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Counseling is to lend your ears. 心理咨询就是出租你的耳朵.Listening and responding carefully may be the sincerest form of flattery.认真听别人说话并做出合适的反应,可能是最真诚的恭维方式.There is no one as deaf as the one who will not listen. 最聋的人是那些不听别人说话的人.The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.理解与被理解是人类的最基本的需求之一.理解人们的最佳什么是听他们说话.There is no such a thing as a stupid question.愚蠢的问题从来就不存在.The important thing is never to stop questioning.重要的是永远不要停止提问.The fool wonders, the wise man asks. 愚人困惑,智者提问.You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. 通过一个的回答你能看出来他是否聪明.通过一个人的问题你能看出来他是否智慧.Know yourself. 认识你自己.However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the eyes of others. 不管如何防范,我们通常以他人的眼光塑造自己.Those who dont know is not to blame; those who dont wish to know is a shame.不知者不怪, 不想知道者可耻.What is not fully understood is not possessed.只有完全理解了的知识才能被占有.He that fools others ends up fooling himself. 骗人者终骗己.Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.向小人诉说自己的秘密就像扛着有漏洞的袋子走路.Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.不要将自己的全部秘密告诉别人;永远有所保留,这样别人永远弄不清是否真正理解你.A friend to all is a friend to nobody.和所有人都做朋友的人没有真正的朋友.At the moment of meeting, parting begins. 相识之初便是分离始.The longing for interpersonal intimacy stays with every human being from infancy throughout life; and there is no human being who is not threatened by its loss.人的一生都在渴求亲密的人际关系,所有人都害怕失去它.I am good, you love me; therefore you are good. I am bad, you love me; therefore you are bad.我好,你爱我,所以你也好;我坏,你爱我,所以你也坏.Immature love says: “I love you because I need you.” Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.”不成熟的爱说:”我爱你因为我需要你.”成熟的爱说:”我需要你因为我爱你.”Optimists are right. So are pessimists. Its up to you to choose which you will be. 乐观主义者是正确的;悲观主义者也是正确的,想成为哪种人是你自己的选择.Life should be a dance, not a race.生活是舞蹈,不是比赛.Lifes battles dont always go to the stronger man. But sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. 生活中的竞争并不总是青睐强者;但是最终的胜者肯定是那些自信能够成功的人.Champions know that success is inevitable; that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it.高明的人知道,成功最终会到来;失败只是一种反馈,他们知道预测未来的最佳方式是创造未来.The body says what words cannot.身体可以告诉你语言不能表达的话.From a mans face, I can read his character; if I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.我可以从一个人的脸上看出他的性格;从一个人走路的方式上看出他的思想.Silence is golden.沉默是金.The eye talks a lot more than the mouth.眼睛表达的意思多于嘴.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.言语能伤人,有时胜刀剑.The aim of an argument or discussion should not victory, but progress.争论或讨论的目的并不是争出胜负,而是促进进步.You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.攥紧的拳头无法握手.It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute scores most in controversy, but he who has shown the most forbearance and the better temper.辩论中得分最高的并非一语中的的人,而是显出最大耐心,更具涵养的人.God help those who help themselves.自助者天助.Do what you like to do.做你想做的事情.No matter how stout, one beam cannot support a house.单梁难撑房.For those at home, turn to your parents for help; for those outside, turn to your friends for help.在家靠父母,出门靠朋友.The future is called “perhaps” which is the only possible thing to call the future.未来可以被称作”可能”,那是唯一可以用来称呼未来的词汇.In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.在这些事情方面,唯一确定的是什么都不确定.Beforehand preparation leads to success; unpreparness results in failure. 凡事预则立,不预则废.The past is as clear as a mirror, the future as dark as lacquer.过去像镜子一样明亮,未来像漆器一样黑暗.Let the emperor be an emperor, the minister a minister, the father a father and the son a son.君君,臣臣,父父,子子.Five relations: ruler/ subject, father/ son, elder brother/ young brother, husband/ wife, friend/ friend.五伦: 君臣, 父子, 兄弟, 夫妇, 朋友.All men are born equal.人生而平等.Although we describe ourselves as a nation of equals, there is little doubt that some of us rank as “more equal than others.”虽然我们将自己描述为一个平等的国家,但豪无疑问的是,有些人认为自己”比别人更平等”.Think three times before you take action.三思而后行.A word dropped from the tongue cannot be brought back by four horses.一言既出,驷马难追.He who hesitates is lost.犹豫者不得志.The squeaky wheel gets the grease.会叫的车轮才能得到润滑.Too much humility is pride.过分的谦虚就是骄傲.Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策.The more noble, the more humble.越高贵,越应谦逊.Pride goes before destruction.骄者必败.You honor me a foot, and I will in return honor you ten feet.你敬我一尺, 我敬你一丈.Live and let live.自己活也让别人活.The American way of business is, “hey, its costing us 5,000 to send you on this trip; youd better get the business.” The Chinese idea is, “we want to build a relationship and learn all about you and your facilities.”美国人做生意的方式是: “嗨,送你出这趟差要花5000美元,你最好把这个交易搞定.”中国人在这方面的观点是: “我们想和你们建立关系,学习你们的设备和先进之处.”A person needs face like a tree needs bark.人要脸,树要皮.Everything of the Chinese is disguised under the mask of face.中国人的一切都在面子底下藏着呢.For th