The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect¹ of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. (Henry David Thoreau)
尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。( 梭罗)

If a man empties his purse into his head , no man can take it away from him , an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest . (Benjamin Franklin , American president )
倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.)

The empty vessels² make the greatest sound. (William Shakespeare , British dramatist )
满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.)

Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. (M.Moore )
胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。(穆尔)

Man struggles upwards³; water flows downwards⁴.
人往高处走，水往低处流。

And gladly would learn , and gladly teach .( Chaucer , British poet)
勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人 乔叟)

Better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune.(Plato , Ancient Greek philosopher)
与其不受教育,不如不生,因为无知是不幸的根源.(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)