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百川东到海，何时复西归？少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。——（汉）《乐府诗集·长歌行·青青园中葵》节...[继续阅读]

    Man’s life—how long?A morning’s dew?Alas!Many a day is done.—(Three Kingdoms)Cao Cao,Short Songs,I,Extract对酒当歌，人生几何？譬如朝露，去日苦多。——（三国）曹操《短歌行》其一，节选...[继续阅读]

    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...[继续阅读]

    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与世无争兮性本狷介。钟情自然兮游心艺苑；生命之火兮暖我心田，爝火熄兮羽化而归天。（孙梁译）——（英...[继续阅读]

    —(India)R.Tagore,Stray Birds,82,1916让生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。——（印度）泰戈尔《飞鸟集》82...[继续阅读]

    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，人生多半是欢乐的，但人生有时也有悲伤...[继续阅读]

    　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！人生是实在的！　它的归宿决不是荒坟；“你本是尘土，必归于尘土，”　这是指躯壳，不...[继续阅读]

    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伟人的生平启示我们：　　我们能够生活得高尚，而当告别人世的时候，　　留下脚印在时间的沙上。（杨德豫译）——...[继续阅读]

    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，别跟我谈论什么故事里伟大的人名，我们青春的岁月是我们最光荣的时辰；甜蜜的二十...[继续阅读]

    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！吹起军笛！吹起号角！向沉迷声色的世界宣告：片刻充实而光辉的生命，抵得上默默无闻的一生。——（...[继续阅读]