随便写写...这算是名人名言吗？

Men destroy each other during war; themselves during prolonged peace.
人类在战时互相毁灭，在和平年代自我毁灭。

 

We are most motivated to help those who do need us the least.
我们总是热衷于帮助那些最不需要我们帮助的人。

 

反过来说：

The kindest act towards you in your life may come from an outsider not interested in reciprocation.

在你的一生中对你最友善的行为往往来自于那些不指望回报的人。

 

They say it takes a failure to figure out who your friends are; not true. Success is far worse.

常言道：“患难见真情”，言下之意你还会看到很多“真情”以外的东西；但要我说，等你成功了以后，你才会见到更糟的。

 

You don't become completely free by just avoiding to be a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.

想获得自由，你不仅得避免成为别人的奴隶；你还得避免成为别人的主子。

 

It is a very recent disease to mistake the unobservable for the nonexistent.

一个常见的谬误：混淆“无法观测”与“不存在”。

 

The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid is whether financial news make sense to him.

判断一个人是否极端愚蠢的最好方法是：看他是否相信财经新闻。

 

People revile speculators, but when a B-School professor and a journalist get it wrong (and mock those who get it right) they don't pay.And these professors and journalists are not just unapologetic but acting AS IF THEY SAW IT COMING.

热门总是嘲笑投机者。但与之相比，当商学院的教授或者记者们犯错的时候（他们往往还同时嘲笑那些持有正确观点的人），他们不用为此赔钱、显得毫无歉意、甚至会在事后做出一副“仿佛看到未来”的样子。

 

Asking science to explain life & vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.

想用科学去分析日常生活，就相当于用语法去解释诗句。（我突然想到握过基础教育就是这么干的）

 

When you beat up someone physically you get exercise & stress relief; when you assault him verbally on the web you just harm yourself.
当你用拳头攻击他人，你得到锻炼并缓解了压力；当你在网上用言辞攻击别人，你只是伤害了你自己。

 

 

Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two or more.

每个成功男人的背后，都有一个女人。每个不成功男人的背后,都有两个或更多。