名人名言即经典性的著作和权威性的言论，这样的语言总是会带来振聋发聩、醍醐灌顶的效果，所谓“一句话改变人生”就是如此吧。如果某一天，在某一个地方，曾经有那么一句话深深出动了你柔韧的心房，希望你愿意与我一起分享。

   1.The shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.-----Henry Home

   获取荣誉的捷径是用良知来引导自己。-----H.荷姆

   2.On the earth there is nothing great but man;in the man there is nothing great but mind.  -----Alexander Hamilton

   世界上最伟大的是人，人最伟大的是思想。--------A.汉密尔顿

   3. Who is wise?He who learns from every body.-----Mishna

   谁是聪明人？是向大家学习的人。   ------密西拿

   4. A woman need know but one man well,in order to understand all men;whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them. -------Helena Rubinstein

   女人认清一个男人，就理解了所有的男人；而男人即使认识所有的女人，仍然无法理解一个女人。------H.罗兰

   5. How hard it is for woman to keep counsel!-------William Shakespeare

   让女人保守秘密非常难！-----W.莎士比亚

   6. It matters more what's in woman's face than what's on it.---------Claudette Colbert

   女人的内秀比外貌更重要。------C.考尔白

   7. Women are the true maintenance class.Society is built upon their acquiescence,and upon their small and necessary labors.-----Sally Kempton

   女人是真正维持社会生活的群体。社会建立在她们的默默无闻和细微，必要的劳动之上。----------S.坎普顿

   8. Earth's noblest thing,a woman perfected.-----Amy Lowell

   完美的女人是尘世中最高贵的。-----A.洛威尔

   9. Wives are young men's mistresses,companions for middle age,and old man's nurses.------Francis Bacon

   妻子是年轻时的情人，中年时的同伴，老年时的保姆。-------F.培根

   10. For the want of a nail the shoe was lost.
   For the want of a shoe the horse was lost.
   For the want of a horse the rider was lost .
   For the want of a rider the battle was lost.
   For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
   For the all for the want of a horse shoe nail.
                          -------Benjamin Franklin

   因为少了一颗马蹄钉而掉了那马蹄铁，
   因为掉了那个马蹄铁而失去了那匹马，
   因为失去那匹马而缺了那个骑兵，
   因为缺了那个骑兵而输了战役，
   因为输了那战役而丢了整个国家，
   悔之晚矣！全是当初少了一颗马蹄钉。
                    --------本杰明.富兰克林

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    Father: You know, Tom, when Lincoln was your age, he was a very good pupil. In fact, he was the best pupil in his class.

    Tom: Yes, Father. I know that. But when he was your age, he was President of the United States.