【英汉对照】英语谚语与名人名言集锦：Learning and Teaching
Life is short and art is long.
人生短暂，学术无涯。
He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge.
没有知识，才是贫穷。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知识是宝库，而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
一次亲身的经验，抵得上两次老师的教导。
Expericence is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
— Aldous Leonard Huxley, American writer
经验不会从天而降；经验只有通过实践才能获得。
—— 美国作家 A.L. 赫胥黎
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
如果一个人倾其所有以求学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。
The wise man is always a good listener.
智者善听人言。
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and ,need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen？
——Friedrich W. Nietzsche, German philosopher
所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞：用脚跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言语跳舞，不用说，还需用笔跳舞。
——德国哲学家 尼采
Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.
——Durant, American historian
教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。
——美国历史学家 杜兰特
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— William Rogers, American humorist
所有人都是无知的，只是在不同的方面罢了。
—— 美国幽默家W. 罗杰斯
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
——Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher
教育的根是苦的，但其果实是甜的。
——古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德
Hold what you really know and tell what you do not know; this will lead to knowledge.
— Confucius, ancient Chinese educator and philosopher
知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。
——中国古代教育家、哲学家 孔子
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom and prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
— Omar Bradley, American general
这是个只有核巨人和道德侏儒的世界。如果我们继续无知而随意地发展科技， 我们的仆人也许就是我们的掘墓人。
—— 美国上将 O. 布雷德利
节选自《大学英语新概念阅读教程》（第三册）（主编 李华田，武汉大学出版社，2012年6月）
