中英对照佳句（二十六）

All books are written for helping your idea but not for replacing your idea.

一切书都为帮助你的思想、而不是为代替你的思想而写。

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. (Issac Asimov)

真正的快乐在于发现，而非知道。（艾萨克·阿西莫夫）

A good marriage is like an incredible retirement fund. You put everything you have into it during your productive life, and over the years it turns from silver to gold to platinum.

美满婚姻就像一笔丰厚得让人难以置信的退休金。盛年时，你将一切所得放入其中，经过日积月累，它便会从白银变成黄金，再从黄金变成白金。

幸福是模糊且稍纵即逝的，它不在此岸，不在彼岸，而在河的第三岸。（彭湖：《第三岸》）

Happiness is vague and transient. It is not on this side, not on the other side, but on the third side of the river. （尹邦彦 译）

见瓶水之冰，而知天下之寒。（《氏春秋·察今》

When they see the water kept in a bottle freezes up, and they can know that is getting cold. （翟江月 译）