【摘录】中英双语名言

Prof. Ding收录的中英双语名言：

程子曰："不偏之谓中，不易之谓庸。中者天下之定理，庸者天下之达道。" ��《中庸》序
"Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' is really a special case of a more general law of survival of the stable." Richard Dawkins. "The Selfish Gene" 1976.

夫骥一日而而千里，驽马十驾则亦及这矣。将以穷无穷、逐无极与，其折骨、绝筋终身不可以相及也。将有所止之，则千里虽远，亦或迟、或速、或先、或后，胡为 乎其不可相及也？不识步道者将以穷无穷、逐无极与？意亦有所止之与？夫"坚白"、"同异"、"有厚无厚"之察，非不察也，然而君子不辩，止之也；倚魁之 行，非不难也，然而君子不行，止之也。故学曰："彼止而待我，我行而就之，则亦或迟、或速、或先、或后，胡为乎其不可以同至也？"故跬步而不休，跛鳖千 里；累土而不辍，丘山崇成；厌其源，开其渎，江河可竭；一进一退，一左一右，六骥不致。彼人之才性之相县也，岂若跛鳖之与六骥足哉？然而跛鳖致之，六骥不 致，是无他故焉，或为之，或不为尔？ 道虽迩，不行不至；事虽小，不为不成。其为人也多暇日者，其出人不远矣。 �� 《荀子。修身》
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations; and those who travel very slowly may yet make far greater progress, provided they keep always to the straight road, than those who, while they run, forsake it. -- Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason and seeking the truth in the sciences, Rene Descartes, 1596-1650.

--材料来源：丁晨中英双语网页 Chen Ding's Chinese-English Page[link]