30 famous sayings, a short sentence in English1. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
2. The shortest answer is doing.
3. Every life is a story, make yours a best seller.
4. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
5. No one can make your feel inferior without your consent.
6. None but ourselves can free our minds.
7. Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
8. Turn your wounds into wisdom.
9. You never fail until you stop trying.
10. There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
11. In this world nothing is permanent, and our problems are no exception.
12. I like walking in the rain because no one can see my tears.
13. A day without laughter is a day wasted.
14. A great talker is a great liar.
15. You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.
16. Life lies not in living but in liking.
17. A leopard cannot change its spots.
18. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
19. Adversity leads to prosperity.
20. Live not to eat, but eat to live.
21. A bully is always a coward.
22. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
23. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
24. Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold.
25. A good conscience is a soft pillow.
26. A good book is a good friend.
27. There is a history in all men's lives.
28. A friend is easier lost than found.
29. I eat merely to put food out of my mind.
30. Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
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The English translation of the classic sayings of novelistsThe following is the English translation of some classic sayings by novelists:
- Never, never, never, never give up. (Never, never, never, never give up.)
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: We must accept a final disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. We must accept disappointment because it is limited, but we must never lose hope because it is infinite.
- To be or not to be, that is a question. To live or to die, that is the question.
- For you, a thousand times over. (For you, thousands of times.)
- "Land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for." Because it’s the only thing that lasts. (Land is the only thing in the world worth working for, fighting for, and sacrificing for, because it is the only thing that lasts.)
- "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.
- But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun. (Shh! What was that light coming from the window over there? Oh, that's the east, and Juliet is the sun.)
- Charlotte Blunt (Jane Eyre): If God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal - as we are! If God had given me wealth and beauty, I would have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. God didn't do it, and our souls are equal, as if the two of us had crossed the grave and stood at God's feet, equal-that's how it is!)
- When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Love is a temporary madness. It exploded like an earthquake and then subsided. And when it subsides, you have to make a judgment. You have to find out whether you and he are so intertwined that they cannot be separated.)
- Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights): Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. (Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.)
- James Matthew Barley (Peter Pan): All children, except one, grow up. (All the children have grown up, except one.)
- George Orwell (1984) It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. (The clock struck thirteen in April, when the weather was cold and clear.)
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of disbelief, it was the season of Light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of folly; it was the age of faith, it was the age of doubt; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of disappointment.) We had everything before us,we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way. (We have everything, we have nothing; people are going straight to heaven and straight to hell.)
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Top 10 famous sayings, short English with translationThe following are the top 10 short English famous sayings and their translation:
1. Time is the most valuable thing one can consumption. Time is the most valuable thing a person can consume.
2. Death is not the greatest loss of life, have ceased to live. (Death is not the greatest loss in life, but death is life.)
3. Friendship is an immensity of heaven and earth, how broad it. Friendship is a boundless world, how vast it is.
4. The tragedy of life, is to stop the struggle. The chief tragedy of life is to stop fighting.
5. Love is buried deep in the heart, not live in between lips. Love is buried in the heart, not between the lips.
6. Friendship is always a virtue for, not the assistant of evil. Friendship is always the assistant of virtue, not the assistant of sin.
7. To do the real bosom friend, you have to trust each other. (To be a true confidant, you must trust each other.)
8. There are a lot of people are in youth happiness as the price of success. (Many people paid the price of success with the happiness of youth.)
9. Quiet and tastefully laid out and is to the body, like a judgement of wisdom. Elegance is to the body what judgment is to wisdom.
10. Any time for love give everything won't go to waste. (Everything you give for love at any time will not be wasted.)
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honestly a great concept and story but the author should have at least tried to remove some of the Chinese sayings as they don't really make sense in English.