含有dog字样的英语名言
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选译一些含有dog字样的英语名言,祝大家狗年吉祥!
“A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside.”
狗对他者的判断,不是根据肤色、教义或阶级,而是看其内心。
---- John Grogan,美国记者、作家
“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”
养狗的最大乐趣在于,你可以在狗面前作弄自己,它不仅不会责骂你,还会跟着一道捉弄它自己。
-Samuel Butler(1835-1902),英国作家
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
狗是世界上唯一爱你胜过爱自己的动物。
-Josh Billings,美国19世纪幽默作家
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.”
对人类的了解越深,我就发现自己越喜欢狗。
-Charles de Gaulle,法国前总统戴高乐
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
如果你收留一只快要饿死的狗,让它过上好日子,它不会反咬你一口。这就是狗与人的重大差异。
-Mark Twain,马克.吐温
“If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.”
如果狗会讲话,或许我们就会发现,狗也像人一样不好相处。
- Karel Capek,1890—1938,捷克著名的剧作家和科幻文学家、童话寓言家
“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.”
有钱可以买来一只漂亮狗,但只有爱才会使它摇尾巴。
-Kinky Friedman,1944年生,美国歌手、小说家
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
狗从来不咬我,咬我的都是人。
-Marilyn Monroe,影星玛丽莲.梦露
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
如果天堂里没有狗,那么我死的时候,我愿意随狗而去天堂以外的任何地方。
-Will Rogers,演员,演过《间谍之桥》等。
“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”
如果一只狗打量你之后不愿走近你,你就应该回家好好检视自己的良心。 -Woodrow Wilson,威尔逊,美国前总统
“Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all.”
狗是很棒的。坏蛋狗,如果你真能称之为坏蛋狗的话,恐怕就是最棒的狗。
-John Grogan,1957年生,美国记者、作家
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.”
要说谁最能欣赏您的谈吐天赋,那肯定是您的狗。
-Christopher Morley(1890-1957),美国小说家
“Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well.”
老狗,像旧鞋子一样,使人感到舒适。它们也许有点变形,边缘处都磨勚(音“意”)了,但它们与我们磨合得很好。
-Bonnie Wilcox,她曾编写过关于狗的品种的著作
“In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.”
为了真正能欣赏一只狗,我们所需要做的不仅仅是试图将狗训练成半人半兽。关键是敞开这样一种可能性,即我们也部分地向狗趋近。
-Edward Hoagland,美国散文家、小说家
“A well trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.”
训练有素的狗绝不试图分享你的午餐。它只是使你感到非常内疚,结果你做不到大快朵颐。
-Helen Thomson,演员
“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures. They give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.”
我觉得,狗是最奇妙的动物。它们无条件地献出爱。对我来说,活着就要以狗为榜样。
--Gilda Radner(1946-1989),她是美国著名喜剧演员
“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.”
你想在华盛顿交上一个朋友吗?不如养只狗吧。
– Harry Truman,杜鲁门,美国前总统
“I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not better for it.”
如果一个人并未因为信教而对自己的猫狗更好些,那么,我对此人所信的教就要打个大问号。
-Abraham Lincoln,美国前总统林肯
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”
一只拥有平均素质的狗,要比一个拥有平均素质的人更有素质。
-Andy Rooney,美国著名幽默作家,我有多篇博文介绍他的作品和语录,如“年过四十的女人”(http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1557-991983.html)。
“I've seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts.”
我在狗的眼睛里见过一种神情,一种吃惊的、一闪而过的轻蔑神情。我深信,狗们认为,人都是疯子。
-John Steinbeck,斯坦贝克,美国著名作家,1964年诺贝尔文学奖得主