“Things that can't go on forever, don't.” – Herbert Stein, former chairman of the US presidential Council of Economic Advisers
Keynes once wrote that the inevitable never happens, it is always the unexpected.
凱恩斯曾寫道，不可避免的事情從不會(huì)發(fā)生，發(fā)生的總是意想不到的事情。
if we don't have the money for something we want, we don't need it!
You don’t know when it will happen, but you just wait for the fat pitches within your circle of competence.
To focus on what you don’t have is a terrible mistake.
I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be. One of your most important jobs in life will be raising your children. They will learn more from you than they will in graduate school. My father was a huge influence, and later on Graham came along. I was also never let down by my heroes.
Finding the right spouse is 90% of it. If you are lucky on health and lucky on your spouse, you are a long way home.
The philosopher, Alasdair MacIntyre, put it acerbically: “When imputed organisational skill and power are deployed and the desired effect follows, all that we have witnessed is the same kind of sequence as that to be observed when a clergyman is fortunate enough to pray for rain just before the unpredicted end of a drought!”
You are what you eat. A French author : Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Latin proverb: Eat well, drink moderation, and sleep sound, in these three health abound.
Comedy is tragedy happening to someone else.
golden rule:
亞當(dāng)?斯密(Adam Smith)的格言：看不見的手需要有合適的法律和監(jiān)管框架的支持。
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me, as they say in America
愚弄我一次，是你的恥辱；愚弄我兩次，是我的恥辱。
Education for education sake.
As Karl Popper observed, to predict the creation of the wheel is to invent it.
John Maynard Keynes observed, it is usually better to be conventionally wrong than unconventionally right.
People are so busy documenting the moment, they forget to live in it.
East and west, home is the best.
We are not out of the woods yet.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
Adversity makes strange bed-fellows 人們因?yàn)橥幠婢扯赡茏叩揭粭l路上。
All cats are grey in the dark. 在有的情況下，難分辨賢愚忠奸。
All good things must come to an end.世上無不散的宴席。
All ships rise with the tide.
All system go. 發(fā)射登月火箭的用語。一切就緒。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Always be nice to people on your way up; you may meet them (again) on your way down.
Always read the small(fine) print.在訂立合同時(shí)，除弄清協(xié)議條款外， 還應(yīng)該閱讀附則。
An army marches on its stomach. 兵馬未動(dòng)，糧草先行。
...and lived happily ever after.
April showers bring forth May flowers.四月的陣雨催開了五月的花。
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Attack (offence) is the best form of defence.
Bad news travel fast.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beggers cannot be choosers.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.(Balzac)
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.(做一件事應(yīng)以安全保險(xiǎn)為上)
Better to wear out than rust out.寧肯磨損光，也不要讓自己銹成廢鐵。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.想同時(shí)坐兩張板凳的人是一定要跌跤的。
Big deal! = It's no big deal. 算什么大買賣。（別拿雞毛當(dāng)令箭）
Big fish, small pond.
The birds (chicken)have come home to roost.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood will tell.遺傳的因子總是要在后輩身上反映。
Boys will be boys.打鬧滋事，不會(huì)太文靜。
Girls will be girls. 小事小非，小摩擦不斷。
Business before pleasure.事業(yè)在前，享受在后。
Buy low and sell high.
The cards are decked against us.這是用打牌來比喻人生。你跟人打牌，要是對(duì)方將整副牌都事先“砌”好了，你當(dāng)然必輸。
Charity begins at home.
The check is in the mail。支票已經(jīng)寄出。這是一句拒付時(shí)推諉的話。
The chips are down. 籌碼（賭注）已經(jīng)押上。
Civility costs nothing.
Clothes make the man.
Copy from one, It's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
A creaking door, hangs longest.
Curses, like chicken, come home to roost.
The customer is always right.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.因地制宜。
Dead men don't talk.死人不會(huì)去告密。Dead men tell no tales.
A deal is a deal.
