你有敌人？很好！

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

丘吉尔，是一个霸气和骚气并存，刚硬与智慧兼备的男人。

重读了Gilbert的英文版《丘吉尔传》，暂且把这些年收集的丘吉尔名言的一部分放在这，中文是随便翻的。

1、

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.
我的品位很简单：要求不高，最好就行。
　　　　

2、

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.'
成功不要紧，失败不致命。继续前行的勇气，才最可贵。
　　

3、

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
历史将会友善地对我，因为那都是我写的。

　　
4、

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
勇气是能站起来侃侃而谈；勇气也是能坐下来静静倾听。

5、

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
你有敌人？很好。这说明在你的生命中的某个时刻，你曾经呐喊过。
　　
6、

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
人经常被真相困扰，但是大多数人装作没看见就走了。

7、

If you are going through hell, keep going.
如果你感觉自己在走过地狱，走着，别停。
　　
8、

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
悲观主义者在每个机会里看到困难；乐观主义者在每个困难里看到机会。

9、

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
谎言环游全球的时候，真相还没穿好裤子。
　　
10、

'Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.'
'Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.'
Exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill.
阿斯特女士：如果你是我老公，我就在你酒里下毒。

丘吉尔：如果你是我老婆，我毫不犹豫喝下去。
　　

11、

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
我本人是个乐观主义者，因为做别的貌似没什么用。
　　
12、

Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
圆滑就是能让人满怀憧憬的走向地狱。
　　
13、

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
成功就是不断失败不失信心。
　　
14、

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
我喜欢猪。狗崇拜人类。猫鄙视人类。猪对我们一视同仁。
　　
15、

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.
先生，你醉了。
女士，我今天是醉了。但明天我清醒了，你就要丑了。

16、

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
神经病就是既不肯听劝又不肯换个话题。
　　
17、

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
仅仅做到我们的最好是不够的，有时候我们得达到要求。
　　
18、

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
反对民主最好的论据就是与一个普通选民聊五分钟。
　　
19、

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. 
他的美德我都不喜欢，我喜欢的坏他也都没有。
　　
20、
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

我时刻准备着学习，但是我不喜欢别人给我上课。
　　
21、
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
人生最重要的一课就是：傻子有时候也是对的。
　　
22、

We can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.
我们相信美国会做正确的事，当然，是在她尝尽其他一切可能之后。
　　
23、

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
我准备好见上帝了，不过上帝准没准备好见我还很难说。
　　
24、

You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.
劫富无法济贫。
　　
25、

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.
我打断你的时候不许打断我。