马克吐温经典语录 Never argue with stupid people

The most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

生命中最重要的两天，是你出生的那一天，和你弄清楚为何而生的那一天。

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

绝对不要和愚蠢的人争论，他们会把你拉低至他们的层次，然后凭经验击败你。

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

如果你讲真话，你就不用记住你曾经说过什么。

The truth must be served like a coat, and not thrown in the face like a wet towel.

真理要像外套那样展示出来，而不是像湿毛巾一样扔在别人脸上。

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

让我们过这样一种人生：当我们去世时，连殡仪员都会感到惋惜。

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

每个人都像是月亮，都有着不可示人的阴暗面。

Only two things we'll regret on deathbed - that we are a little loved and little traveled.

临终前我们只会后悔两件事——我们很少被爱，也很少旅行。

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

远离那些轻视你梦想的人。市井小民常常会这么做，不过真正伟大的人会让你感觉到：你也可以变得伟大。

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

人们可以做许多事情来让自己受到别人的喜爱，但是他会倾尽一切努力来让别人嫉妒。

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

皱纹应该只是微笑留下的印记。

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

如果你收养了一只饥饿的狗，并且让它过上了舒服的日子，它将不会再咬你。这便是狗与人最主要的区别。

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

我是位老人，我知道很多很大的麻烦，但绝大多数并不会发生。

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

勇敢并非没有恐惧，而是克服恐惧，战胜恐惧。

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

善良是一种聋子能听懂、瞎子能看懂的语言。

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

你今生所需要的仅仅是无知和自信，而且你就将注定成功。

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

不读书的人与不识字的人相比，毫无任何优势。

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

紫罗兰被一只脚踩扁了，但它却把芳香留在那脚底，这就是宽恕。

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

银行家就是在大晴天借给你伞，而一开始下雨时又想要回来的人。

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

悸于生活，死如恶魔。活得充实，死若赴宴。