Death pays all debts. 人死冤仇解。
Diligence is the mother of good luck.(confidence, intelligence)
Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是發(fā)明之母
Distance lends enchantment.距離產(chǎn)生美
Don't call us, we'll call you.這是搪塞的話
Don't change horses in mid-stream.渡河至半不換馬。 _go with (against)the stream.（不）隨波逐流
Don't get mad, get even.別發(fā)火，要去回敬。
Don't react, respond.不要消極應(yīng)對(duì)，應(yīng)積極對(duì)應(yīng)
Dream go by contraries.夢(mèng)是反的。
Easy does it.只要冷靜處之，事情就能辦成。
Eat to live, not live to eat.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Enough is enough.你認(rèn)為對(duì)事態(tài)非加以制止不可了。=to put your foot down.
Every man hs his price.
Every little bit helps.能省一點(diǎn)，就省一點(diǎn)。
Every silver lining has its cloud.每個(gè)明亮處都有烏云。原諺語：Every cloud has a silver lining.壞事中有好的一面。
Everybody's business is nobody's business.一件事大家都管就誰也不管。
Everything in lift is a trade-off.有所得必有所失。Because time is so fair that when you do A, you can't do B.
Example is better than precept.榜樣優(yōu)于箴言。言傳不如身教。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
Extremes meet.
Famous people have lots of long-lost cousins.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.傷風(fēng)感冒要吃，流感發(fā)燒要餓。
First the good news. Now (Then)the bad news.形式很好，但也有不足的一面。
First things first.要緊的事先辦。
A fish always stinks from the head downwards.上梁不正下梁歪。
Fish and guests stink after three days.
The force of example is powerful.
Forewarned is forearmed.有備可以無患。
Garbage in, garbage out.(原電腦術(shù)語)
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Good question!這個(gè)問題不好回答，需好好想想。
Great minds think alike.
Half a loaf is better than none.
He may be a sonofabitch, but he is 'our sonofabitch.那個(gè)家伙是個(gè)王八蛋，但是站在我們一邊。美政界用語。
He who can does(?), he who cannot teaches(?).
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 騎虎難下。
Heads will roll. 有些人要掉腦袋（說有人要被罷官）
Smoke rolled up.煙裊裊上升
History is shaped mainly by contingent event.歷史住院是由偶然事件寫成的。
History
History repeats itself.
Honey catches more flies than vinegar.蜜糖比醋更能粘住蒼蠅。
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Humility is the worst form of conceit.(故作)謙卑是最大的傲慢
I never promised you a rose garden.我從未說過一切都會(huì)完美無缺的。
I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. 這種事我是絕不沾手的，要離得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的。
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
If something can go wrong, it will.(Murphey's law)墨菲定律
If the shoe/cap fits, wear it.生活里如果出現(xiàn)某種情況，而你又無法爭取到更好的結(jié)果，那就應(yīng)正視。
If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 家無二主，國無二君。
If you battle kings, you must slay them.
If you cannot beat/lick them, join them.
If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus.你若不能兩面討好，八面玲瓏，就別進(jìn)政界。
If you don't ask, you don't get.
If you don't like the heat, you get out of the kitchen.杜魯門（賣領(lǐng)帶的小販出身）。
If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.如果你用花生作酬金，你只能雇到猴子。
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
If you want to get along, go along.誰想上得去，就得隨大流=If you can't beak/lick them, join them.
If you don't work, you shan't eat.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of teh problem.有些事你很難置身事外， 你若不屬于解決問題的一方， 就屬于造成問題的一方。
Ignorance breeds fear.
Ignorance is bliss.無知是福。
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.仿效是最真誠的恭維。
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In the long run, we're all dead.凱恩斯，其針對(duì)過分強(qiáng)調(diào)長遠(yuǎn)的主張指出：“長遠(yuǎn)來看，我們都不在了?！?/p>
It ain't over until it's over.一件事必須真正有了結(jié)果，才算了解，即蓋棺方可定論。在英美，受教育不多的人常用ain't 替代isn't, aren't , haven't
It doesn't take a phD to figure that out.
