“Most men die at twenty or thirty; thereafter they are only reflections of themselves: for the rest of their lives they are aping themselves, repeating from day to day more and more mechanically and affectedly what they said and did and thought and loved when they were alive.”— Romain Rolland
大多数人在二三十岁时就死了,此后他们只是自己的反映:在他们的余生中,他们在模仿自己,日复一日地机械地、矫揉造作地重复着他们活着时所说的话、所做的事、所想的事和所爱的事。
“The theatre, like the fresco, is art fitted to its place. And therefore it is above all else the human art, the living art.”— Romain Rolland
剧院和壁画一样,是适合其位置的艺术。因此,它首先是人类的艺术,生命的艺术。
“There is only one necessary condition for the emergence of a new theatre, that the stage and auditorium should be open to the masses, should be able to contain a people and the actions of a people.”— Romain Rolland
新剧场的出现只有一个必要条件,就是舞台和礼堂要向群众开放,要能够容纳一个民族,容纳一个民族的行动。
“A great nation assailed by war has not only its frontiers to protect: it must also protect its good sense. It must protect itself from the hallucinations, injustices, and follies which the plague lets loose.”— Romain Rolland
一个遭受战争袭击的伟大国家不仅要保护自己的边界,还必须保护自己的良知。它必须保护自己免受瘟疫释放的幻觉、不公正和愚蠢。
“Each man must learn his own ideal and try to accomplish it: that is a surer way of progress than to take the ideas of another.”— Romain Rolland
每个人都必须学习自己的理想并努力实现它:这是一种比接受别人的想法更可靠的进步方式。
“One day History will pass judgment on each of the nations at war; she will weigh their measure of errors, lies, and heinous follies. Let us try to make ours light before her!”— Romain Rolland
总有一天,历史将对每一个处于战争中的国家进行审判;她将衡量他们的错误、谎言和令人发指的愚蠢行为。让我们试着创造我们的光明在它之前!
“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”— Romain Rolland
如果一个人要把阳光洒在别人身上,首先他必须在自己的内心拥有阳光。
“Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.”— Romain Rolland
我对祖国的爱并不要求我去憎恨和杀戮那些同样爱他们的高尚和忠诚的灵魂。
“If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. … For more than 30 centuries, the tree of vision, with all its thousand branches and their millions of twigs, has sprung from this torrid land, the burning womb of the Gods. It renews itself tirelessly showing no signs of decay.”— Romain Rolland
如果说地球上有一个地方,从人类最早开始梦想存在的时候起,所有活着的人的梦想都在那里找到了家,那就是印度。……30多个世纪以来,视觉之树及其上千根枝桠和上百万根细枝,从这片炎热的土地,即众神燃烧的子宫里长出来。它不知疲倦地自我更新,没有腐烂的迹象。
“One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.”— Romain Rolland
一个人犯错误,这就是生活。但爱从来都不是错。
“I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.”— Romain Rolland
我觉得战争是可憎的,但那些赞美战争却不参与战争的人更是可憎。
“You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.”— Romain Rolland
你是个虚荣的家伙。你想成为英雄。这就是为什么你做这种傻事。英雄!。。。我不太清楚那是什么:但是,你看,我认为英雄是一个尽力而为的人。其他人不这样做。
“A hero is the one who does what he can. The others don't.”— Romain Rolland
英雄是做他能做的事的人。其他人不能。
“Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.”— Romain Rolland
任何一个真正的男人都必须学会在别人中间独处,为别人独立思考,如果必要的话,还要与别人对抗。
“The artist is the compass which, through the raging of the storm, points steadily to the north.”— Romain Rolland
艺术家是指南针,在狂风暴雨中,它稳定地指向北方。
“It is not peace that I seek, but life.”— Romain Rolland
我追求的不是和平,而是生活。
“When nothing hampers action, the soul has fewer reasons for action.”— Romain Rolland
当没有什么阻碍行动时,灵魂采取行动的理由就更少了。
“Everyone, deep down within, carries a small cemetery of those he has loved.”— Romain Rolland
每个人,内心深处,都有一个他所爱的人的小墓地。
All for one, one for all.—— [French] Dumas pére
人人为我,我为人人。—— [法] Dumas pére大仲马
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.—— Walt Disney
开始的方法是停止说话,开始行动。—— 华特.迪士尼
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking.—— Steve Jobs
你的时间是有限的,所以不要浪费时间过别人的生活。不要被教条困住,教条就是活在别人思考的结果中。—— 斯蒂夫.乔布斯
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.——Eleanor Roosevelt
如果生活是可预见的,它将不再是生活,没有味道。—— 安娜·埃莉诺·罗斯福
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.——Oprah Winfrey
如果你看看你生活中所拥有的,你总会拥有更多。如果你看看你生活中没有的,你永远不会满足。—— 奥普拉·温弗瑞
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.—— Nelson Mandela
活着最大的荣耀不在于从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒后都能站起来。—— 纳尔逊·曼德拉
Friendship, a lofty and beautiful friendship based on mutual respect, deep sympathy, no malicious envy of other people's achievements, and cultivate a sense of collective interest above all else for oneself.—— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
友谊,以互相尊重为基础的崇高美好的友谊,深切的同情,对别人的成就决不恶意嫉妒,对自己培养一种集体利益高于一切的意识。—— 保尔·柯察金
A true friend should tell the truth, no matter how sharp it is.—— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
真正的朋友应该说真话,不管那话多么尖锐。—— 保尔·柯察金
Even when life is intolerable, we should be good at living and do our best to make life beneficial to the people. To waste manpower is to commit a crime.—— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
就是到了生活已经无法忍受的时候,也要善于生活下去,要竭尽全力,使生命变得有益于人民。浪费人力,等于犯罪。—— 保尔·柯察金
The best thing about life is that when you stop living, you can also use everything you create to serve people.—— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
人生最美好的,就是在你停止生存时,也还能用你所创造的一切为人们服务。—— 保尔·柯察金
Work as hard as you can, like a domesticated horseback climbing a hill.—— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
要全力以赴的工作,像一匹驯顺的马拉着重物爬坡一样。—— 保尔·柯察金
I only believe in one thing: inspiration comes from work. Labor is the best doctor of all insensitivity.—— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
我只相信一条:灵感是在劳动时候产生的。劳动,这是一切钝感的最好的医生。—— 保尔·柯察金