送禮的藝術在於送別人不能給自己買的東西。(英國幽默作家 米爾恩 a a)
the decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation; the two keep in their downwad tendency. (johann wolfgang von goethe german poet)
文學的衰落表明一個民族的衰落。這兩者走下坡路的時候是齊頭並進的。(德國詩人 歌德 j w)
the lanscope belongs to the man who looks at it. (ralph waldo emerson, american thinker)
風景屬於看風景的人。(美國思想家 愛默生 r w)
the love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.(john ruskin, american writer and critic)
愛美是健康人性的重要組成部分。(美國作家、批評家 羅斯金 j)
the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props , the pillars to help him endure and prevail. (william fulkner, american writer)
詩人的聲音不應只是人類的記錄，而應是使人類永存並得到勝利的支柱和棟樑。(美國作家福克納.w.)
the value of culture is its effect on character. it avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. its use is for life. its aim is not beauty but goodness. (somerset maugham, british noverlist and dramatist)
文化的價值在於它對人類品性的影響。除非文化能使品性變為高尚、有力。文化的作用在於裨益人生，它的目標不是美，而是善。(英國小說家和戲劇家 毛姆 s)
there are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. (picasso, spanish painter)
有些畫家把太陽畫成一個黃斑，但有些畫家藉助於他們的技巧和智慧把黃斑畫成太陽。(西班牙畫家 畢卡索)
when a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news. (charls a.dana, american journalist)
狗咬人不是新聞，人咬狗才是新聞。(美國記者 達納 c a)
when one loves one's art no service seems too hard. (o.henry, american novelist)
一旦 熱愛藝術，什麼奉獻也不難。(美國小說家 歐·享利)
words have a magical power. they can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; can transfer knowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all man's actions. do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy. (sigmund freud, german psychiatrist)
言辭具有不可思議的力量。他們能帶來最大的幸福，也能帶來最深的失望；能把知識從教師傳給學生；言辭能使演說者左右他的聽眾，，並強行代替他們作出決定。言辭能激起最大強烈的情感，促進人的一切行動。不要嘲笑言辭在心理治療當中的的用途。(德國精神分析學家 弗洛伊德 s)
a great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (p.b.shelley, british poet)
偉大的詩篇即是永遠噴出智慧和歡欣之水的噴泉。(英國詩人 雪萊 p b)
a novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (stendhcl,french writer)
一部小說猶如一面在大街上走的鏡子。(法國作家 司湯達)
a picture is a poem without words. (horace, ancient roman poet)
一幅畫是一首沒有文字的詩歌。(古羅馬詩人 賀拉斯)
a poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. (e.de goncourt, french writer)