It is easy to be wise after the event. = You have 20/20 hindsight.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.這是一句自我檢查的話，或給自己開脫的話。
It takes all sorts to make a world.有了各種各樣的人，才構(gòu)成了這個(gè)世界。或縮為： It takes all sorts.
It takes two to tango.一個(gè)巴掌拍不響。
It's a different ball game.現(xiàn)在局面已經(jīng)完全兩樣了。
It's a jungle(zoo) out there.jungle 或zoo 指商場或大辦公室。人們說：在那里（out there）,人跟人的關(guān)系，有如叢林或動(dòng)物園。
It's academic(now).那已成為學(xué)術(shù)問題了，已無實(shí)際意義。
It's all water under the bridge.事情已經(jīng)這樣了（已經(jīng)過去了） 事已至此
It's as simple as that.(It's that simple.)就那么簡單。
It's dogged as does it.
It's easier to pull down than to build up.破時(shí)容易，立時(shí)難。
It's later than you think.不要以為你有的是時(shí)間。即，如不趕緊就會(huì)失去機(jī)遇，再也追不回來。
It's
It's one of those days.如果有一天你事事不順，就可以用這句話：今天是一個(gè)那樣的日子。
It's one of those things. 我都不知道怎么會(huì)做出那樣的事?；?， 我也不知道怎么會(huì)碰上那樣的事。
It's the tip of the iceberg. 事情的真相還未揭開。
The jury is still out. 陪審團(tuán)還沒有回到法庭上。（一件事尚未定論）
Keep your fingers crossed. 將中指和食指疊在一起， 這一動(dòng)作表示希望有好運(yùn)氣。
Keep your nose clean. 規(guī)規(guī)矩矩， 別給自己惹麻煩。即管好自己的事情。
Knowledge is power. The more you know, the more you need to know, the more you learn, the more you need to learn.
Laws are made to be broken.即世上沒有一成不變，萬世不移的法律。
Laziness is the father of invenion. 偷懶，要舒服，才導(dǎo)致發(fā)明。
Let the chips fall where they may. 聽其自然。The chips are down. 籌碼（賭注）已經(jīng)押上，要撤回已不可能。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.車到山前必有路。
Let' face it.
A liar ought to have a good memory.說謊的人需要有好記性。
Liberty is not license.自由不等于胡來。
Live and let live.不要逼人太甚。
Life is too short.
Life is unfair.生活就是不公平的。
Life isn't all beer and skittles.
A little bird told me.有人告訴我， 但不能說出去。
Love is blind.
Love means never having to say you are sorry.
Many hands make light work.人多好辦事。Too many cooks spoil the borth.廚師太多壞了湯。
Money begets money.錢能生錢。
Money has no smell. 錢是沒有氣味的。The greedy pursuit of money.
Money is the root of all evils.
Money makes the world go around.
Money talks.
Murder will out. 秘密總會(huì)敗露的。
My county，right or wrong!
My lips are sealed.
My son is my son till he gets a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.
A new broom sweeps clean.新掃帚掃得干凈。新官上任三把火。
New lords, new laws.
Nice guys finish last.好人總是跑在最后.The good die young.
No news is good news.
Not quite quite.英諺語，說一個(gè)人的舉止，品性，不那么入流。
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Old custom die hard.
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after.
One man's bane is another man's delight.=One man's meat is another man's poison.
One month does not a trend make.
One swallow does not a summer make.
One of these days is none of these days.
Optimism is the mother of victory.
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Patriotism is the refuge of scoundrels.
A picture is worth
Politics is the art of compromise.
Politics is the art of
Politics is the art of repackaging.
