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馬克吐溫說
     Mark Twain這家伙以幽默著稱,向來說話沒個正經(jīng)。這里葛競選了他難得的幾句嚴肅的話,以饗讀者。
     The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting star
     ted is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
     要的秘訣就是要先開始。開始做事的秘訣就是要先把復雜的排山倒海的事分做能做到的一件件小事,然后著手去做第一件。
     There are two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
     世界上有兩類人,第一類人作出了成就;第二類人號稱自己作出了成就。第一類人不如第二類人那么多。
     Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
     二十年后,讓你覺得失望不是你做過的事情,而是你沒有做過的事情。那么,就解開帆索吧,從安全的港灣里面開出來吧,跟著帆上的信風,去探索吧,去夢想吧,去發(fā)現(xiàn)吧。
     I was seldom able to see an opportunity unitil it had ceased to be one.
     我總是等機會錯過了才能發(fā)現(xiàn)我曾有過機會。
     Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
     如果我們能在80歲的時候出生,然后慢慢往18歲的時候過,那人生簡直就幸福無限了。
     Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.
     別到處說世界虧欠了你,世界什么都不虧欠你的,你還沒出生他就在那兒了!