The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish satirical writer
托马斯·卡莱尔，苏格兰讽刺作家
Histories make men wise; poems witty;
历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；
the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep;
数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；
moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞使人善辩。
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
弗朗西斯·培根，英国哲学家
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。
John Lubbock, English polymath
约翰·卢伯克，英国博学家
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。
Albert Einstein，American physicist
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦，美国物理学家
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。
Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer
奥利弗·哥尔德史密斯，爱尔兰作家
