1、走进威斯敏斯特教堂,人们所瞻仰的不是君王们的陵寝,而是国家为感谢那些为国增光的最伟大人物所建立的纪念碑。 ----《大国崛起之工业先声》
4、Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
6、To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
8、Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. ----《老实人》
9、I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
我不同意你的观点,但是我誓死捍卫你表达观点的权利。
10、Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. 生活是条沉船,但我们不要忘了在救生艇上高歌。
11、做一个惹人厌烦的人的秘诀就是告诉别人一切。
15、除了懒人之外,所有的人都是善良的。 假使你不愿自杀,你最好找点工作做。
16、He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
18、一切享有各种天然能力人,显然都是平等的,当他们发挥各种动物机能的时候,以及用他们的理智的时候,他们是平等的。
19、有一天一切会很好,这叫期许;今天什么都很好,这叫幻象。
20、It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
25、感觉绝不是主观自生的,而是外物作用于感官的结果。 ----《哲学书简》
29、“诗人、历史学家、哲学家,他拓展了人类精神,并且使之懂得它应当是自由的。”
30、假如上帝并不存在,那就必须把祂造出来。
原文:S'il n'existait pas Dieum ,il faudrait l'inventer. ----《致一本关于三个老师误人子弟的书的作者》