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     与友分享欢乐者,无不欢乐倍增;与友分担哀伤者,无不哀伤减半.
    ——培根:《随笔》
    There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but that he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth is griefs to his friends, but he grieveth the less.
    ——Bacon, Essays
   
    朋友寥寥无几的人成长不全，他的本性中有不少被封闭和从未显露的层面；他自己无法开启，甚至不会发现，唯有友人才能激励他，启示他。
   
    ——兰道夫.伯恩：《青春与生命》
    A man with few friends is only half-developed; there are whole sides of his nature which are locked up and have never been expressed. He cannot unlock them himself, he cannot even discover them. Friends alone can stimulate him and open him.
    ——Randolph Bourne, Youth and Life
   
    觅一知已，需闭一只眼；守一知已，需闭两只眼。
    ——诺曼.道格拉斯：《年鉴》
    To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him, Two.
    ——Norman Douglas, An Almanac
    面目不清的朋友比明刀明枪的敌人更糟。
    —— 伊索：《寓言》
    A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy.
    ——Aesop, Fables
   
    结交朋友只在一念之间，友谊却是慢慢成熟的果实。
    ——亚里士多德：《伦理学》
    Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
    ——Aristotld, Nicomachean Ethics
   
    真正的善行，是心平气和地去希冀，从容不迫地去寻找，平静地去拥有，无悔地延迟。
    ——考文垂.帕特摩尔
    True good are peacefully desired, sought without eagerness, possessed without elation, and postponed without regret.
    ——Coventry Patmore
   
    善不是在真空而是在待人中体现，它需要用爱来滋润。
    ——索尔.贝娄
    Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
    ——Saul Bellow
   
    有才能的人，做自己喜爱的事；有天赋的人，做自己能做的事。
    ——让.安格尔
    With talent, you do what you like. With genius, you do what you can.
    ——Jean Ingres
   
    记住：未来不属于我们，也并非完全不属于我们。所以我们不应指望它一定到来，但也不应放弃希望，认定它永远不会来临。
    ——伊壁鸠鲁
    Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours. So that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be.
    ——Epicurus
   
    保证未来价值的最有效方法就是积极勇敢地直面现在。
   
    ——罗洛.梅
    The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.
    —— Rollo May