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第8章 知识Knowledge (1)

博学者寡言。

He knows most that / who speaks least.

Who knows most says least.

He that has knowledge spares his words.

才疏学浅是有危险的。

A little knowledge / learning is a dangerous thing.

才疏学浅者经常老生常谈。

He that knows little soon repeats it.

常识并不寻常。

Common sense is not common.

当财产精光时,学问最有用。

When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

懂得如何缄默的人最有学问

He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.

懂得知识是无限的人最有学问。

He knows most that knows he knows little.

对一切都不怀疑的人,一无所知。

He who doubts nothing knows nothing.

读书能够开阔视野。

Enlarge one’s views by reading.

读书使人充实,思考使人深刻,讨论使人清晰。

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

读书使人渊博,交谈使人机敏,写作使人严谨。(培根)

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, writing an exact man.

反复学习是知识的来源。

Repetition is the mother of knowledge.

个人经历的收获胜过书本的知识。

Personal experience is better than book learning.

光有才智无学识,犹如果树无果实。

Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.

好读者和好作家一样凤毛麟角。

A good reader is as rare as a good writer.

好书不能凭封面。

Judge not a book by its cover.

好书不去翻,犹如一块砖。

A book that remains shut is but a block.

好书即益友。

A good book is a great friend.

好书可以照亮心灵。

A good book is a light to the soul.

好书千载不过时。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.

好书是随身携带的花园。

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

好书是始终不渝的挚友。

A good book is the best of friend, the same today and forever.

好书是永远不相负的挚友。

A good book is a best of friend who never turns his back upon us.

好书是最忠实的朋友。

There is no friend so faithful as a good book.

怀疑是打开知识宝库的钥匙。

Doubt is the key of knowledge.

精神食粮与食物同样重要。

Man cannot live by bread alone.

Man does not live bread only.

开卷有益。

Reading enriches the mind.

科学除了无知没有敌人。

Science has no enemy but the ignorant.

科学是陈旧思想的墓地。

Science is a cemetery(墓地)of dead ideas.

科学是系统的知识。

Science is organized knowledge.

科学违背了良知则一钱不值。

Science is nought worth without conscience.

科学以自然现象为依据。

Science rests on phenomena.

科学只不过是正确的判断力和理智。

Science is nothing but good sense and reason.

可清贫,不可无知。

Better an empty purse than an empty head.

恐惧源于无知。

Fear always springs from ignorance.

满瓶子不响,半瓶子咣当。

Empty vessels / wagons make the most found.

The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.

Full vessels give the least sound.

Full vessels sound least.

Shallow streams made most dim.

The empty vessels make the greatest sound.

没有比知识更保险的财富,因为小偷偷不走。

There is no wealth like knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it.

没有痛苦和应用,就不能真正获得知识。

Knowledge will not be acquired without pain and application.

没有知识的热情,犹如脱缰的马。

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

没有知识的热情,犹如有火无光。

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

没有知识的人,才是真正贫穷的人。

He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge.

没有学问犹如没有眼睛。

Without learning, without eyes.

面包滋养身体,书本丰富头脑。

Bread nourishes the body, and books enrich the mind.

难得糊涂。无知就是福。

Ignorance is bliss.

贫穷是一切艺术之源。

Poverty is the mother of all arts.

求知只能循序渐进,不能一蹴而就。

Knowledge advances by steps, not by leaps.

人无知识犹如房无地基。

A body without knowledge is like a house without foundation.

如果目的不道德,知识反而害人。

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

如果正确的判断力不能来医治科学,科学就是疯狂。

Science is madness, if good sense does not cure it.

善问者博学。

To ask well is to know much.

少量的常识抵得上大量的学问。

A handful of common sense is better than a bushel of learning.

少时的知识,就是老时的智慧。

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

生命短暂,学术无限。

Art is long, life is short.

生命有限,知识无涯。

Knowledge is long, life is short.

实践出真知。

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.

An ounce of practice / experience is worth a pound of theory.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of percept.

Knowledge comes from experience alone.

Knowledge starts with practice.

实践出真知,实践长才干。

Genuine knowledge comes fro practice, and practice enhances one’s ability.

实践是开启知识宝库的钥匙。

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

实践是知识之母。

Experience is the mother of knowledge.

书多不等于有学问。

The ass is not learned though he e loaded with books.

书是永远编不完的。