提及“灯”的英语语录
武夷山
今天是元宵节，也叫灯节（Lantern Festival）。我2009年辑译过几条含有lantern的英语名言，今天加上几条提到lamp的英语名言，与大家分享，祝大家平安。
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe it is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swing his lantern higher.”
Yeats
我一直相信每个人最好的一面。我发现，只要相信这一点，就足以使坏人都表现出自己最好的地方，使好人将手中的灯举得更高。
――爱尔兰诗人叶芝
To discuss an opinion with a fool is like carrying a lantern before a blind man.
De Gaston
与傻瓜讨论问题, 如同提灯给盲人照路。
――德.加斯顿
Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.
Mohammed Naguib
宗教就像是一盏五彩灯里面的蜡烛。每个人都是透过某一种颜色看进去，但是蜡烛总是在那里。
----穆罕默德·纳吉布（1901－1984），埃及首任总统
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa
若想让爱的讯息被听见，就得将它发出去。让灯保持不灭，就得不断添油。
----特蕾莎修女
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
Patrick Henry
我只有一盏灯指引着我的脚步，那便是经验之灯。
----帕特里克·亨利（1736-1799），美国律师，喊出“不自由毋宁死”口号的那一位。
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men"s candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
Jane Porter
传递知识，好比在我们的油灯上点燃别人的蜡烛，毫不减损我们自身的光焰。
----Jane Porter，美国女作家，1960年生
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
一条恰当的引语好比一盏灯，它投射出的光亮覆盖了整句话。
(博主：这也是我喜欢quotation的原因。)
----Letitia Elizabeth Landon（1802-1838），英国女诗人和小说家
