【英汉对照】英语谚语与名人名言集锦:Getting to Know the Past
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
—Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States
公民们,我们不能逃脱历史。
—— 美国第16任总统 林肯
Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.
—Virginia Woolf, English writer
任何事都没有发生,直到被记录下来。
——英国女作家 弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
— Aldous Huxley, English writer
那些不愿意从历史中接受教训的人就是历史给我们上的最重要的一课。
—— 英国作家,诗人 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
—George Santayana, American philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist
那些不能记住历史的人会重蹈覆辙。
——美国哲学家,作家,诗人,小说家 乔治·桑塔亚那
Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.
—Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States
历史巨轮飞转,分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵,也独具意义。
——美国第37任总统 尼克松
History repeats itself;that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
—Clarence Darrow, American lawyer
历史是重复的,这是历史的错误之一。
—— 美国律师 莱伦斯·丹诺
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
— George Santayana, American writer
历史总是被书写错误,因此总是需要被重写。
——美国作家 乔治•桑塔亚那
You can't say civilization isn't advancing:in every war they kill you in a new way.
—Comedian Will Rogers, American humorist
你不能说文明没有前进,在每一场战争中都会有一种新的方式杀死你。
——美国幽默作家,喜剧演员 威尔·罗杰斯
For most of history,anonymous was a woman.
— Virginia Woolf, English writer
对大多数历史来说,匿名者都是女性。
——英国女作家 弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader
历史对过去事件的描述是采用人们一致同意的版本。
—— 法国军事政治家 拿破仑
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)