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观点Attitudes

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Whining¹ is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute² that a victim is in the neighborhood.

-- Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Jealousy³ is the only vice⁴ that gives no pleasure.

-- Anonymous⁵

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

-- Josh Billings

When people have no other tyrant⁶, their own public opinion becomes one.

-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The optimist⁷ proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist⁸ fears this is true.

-- James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion

Whoever is not a misanthrope⁹ at forty can never have loved mankind.

-- Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.

-- Winston Churchill

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

-- Thomas Dewar

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

-- Finley Peter Dunne

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen.

-- Albert Einstein

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.

-- W. C. Fields

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference¹¹.

-- Libbie Fudim

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

-- John Galsworthy

Success is just a matter of attitude.

-- Darcy E. Gibbons

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

-- Andre Gide

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

-- William Hazlitt

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely
Wretched, bored, dejected; only
here's the rub, my darling dear,
I feel the same when you are here.

-- Samuel Hoffenstein

A grouch¹² escapes so many little annoyances¹³ that it almost pays to be one.

-- Kin¹⁰ Hubbard

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

-- William James

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

-- Stanislaw J. Lec

Let go of your attachment¹⁴ to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment¹⁵.

-- Ralph Marston

Criticism is prejudice made plausible¹⁶.

-- H. L. Mencken

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

-- Vladimir Nabokov

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

-- Proverbs 23:7

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious¹⁷, and immature¹⁸.

-- Tom Robbins

We can say 'Peace on Earth,' we can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have not internalized the mythology¹⁹ to make it happen inside us, then it will not be.

-- Betty Shabazz

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

-- George Bernard Shaw

Boredom²⁰ is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity²¹, that nothing is.

-- Thomas Szasz

Standing²² in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

-- Margaret Thatcher²³

A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.

-- Oscar Wilde

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

-- Ziggy, character in comic strip by Tom Wilson

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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1 whining
n. 抱怨，牢骚 v. 哭诉，发牢骚
参考例句：
That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。 The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in). 那条狗坐在门外狺狺叫着（要进来）。

2 brute
n.野兽，兽性
参考例句：
The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。 That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

3 jealousy
n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌
参考例句：
Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。 I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 anonymous
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。 The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

6 tyrant
n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人
参考例句：
The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。 The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。

7 optimist
n.乐观的人，乐观主义者
参考例句：
We are optimist and realist.我们是乐观主义者，又是现实主义者。 Peter,ever the optimist,said things were bound to improve.一向乐观的皮特说，事情必定是会好转的。

8 pessimist
n.悲观者；悲观主义者；厌世
参考例句：
An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to laugh.乐观者笑着忘却，悲观者忘记怎样笑。 The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.悲观者在每个机会中都看到困难，乐观者在每个困难中都看到机会。

9 misanthrope
n.恨人类的人；厌世者
参考例句：
While not a commercial success-a pattern largely unbroken until I'm Your Man-this lackadaisical triumph is an inspiration to the misanthrope in us all. 尽管并不是一个商业上的成功，这一模式直到《我是你的男人》才被打破。这个漫不经心的胜利是对独来独往的我们的一个激励。 If this all strikes you as fancy, handlebar moustache talk from an old misanthrope who doesn't get things like whatever the hell we're calling “conversations” this week, maybe you're on to something. 如果你觉得我所说的复杂，就像我们今周所说的一个守旧的不愿与他人来往的人在自言自语，那可能你准备做其他事。

10 kin
n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的
参考例句：
He comes of good kin.他出身好。 She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。

11 indifference
n.不感兴趣，不关心，冷淡，不在乎
参考例句：
I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。 He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。

12 grouch
n.牢骚，不满；v.抱怨
参考例句：
He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。 One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。

13 annoyances
n.恼怒( annoyance的名词复数 )；烦恼；打扰；使人烦恼的事
参考例句：
At dinner that evening two annoyances kept General Zaroff from perfect enjoyment one. 当天晚上吃饭时，有两件不称心的事令沙洛夫吃得不很香。来自辞典例句 Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances-don't we all? 事实上我有很多类似的小烦恼，我们不都有这种小烦恼吗？来自互联网

14 attachment
n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附
参考例句：
She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。 She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。

15 judgment
n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
参考例句：
The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。 He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

16 plausible
adj.似真实的，似乎有理的，似乎可信的
参考例句：
His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。 Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。

17 rebellious
adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的
参考例句：
They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。 Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。

18 immature
adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的
参考例句：
Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。 The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。

19 mythology
n.神话，神话学，神话集
参考例句：
In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。 He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。

20 boredom
n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊
参考例句：
Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。 A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

21 serenity
n.宁静，沉着，晴朗
参考例句：
Her face,though sad,still evoked a feeling of serenity.她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。 She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.她逃到相对安静的厨房里。

22 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

23 thatcher
n.茅屋匠
参考例句：
Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险 Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

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