английские цитаты

английские цитаты с переводом | страница 22

“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
Позволь мне кое-что тебе поведать, мой друг. Надежда — вещь опасная. Надежда может свести с ума.

“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
Из всего, что я потерял, я больше всего скучаю.

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

“I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.”

“To be interesting, be interested.”

“To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.”

“Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas.”

“The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action.”

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
Как будто ты можешь убить время, не поранив при этом Вечность.

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”
Нет ничего плохого в том, чтобы надеяться на лучшее, если ты готов к худшему.

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

“It is impossible to love and be wise.”
Любить и быть мудрым — невозможно.

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

“As you think, so shall you become.”

“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”

“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
Не спорь с ней: она сумасшедшая.

“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.”
Те, кто сдерживает желание, делают это потому, что их желания достаточно слабы чтобы их сдержать; а сдерживающий фактор или причина замещает его и управляет слабовольными.

“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
Я обнаружил, что нет более верного способа узнать, нравитесь ли вы людям или ненавидите их, чем путешествовать с ними

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
Найди внутри себя радость, и эта радость исцелит боль.

“The only journey is the one within.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
Доброта — это то, что может услышать глухой и увидеть слепой.

“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.”

“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
Женщина создана не для всеобщего восхищения, а для счастья одного.

“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
Не бывает плохих фотографий; Просто так иногда выглядит твое лицо.

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament.”

“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”

“Everything is the way it is because everything was the way it was”

“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
Когда кто-то уходит, это потому, что кто-то еще собирается прибыть.

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”

“Till this moment I never knew myself.”

“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
Недостаточно иметь глубокий ум; главное - уметь правильно его использовать.

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
Мы не богаты тем, чем обладаем, а тем, без чего мы можем обойтись.

“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”

“And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.”
И все же женщины - хорошие женщины - напугали меня, потому что в конце концов они хотели твоей души, а то, что осталось от моей, я хотел сохранить.

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”
Я ушел в лес, потому что хотел жить осознанно...

“What is now proved was once only imagined.”
То, что сейчас доказано, было когда-то только воображаемым.

“Friendship… is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.”

“Words are loaded pistols.”
Слова заряжены пистолетами.

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
Времена изменились. Дети больше не слушаются своих родителей, и каждый пишет книги.

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”
Жизнь никогда не бывает справедливой. Для большинства из нас так оно, пожалуй, и лучше.

“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Вы бы не стали так беспокоиться о том, что о вас думают другие, если бы поняли, как редко они это делают.

“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”

“Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.”
Сегодняшний день - наше самое ценное достояние. И это наше единственно верное достояние.

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
Если бы все требовали мира, а не другой телевизор, то мира не было бы.

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”

“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!”
Почему мы должны принимать советы по поводу секса у Папы? Если ему что-то об этом известно, он не должен этого знать!

“A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.”
Такая любовь была серьезной болезнью, болезнью, от которой вы никогда полностью не поправитесь.

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
Лучше заслужить почести и не иметь их, чем иметь и не заслуживать их.

“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”
Вы не можете отрицать смех; когда он приходит, он плюхается в ваш любимый стул и остается столько, сколько захочет.

“People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals.. that is.. goals that do not inspire them.”

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
Книги — это уникальная портативная магия.

“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
Делай просто, насколько возможно, но не проще этого.

“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
Пишущий для глупцов всегда может найти широкую аудиторию.

“because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars…”

“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Очень важно не прекращать задавать вопросы.

“I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
Когда ничего не помогает, сдавайтесь и идите в библиотеку.

“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”
Одинокий человек слишком скоро протягивает руку каждому встречному.

“In fact living is dying.”

“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
С наступлением будущего начинаешь понимать, что по настоящему жил только в прошлом.

“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.”
Ожидания - корень всех душевных страданий.

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”

“What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
Какими же утомительными были эти годы -- иметь желание и потребность жить, но не иметь никаких возможностей.

“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.”
Искусство - единственная серьезная вещь в мире. И художник - единственный человек, который никогда не бывает серьезным.

“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.”

“One is alone when the last one who remembers is gone.”

“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”

“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
Нам надо в любви стараться лишь одному: отпускать. Потому как держаться друг за друга приходит без труда, этому учиться не требуется.

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
Не расставайтесь со своими иллюзиями. Когда их не станет, может быть вы и продолжите существовать, но перестанете жить.

“The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.”

“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought”

“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”
Писать не жизнь, но я думаю, что иногда это может быть путь к жизни.

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
Разделите каждую сложную задачу на столько частей, сколько возможно и необходимо для её решения.

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”

“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
Никто никогда мне не говорил о том, что я красивая, когда я была маленькой девочкой. Всем маленьким девочкам следует говорить о том, что они красивы, даже если они таковыми не являются.

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
Я более высокий и принципиальный человек, чем Джордж Вашингтон — он говорил, что не может врать, а я могу, но не делаю этого.

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
Никто не теряет никого, потому что никто никому не принадлежит. Это настоящий опыт свободы: обладать самой важной вещью в мире, не имея ее.

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
Достаточно сложно вспомнить мои мнения, не вспоминая и моих причин для них!

“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
Тот, кто не понимает твоего молчания, вероятно, не поймет твоих слов.

“Life has no meaning a priori … It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”

“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
Я выбираю своих друзей за их внешность, моих знакомых за их хорошие характеры и моих врагов за их хороший интеллект.

“Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.”
Дайте мне достаточно информации, чтобы я мог лгать убедительно.

“Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into the dark.”