男人的真实

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar. 

男人只有在承认自己是骗子的时候才最真实。

年华易逝

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.

当朋友都开始称赞你很年轻，就是你正在变老的表现。

经典

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.

“经典”是本书，人人都说好，人人都不读。

世界

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

别总抱怨说整个世界都对不起你，这个世界不欠你啥，它先来的。

天气和气候

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

气候是我们期待的东西，天气是我们得到的东西。

小编：这句可以用来识别近义词。

戒烟

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

戒烟是这个世界上最容易的事情了，我知道这个因为我干过无数次了。

孩子

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

最有趣的消息都是从孩子嘴里说出来的，因为孩子说出他们知道的一切之后就打住了。

创意

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

有了一个新想法的人只是个怪人，除非这个想法成功了。

小编：所以，不要再抱怨怀才不遇啦，只有创意和想法是不够的，还需要把创意和想法成功实现的行动力哦。

猫和谎言

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

猫和谎言的主要差别是猫只有九条命。

小编：原来，老外也信这个~ 

沉默是金

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

保持沉默让大家以为你是个傻瓜比开口说话让大家确定你是傻瓜要好多了。

极限

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

万物都有极限——铁矿石不可能打造成黄金。

小编：人也好，东西也好，不能指望不切实际的突破极限，但还是可以因材施教朝着合适的方向发展。iron 虽然不能变成gold，打造个iron man 还是有可能的：）

小说与现实

Truth is stranger than fiction，because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities；truth isn't.

真实比小说更不可思议，因为小说还得遵从可能性，真实可不用。

电影《笔下求生》（Stranger than fiction）的片名就是从这句话来的。