I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American.    我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人.
I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why.    我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什麽.
I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading    宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读.
I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold.    我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄.
Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.    理想好像星星，不能摘到，但我们犹如水手，可借它指引航向.
Idle folks have most labour.    懒汉总嫌活太多.
Idle folks lack no excuses.    懒汉辩解，何患无词.
Idle young, needy old.    少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲.
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil.    懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源.
Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice).    懒惰是万恶之源.
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