【英汉对照】英语谚语与名人名言集锦: Enjoy Your Job
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
—Winston Churchill, British prime minister
不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。
——英国首相 W. 丘吉尔
All work, no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
Work is more than a necessity for most human beings; it is the focus of their lives, the source of their identity and creativity.
—Leonard R.Sayles, British writer
对大多数人来说，工作不仅仅是一种必需，它还是生活的焦点，是个性和创造性的源泉。
——英国作家 L. R. 塞尔斯
Don't gild the lily.
—William Shakespeare, British dramatist
不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。
——英国剧作家 W. 莎士比亚
In order that people may be happy in their work, these things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.
—John Ruskin, British writer
为了使人们在工作时感到快乐，必须做到以下三点：一定要胜任自己的工作；不可做得太多；必须对自己的工作有成就感。
——英国作家 J. 罗斯金
My philosophy of life is work.
—Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor
我的人生哲学就是工作。
——美国发明家 T. A. 爱迪生
I do not like work--no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself.
—Conrad Joseph, British novelist
我不喜欢工作—没有人会喜欢工作。但我喜欢在所从事的工作中找到发现自己的机会。
——英国小说家 C. 约瑟夫
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
—Jerome K. Jerome, British humorist
只有在繁忙中，才能尽享悠闲。
——英国幽默家 J. K. 杰罗姆
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
—Mark Twain, American novelist
只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。
——美国小说家 马克•吐温
Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty.
—Voltaire, French philosopher
工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。
——法国哲学家 伏尔基泰
When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
—Maxim Gorky, Russian writer
工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活是一种苦役。
——俄国作家 M. 高尔基
节选自《大学英语新概念阅读教程》（第三册）（主编 李华田，武汉大学出版社，2012年6月）