艾柯（Umberto Eco）在《色情電影之真諦》中說：到電影院去看電影，如果主人公從A地到B地花費(fèi)的時(shí)間超出你愿意接受的程度，那么你看的就是一部色情片。（由此可見，色情與否一定程度上還是取決于主觀，即觀者，比如小時(shí)候看紅樓，只看有愛情情節(jié)的。）
周星星的臺(tái)詞：“我是一個(gè)感情很復(fù)雜的人，一個(gè)感情很復(fù)雜的人如果只愛一個(gè)人的話，就會(huì)變得感情有缺陷，一個(gè)感情有缺陷的人，你就算永遠(yuǎn)地?fù)碛兴?，也是沒用的。”
伏爾泰說，"人人手持心中的圣旗，滿面紅光走向罪惡。"荷爾德林說，"總是使一個(gè)國家變成人間地獄的東西，恰恰是人們?cè)噲D將其變成天堂。"
曾經(jīng)寫過一些東西紀(jì)念坦普頓----當(dāng)時(shí)他的去世讓我感觸挺多。個(gè)人感覺，宗教、世界觀這類東西是大格局觀，是根本。根本對(duì)了，心才能正，或淡然，或堅(jiān)守...-...也只有"心"正了"術(shù)"才能對(duì)。其次，世界觀決定財(cái)富觀。決定我們?nèi)绾尉鹑∝?cái)富，又打算如何花掉它們。
The main focus in my life now is to open people's minds so no one will be so
conceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager to
learn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, those
who disagree with them----Templeton.
圣嚴(yán)法師：“面對(duì)它、接受它、處理它、放下它”。
macroeconomists have simply discarded the difficult stuff to make their models more elegant: “They took these non-linear stochastic dynamic general equilibrium models into the basement and beat them with a rubber hose until they behaved.”
宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們?yōu)榱税炎约旱哪Ｐ妥龅酶?，完全摒棄了其中的難點(diǎn)：“他們把那些非線性隨機(jī)動(dòng)態(tài)一般均衡模型拿到地下室用橡膠水管鞭打，一直打到它們聽話為止。”
Those confused should recall P.J. O'Rourke's explanation of the difference between the two: microeconomics concerns things that economists are specifically wrong about, while macroeconomics concerns things that they are wrong about generally.
到困惑的讀者應(yīng)該回憶一下P?J?歐魯克(P?J?O'Rourke)對(duì)二者不同之處的解釋：微觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)關(guān)注經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家所犯的具體錯(cuò)誤，宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)則關(guān)注他們所犯的一般性錯(cuò)誤。
銀行只是一個(gè)簡單的產(chǎn)物。它僅僅是一座架在借方和貸方之間的橋梁?！靶刨J關(guān)系給銀行下了定義，”他說。“所有這些元素必須得到平衡。這就是銀行生存的方式。”
撒切爾夫人知道，政治如法律，陪審團(tuán)要的是動(dòng)機(jī)和意圖。所以她才會(huì)告訴菲利普?拉金(Philip Larkin)，她最喜愛的他的詩句是：“你敞開思想，仿佛裝滿了刀子的抽屜。”
Lady Thatcher knew that in politics, as in law, the jury seeks motive and intent. This is why she told Philip Larkin that her favourite line of his poetry was: “Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives.”
J?K?加爾布雷思(J.K. Galbraith)所說：“對(duì)公民自由的最大限制就是身無分文?！?br>J. K. Galbraith said: “The greatest restriction on the liberty of the citizen is a complete absence of money.”
葛林兄曾說過，人心中有些地方原先是不存在的，要到受苦進(jìn)入之后才出現(xiàn)。葛林兄是受外遇不倫之苦。而他，若沒有第三代，他一直認(rèn)為自己是冷淡無情的人，錯(cuò)了。
他想把話語扭往另一個(gè)方向，但話語已有了它自己的出路而走向前方。
“每當(dāng)你想要批評(píng)什么人的時(shí)候?！彼麑?duì)我說，“你切要記得這個(gè)世界上的人并非都具備你稟有的條件?！?/p>
亞里士多德就說過“人人都在尋找快樂，得到永久快樂的唯一方法就是對(duì)他人有用！”
“虛構(gòu)比紀(jì)實(shí)更真實(shí)。”當(dāng)時(shí)馬上聯(lián)想到的是王爾德的名言：Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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