Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself——無需畏懼,除了畏懼本身
** nothing should frighten us but fear itself; the worst thing to fear is fear itself
~~無需恐懼,除了恐懼本身;最可怕的是恐懼本身;除了畏懼本身,甚麼都不怕;除了恐懼本身,沒有甚麼東西能嚇到我們;除了恐懼本身,沒有甚麼可害怕的
~~ the only thing we have to fear is fear itself // Mark Twain said: courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear // Proverbs 3:25 -- be not afraid of sudden fear
!! "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" was said by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his First Inaugural address in 1933, during the years leading to World War II, when theUSAwas at the bottom of the Great Depression. Because it marked an inspirational turning point in American lives, the phrase became memorable and lasting.
一九三三年,第二次世界大戰前幾年,即美國大蕭條接近見底之時,美國總統羅斯福在第一次就職演說上留下了一句名言︰“我們唯一值得恐懼的就只有恐懼本身!”因為它標誌着美國人生活中一個鼓舞人心的轉折點,這句說話使人難忘和影響深遠。
>> Death is nothing to fear but fear itself. We all must die in order to get to heaven, for our perpetual lives.
死亡無需畏懼,除了畏懼本身。我們人人都必須死才能到天堂獲享永生。
>> You can keep reminding the investors, “nothing to fear but fear itself,” but during the Great Recession of December 2007, it was fear that crashed the stock market. Reality took over wisdom.
你可以不斷提醒投資者“無需恐懼,除了恐懼本身”,但在二○○七年十二月的大衰退期間,恐懼驅使股市暴跌,現實戰勝了智慧。
學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師
李啟文 教授