这是 2012年 3月 爱尔兰 Cork 大学图书馆的两位先生 访问 杭州图书馆做报告以后 接收楼主赠送的标题为《知己知彼 出奇制胜》的著作。----- Cork 大学当时有 600名中国留学生。

Mencius (孟子) on reputation
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
English Proverb on learning
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.

Ludwig Wittgenstein on intelligence-and-intellectuals
Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green
valleys of silliness.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe on goals
One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.

Phaedrus on appearance
Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many;
the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.
Albert Einstein on theory
A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more
different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its
applicability.
Virgil on crime-and-criminals
------------- From a single crime know the nation.
Proverb on debt
------------- Out of debt, out of danger.

Peter Davies on motivation
Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs
continual and regular top up's.
Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza on perfection
-------------------------------- All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.

Mark Fidrych on winners-and-winning
When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll
always be a loser.

Thomas Jefferson on information
------------- Information is the currency of democracy.
Seneca on failure
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

John Lyly on honesty
------------------------ The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
Saying on favors
------------ Never ask a favor of someone till they have had their dinner.

John Archibald Wheeler on knowledge
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge
grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on sacrifice
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.
Max Gunther on fights-and-fighting
If you are losing a tug-of-war（拔河）with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to
your arm. You can always buy a new rope.
Abraham Lincoln on failure
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content（满足）
with your failure.

Edward Gibbon on self-control（自我约束）
We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we
must win.

Voltaire（伏尔泰，法国启蒙思想家）on philosophers-and-philosophy
The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most
important objects of philosophy.
Michael Jackson on education
The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

Orison Swett Marden on excellence
The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of
the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
Sigmund Freud on truth
----------------- From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Reginald B. Mansell on optimism
A pessimist (悲观者) is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist (乐观者) is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.