When could they return to the west again?One who does not exert himself in youthWill regret it in old age in vain.—(Han)The Collection of Poems of Music Bureau,Extract百川東到海，何時復(fù)西歸？少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。——（漢）《樂府詩集·長歌行·青青園中葵》節(jié)...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Man’s life—how long?A morning’s dew?Alas!Many a day is done.—(Three Kingdoms)Cao Cao,Short Songs,I,Extract對酒當(dāng)歌，人生幾何？譬如朝露，去日苦多。——（三國）曹操《短歌行》其一，節(jié)選...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    There are four seasons in the mind of man:He has his lusty Spring,when fancy clearTakes in all beauty with an easy span:He has his Summer,when luxuriouslySpring’s honey’d cud of youthful thought he lovesTo ruminate,and by such dreaming highIs nearest unto...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Nature I loved and,next to Nature,Art;I warm’d both hands before the fire of life;It sinks,and I am ready to depart.—(Britain)Walter Savage Landor,Finis與世無爭兮性本狷介。鐘情自然兮游心藝苑；生命之火兮暖我心田，爝火熄兮羽化而歸天。（孫梁譯）——（英...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    —(India)R.Tagore,Stray Birds,82,1916讓生如夏花之絢爛，死如秋葉之靜美?！ㄓ《龋┨└隊枴讹w鳥集》82...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    Life can be bad,Life is mostly cheerful,But sometimes sad.….Life can be dirty,Life can even be painful;But life is what you make it,So try to make it beautiful.—(America)L.Hughes,Life,Extract人生可能是美好的，人生可能是糟糕的，人生多半是歡樂的，但人生有時也有悲傷...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    　And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art,to dust returnest,　Was not spoken of the soul.—(America)Henry Wordsworth Longfellow,A Psalm of Life,1839,Extract人生是真切的！人生是實在的！　它的歸宿決不是荒墳；“你本是塵土，必歸于塵土，”　這是指軀殼，不...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    We can make our lives sublime,And,departing,leave behind usFootprints on the sands of time.—(America)H.W.Longfellow,A Psalm of Life,1839,Extract偉人的生平啟示我們：　　我們能夠生活得高尚，而當(dāng)告別人世的時候，　　留下腳印在時間的沙上。（楊德豫譯）——...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    The days of our youth are the days of our glory;And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and twentyAre worth all your laurels,though ever so plenty.—(Britain)G.G.Byron,All for Love,Extract哦，別跟我談?wù)撌裁垂适吕飩ゴ蟮娜嗣覀兦啻旱臍q月是我們最光榮的時辰；甜蜜的二十...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    To all the sensual world proclaim,To all the sensual world proclaim,One crowded hour of glorious lifeIs worth an age without a name.—(Britain)W.Scott,Clarion吹！吹起軍笛！吹起號角！向沉迷聲色的世界宣告：片刻充實而光輝的生命，抵得上默默無聞的一生?！?..[繼續(xù)閱讀]