Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
——George William Curtis, American writer
年紀隻是個感覺的問題,而不是歲月的問題。
——美國作家G. W.柯蒂斯
An energetic middle life is, I think, the only safe precursor of a vitally happy old age.
——Vida Dutton Sucader, Americaneducator and writer
我認為,精力旺盛的中年生活是生氣勃勃的幸福晚年的唯一可靠預兆。
——美國教育家、作家V. D.斯卡德
As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.
——M.Deland, American writer
一旦你覺得做某件事年紀太大了,趕緊做它。
——美國作家M.迪蘭
At twenty years of age, the will reigns, at thirty, the wit, and at forty, the judgment.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president
二十歲時起支配作用的是意誌,三十歲時是機智,四十歲時是判斷。
——美國總統B.富蘭克林
Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for thats the stuff life is made of.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president
你熱愛生命嗎?那麼,別浪費時間,因為生命是由時間組成的。
——美國總統B.富蘭克林
Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.
——Richard Nixon, American president
曆史巨輪飛轉,分分秒秒的時間都十分寶貴,也獨具意義。
——美國總統R.尼克鬆
Experience proves that most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is delibe rately kicked over.
——Paul Meyer, French linguist
經驗證明,大部分時間都是被一分鍾一分鍾地而不是一小時一小時地浪費掉的。一隻底部有個小洞的桶和一隻故意踢翻的桶同樣會流空。
——法國語言學家P.梅耶
Fish and visitors smell in three days.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president
魚放三天發臭,客住三天討嫌。
——美國總統B.富蘭克林
Gather your rosebuds while you may, old time is still flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.
——Herrick Robert, British poet
有花堪折直須折,時光依然在飛逝;此花今日在歡笑,明日卻要花葉凋。
——英國詩人H.羅伯特
He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have may.
——Thomas Heywood, British dramatist
可以為時不想為,想要為時已經不可為。
——英國作家T.海伍德
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
——Abraham Lincoln, American president