一句英文看天下：閱讀英文小說、電影、歌曲

前言
“A little learning is a dangerous thing / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” “An Essay on Criticism”〈論批評〉, Alexander Pope 亞歷山大‧波普
“After all you put me through / You'd think I despise you / But in the end, I wanna thank you / 'Cause you make me that much stronger.” “Fighter”〈鬥士〉, Christina Aguilera 克莉絲汀‧阿奎萊拉
“All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.” Life of Pi 《少年 Pi 的奇幻漂流》（改編自楊・馬泰爾 Yann Martal 的同名小說）
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts....” As You Like It《皆大歡喜》, William Shakespeare 威廉‧莎士比亞
“Although they have the teeth to tear, it is by swish of tail and yearning eyes that they most easily get what they want.” Innocence《天真》, Dean Koontz 丁‧昆士
“Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.” “Autobiography”〈自傳〉, John Stuart Mill 約翰‧斯圖爾特‧米爾
“Ask yourself: What would you sacrifice for what you believe?” Thor: The Dark World《雷神索爾 2：黑暗世界》
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.” Paradise Lost〈失樂園〉, John Milton 約翰‧密爾頓
“Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.” Dead Poets Society《春風化雨》
“The choice was put in your hands for a reason.” Noah《諾亞方舟》
“Danger is very real, but fear is a choice.” After Earth《地球過後》
“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.” The Picture of Dorian Gray《道林‧格雷的畫像》, Oscar Wilde 奧斯卡‧王爾德
“Do you hear the people sing, singing a song of angry men?” Les Miserables《悲慘世界》（改編自 Victor Hugo 雨果的同名小說）
“Doubt of any sort cannot be removed except by Action.” Sartor Resartus〈衣服的哲學〉, Thomas Carlyle 湯瑪斯‧卡萊爾
“Dreamers look up at the sky; doers keep their feet on the ground. In a world of hustle and bustle, you see the most beautiful scene; you are the doer of dreams.” Mercedes Benz 賓士廣告
“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” Walden《湖濱散記》, Henry David Thoreau 亨利‧大衛‧梭羅
“For it was certainly an abominable injustice to drown a man who had worked so hard, so hard.” The Open Boat《海上扁舟》, Stephen Crane 斯蒂芬‧克萊恩
“For the literary architecture, if it is to be rich and expressive, involves not only foresight of the end in the beginning, but also development or growth of design, in the process of execution, with many irregularities, surprises, and afterthoughts.” Appreciations《鑑賞》, Walter Horatio Pater 瓦特．荷瑞修‧裴特
“The future belongs to those who know where they belong.” Divergent《分歧者》
“The greatest poet hardly knows pettiness or triviality.” Leaves of Grass《草葉集》序言, Walt Whitman 華特‧惠特曼
“Happy is England! I could be content / To see no other verdure than its own; / To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent; / Yet do I sometimes feel a languishment / For skies Italian,...?” “Happy is England”〈快樂的英格蘭〉, John Keats 約翰‧濟慈
“He watches from his mountain walls, and like a thunderbolt he falls.” “The Eagle”〈老鷹〉, Alfred Tennyson 愛佛德‧丁尼生
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” Great Expectations《偉大前程》, Charles Dickens 查爾斯．狄更斯
“A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.” Frankenstein《科學怪人》, Mary Shelley 瑪莉‧雪萊
“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.” The Hunger Games《飢餓遊戲》, Suzanne Collins 蘇珊‧柯林斯
“I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride,...” Spider-Man 2《蜘蛛人 2》
“I griev’d when summer days were gone; / No more I’ll grieve; for Winter here / Hath pleasure gardens of his own.” “Grasmere - A Fragment”〈葛拉斯湖畔－片段〉, Dorothy Wordsworth 桃若絲‧華茲華斯
“I have no idea what I am supposed to do; I just know what I can do.” Star Trek: Into the Darkness《闇黑無界：星際爭霸戰》
“I only know how to fix things.” Wool《羊毛記》, Huge Howey 休‧豪依
“I think of everything everyone did for me and I feel like a very lucky guy.” The Silver Linings Playbook《派特的幸福劇本》（改編自 Matthew Quick 馬修・奎克的同名小說）
