金刚石虽然能发出闪灼的亮光，可是没有热。
Diamond glitters but gives off no heat.
燃烧着的木柴是决不懊悔它自己之成为灰烬的。
Firewood, while burning, never regrets having itself reduced to ashes.
更多的事前考虑，就可以有更少的事后追悔。
More thinking beforehand, less after-the-event remorse.
让偏见守着心灵，那么真理的声音就难于流进他的耳朵里了。
A prejudiced mind keeps the voice of truth from entering the ear.
你出生入死得来的荣誉，也许会在衣香羹影的欢乐的华筵中欢笑 欢笑掉的东西，难道能用眼泪哭得回来么？
Can that which is lost in the midst of the gay laughter be regained by tears of regret?
宁可预告少而贡献多，切勿先作许多诺言，而最后只能拿出半杯 你单纯，因为你除了为无产阶级和劳动人民而奋斗终身以外，便 没有任何别的要求和欲望。
You are simple because have no wants apart from dedicating your life to the welfare of the proletariat and the working people.
你复杂，因为你对于敌人的阴谋诡计、威 胁恫吓、利诱和美人计，都能一一子以识破，加以反击，获得胜利。
You complicated because you can defeat your enemy by seeing through one by one his plots, threats, lures and sex-traps.
逃跑必然会引起追击，让子弹从背后射进去是可耻的。
Running away will inevitably result in the pursuit and attack of the enemy; it is disgraceful to be hit in the back by a bullet.
嫉妒别人的才能，也许正好说明自己的无能。
Showing jealousy of other people's abilities is clear proof of your own incompetence.
面盆里泛起一些涟漪，我们觉得不值一提，但在蚂蚁看来，那简 直像是汪洋大海轩然大波了。
Ripples on a basin of water mean nothing at all to man, but are like wild waves over a boundless sea to ants.
时间到哪里去了呢？
Where is time gone?
有些人的时间是遗失在拈花弄草的游戏9中， 有些人是遗失在消散的闲谈和香烟的迷雾中。
Some fool away their time in playing a game of womanizing; some trifle away their time in chit-chat amidst cigarette smoke.
这些人不知道浪费时 间，就等于浪费生命。
They don't know that wasting time means wasting life.
有些人，我同他很熟，但 始终没有成为朋友；
Some whom I have known for a long time are strangers yet.
With whom I am well acquainted have never become friends with me.
有些人，我同他做了很久的朋友，但后来才发现 彼此还没有真正的认识。
Some have been friends of mine for a long time, but we still don't really know each other.
不过有些人，我同他才第一次见面，一下子就认出他是同志の。
Some, nevertheless, are immediately found to be real comrades though we meet for the first time.
蜈蚣蛇蝎是毒虫，但用得其当不也能以毒攻毒地治病么？
Centipedes, snakes and scorpions are venomous, but, when properly used, they cure disease by combating poison with poison, don't they?
钉子如果没有锤子在后面不断督促，钉子就钉不进墙里去。
A nail will never be driven into a wall without repeated hammering from behind.
因为交响乐团是一个整体。
It is because a symphony orchestra is a whole.
无私的人，总希望从自己手里能给人们散布出更多的幸福。
A selfless man always thinks of handing out more happiness to others.
老头儿不要靠过去的老本0，青年人也不要去预支未来的幸福。
Old people should not rest on their laurels, nor should young people enjoy in advance their future happiness.
我不愿做清浅平静的湖水，自我欣赏其清洁。
I hate to be a calm lake which is limpid and shallow and indulge in admiring myself for being so clean.
我宁愿跟着洪流， 夹着泥沙、石块，滚滚东流，而归于海。
I would rather follow the mighty torrent and surge eastward along with mud, sand and rocks until I reach the sea.
不要光看到挺拔遒劲的松树的枝杈，更重要的是要看到它插人泥 土深处的根系啊！
Behold not only the straight and sturdy branches of a pine tree, but, more importantly, its roots deep in the soil.