Where there’s a will there’s a way。
有志者事竟成。
——English Proverb
——英国谚语
Where the will is ready the feet are light.
下了决心脚下便轻。
——George Herbert
——乔治·赫伯特
He wants wit that wants resolved will
To learn his wit t’exchange the bad for better.
只有没有智慧的人,
才会迟疑于好坏二者间的选择。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
Apothecary: My poverty, but not my will consents.
Romeo: I pay thy poverty, but not thy will.
卖药人:我的贫穷答应了你,可是那是违反我的良心的。
罗密欧:我的钱是给你的贫穷,不是给你的良心的。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
His greatness weigh’d, his will is not his own,
For he himself is subject to his birth.
他有这样高的地位,他的意志并不属于他自己,
因为他自己也要被他的血统所支配。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
Will was his guide, and grief led him astray.
意志是他的引导,优伤却把他带上歧途。
——Spenser
——斯宾塞
The will is the man.
意志如其人。
——John Wilson
——约翰·威尔逊
The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
三军可夺帅也,匹夫不可夺志。
——Confucius
——孔子
To sleep I give my powers away;
My will is bondsman to the dark.
我把我的权力委之睡眠,
在黑暗中我的意志是奴隶。
——Tennyson
——丁尼生
The hand to break my will is not created yet!
粉碎我的意志的手还不曾创造出来!
——Unknown
——佚名
It is against the will of God to eat delicate food hastly, to pass gorgeous views hurriedly, to express deep sontiments superficially, to pass a beautiful day steeped in food and drinks, and to enjoy your wealth and power steeped in arrogance and luxury.
美味以大嚼尽之,奇境以粗游了之,深情以浅语传之,良辰以酒食度之,富贵以骄奢处之,俱失造化本怀。
——Chang Ch’ao
——张潮
All lay load on the willing horse.
乐意的马儿不辞重载。
——English Proverb
——英国谚语