1 An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
一盎司的行動(dòng)值一噸的理論。
Ounce: 盎司（重量單位）

2 As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
工作比威士忌更適合于治愈憂愁。
Cure: 治愈
Whiskey: 威士忌（一種烈性酒）

3 Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
艱難困苦有其科學(xué)價(jià)值，聰明的學(xué)習(xí)者絕不會(huì)錯(cuò)過這些機(jī)會(huì)。
Scientific: 科學(xué)的
Miss: 錯(cuò)過

4. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
缺乏熱情將不會(huì)成就任何大事。
Achieve: 取得；達(dá)到
Enthusiasm: 熱情

5 The ancestor of every action is a thought.
思想是每一項(xiàng)行動(dòng)之源。
Ancestor: 祖先

6 Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
不要踏已知的路，走沒有人走過“路”并且留下足跡。
Trail: 足跡

7 Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
對(duì)于你的行動(dòng)不要太膽怯和害怕。生活就是實(shí)驗(yàn)。
Timid: 膽怯的
Squeamish: 易受驚的，易惡心的

8 Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?
如果一句話就足夠，為什么還要長篇大論？
Volume: 滔滔不絕
Suffice: 足夠

9 Every artist was first an amateur.
每一個(gè)藝術(shù)家剛開始也是一個(gè)業(yè)余愛好者。
Amateur: 業(yè)余愛好者

10 Every burned book enlightens the world.
被焚的每一本書都照亮著世界。
Enlighten: 啟蒙；照亮

11 Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
每一個(gè)人都應(yīng)該感謝他生活中的錯(cuò)誤。
Fault: 錯(cuò)誤；過失

12 Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
現(xiàn)實(shí)掩蓋的真理可由小說展示出來。
Fiction: 小說
Reveal: 顯示
Obscure: 使模糊

13 He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
如果一個(gè)人每天沒有征服一些恐懼的話，那么他還不知道生活的秘密。
Conquer: 征服

14 I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
我認(rèn)為衡量文明的一個(gè)足夠好的方法就是看優(yōu)秀婦女所帶來的影響。
Sufficient: 充分的
Civilization: 文明
Influence: 影響

15 The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
智慧永恒不變的特點(diǎn)就是在普通中看到神奇。
Invariable: 不變的
Miraculous: 神奇的

16 It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
一個(gè)經(jīng)常觀察到的事實(shí)就是人們在激情的靈感下寫出好詩歌，而在其它情況下則難有所成。
Verse: 詩歌
Inspiration: 啟發(fā)；靈感
Passion: 激情
Circumstances: 情況

17 There is always safety in valor.
安全永遠(yuǎn)存于勇敢之中。
Valor: 勇敢

18 Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant
激情重建青年人的世界。它使所有的事情鮮活而且意義重大。
Rebuild: 重建
Significant: 重要的

19 Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
每個(gè)人都必須在真理和安逸之間做出選擇。我們不能兼而得之。
Repose: 安逸

20 No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
偉人從不抱怨沒有機(jī)會(huì)。
Complain: 抱怨
Want: 缺乏
Opportunity: 機(jī)會(huì)

21 The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
天才激發(fā)我們無限的信心。
Genius: 天才
Boundless: 無限的
Confidence: 信心

22 The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
全身心投入地工作，這樣的時(shí)間絕不會(huì)被浪費(fèi)，這就是所有的智慧。
Wisdom:智慧，才智

23 To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
這個(gè)世界隨時(shí)都想把你變成其它模樣，堅(jiān)持成為你真正的自己是一項(xiàng)偉大的成就。
Constantly: 經(jīng)常地
Accomplishment: 成就

24 What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
無論過去、現(xiàn)在還是將來，所有表象和你的內(nèi)在相比都微不足道。
Pale: 蒼白
Comparison: 對(duì)比

25 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
跟著自然的節(jié)奏：她的秘密是耐心。
Adopt: 采納；收養(yǎng)
Patience: 耐心