“I wanted to damage every man in the place, and every woman—and not in their bodies or in their estate, but in their vanity—the place where feeble and foolish people are most vulnerable.” The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg《敗壞海德雷鎮的人》, Mark Twain 馬克‧吐溫
“I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end.” A Poison Tree〈毒樹〉, William Blake 威廉．布萊克
“I wish from my heart it may do so for many and many a long year to come-- the tradition of genuine warm-hearted courteous Irish hospitality, which our forefathers have handed down to us and which we must hand down to our descendants, is still alive among us.” The Dead《往生者》, James Joyce 詹姆斯‧喬艾斯
“I’ll give you a million things I’ll never own; I’ll give you a world to conquer when you’re grown.” Miss Saigon《西貢小姐》, Claude-Michel Schonberg 克勞德-米謝‧荀伯格、Alain Boublil 亞倫‧鲍理爾
“I’m nothing like the immortal gods who rule the skies, either in build or breeding; I’m just a mortal man.” Oddyssey〈奧德賽〉, Homer 荷馬
“If I cannot carry forests on my back, / Neither can you crack a nut.” “Fable”〈寓言〉, Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉爾夫‧沃爾多‧愛默生
“If you’re constantly looking down at your phone, you’re not looking at the world around you.” Jack Reacher Novel Series「傑克李奇」偵探系列小說, Lee Child 李‧查德
“In a cold night / There will be no fair fight.” Hunger Game 2: Catching Fire《飢餓遊戲 2：星火燎原》主題曲 “We Remain”〈屹立不搖〉
“In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once, but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.” “Of Negotiating”〈論談判〉, Francis Bacon 法蘭西斯‧培根
“In my religion, we're taught that every living thing, every leaf, every bird, is only alive because it contains the secret word for life.” The Book Thief《偷書賊》（改編自 Markus Zusak 馬克斯‧蘇薩克的同名小說）
“In order to fight monsters, we create monsters of our own.” Pacific Rim《環太平洋》
“In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.” Alexander《亞歷山大帝》
“An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.” “Notes of a Dirty Old Man”《髒老頭的筆記》, Charles Bukowski 查理‧布考斯基
“It is funny how some distance makes everything seem small.” Frozen《冰雪奇緣》
“It is the education which gives a man a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them.” “The Idea of a University”〈大學的理念〉, John Newman 約翰‧紐曼
“It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.” Emma 《艾瑪》, Jane Austen 珍．奧斯汀
“It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another—but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.” “Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”〈史坦貝克：書信人生〉, John Steinbeck 約翰‧史坦貝克
“But it was not only the earth that shook for us: the air around and above us was alive and signalling too.” 諾貝爾文學獎的得獎感言, Seamus Heaney 西默斯‧希尼
“It’s hard to find someone with shared experience.” Captain America: The Winter Solider《美國隊長 2：酷寒戰士》
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” Jane Eyre《簡愛》, Charlotte Bronte 夏洛蒂．勃朗特
“Love comes to those who believe it.” “That’s the Way It Is”〈就是這樣的方式〉, Celine Dion 席琳‧狄翁
“Love gives you pleasure. And love brings you pain. And yet, when both are gone, love will still remain.” “Love Never Dies”《歌劇魅影 2：愛無止盡》, Andrew Lloyd Webb 安德烈‧洛依‧韋伯
“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” The Old Man and the Sea《老人與海》, Ernest Hemingway 海明威
“Man’s yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow / Nought may endure but Mutability” “Mutability”〈變〉, Percy Bysshe Shelley 波希‧必希‧雪萊
“Nearly all aircraft accidents are the results of a sequence of events. We call it a cascade.” Airframe《最高危機》, Michael Crichton 麥可‧克萊頓
“O Lady! We receive but what we give.” “Dejection: An Ode”〈沮喪：一首頌歌〉, Samuel Taylor Coleridge 山姆‧泰勒‧科勒律治
“And on that cheek, and o'er that

作者：陳超明
現任：
實踐大學講座教授（應用外語系及創意產業博士班）
台灣全球化教育推廣協會執行長
漢聲電台節目製作及主持（廣播金鐘獎最佳節目主持人）

經歷：
政大英文系主任
政大外語學院院長
政大公共行政與企業管理教育中心主任
中華民國訓練協會理事長
國際培訓總會常務理事
亞洲培訓總會副理事長

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