治家、思想家,共和黨人,美利堅合眾國第16任美國總統,黑人奴隸制的廢除者。2008年英國《泰晤士報》組織專家委員會對43位美國總統分別以不同的標準進行「最偉大總統」排名,亞伯拉罕·林肯排名第一。事實上,美國歷史上不乏優秀的總統,羅斯福,甘迺迪,華盛頓,但林肯在美國人民心中卻排名第一位,甚至超越開國元勛喬治·華盛頓,今天我們就來一看林肯的10句經典名言吧!

 

1.Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
幾乎所有的人都能忍受逆境,但如果你想測試一個人的性格,那就給他權力。


2.Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
大多數人的快樂程度都是他們自己設定的。


3.And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
最後,重要的不是你活了多久,而是怎麽活。


4.Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
永遠記住,你成功的決心比什麽都重要。


5.You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
你可以一直欺騙一些人,也可以在一定時間內欺騙所有人,但你不可能一直欺騙所有人。


6.A house divided against itself cannot stand.
一個分裂的家是沒有立足之地的。


7.Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
做一個消除一切疑慮的出頭鳥,還不如保持沈默被當成傻子。


8.Whatever you are, be a good one.
無論你是什麽,都要做到最好。


9.Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
人品就像是樹,而聲譽是樹蔭。 我們想到的是樹蔭,而樹才是本體。


10.Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
那些不願給別人自由的人,不配擁有它。