GRE写作素材：文化篇
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight .(P. B. Shelley , British poet )
伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱. P. B)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( Stendhcl , French writer )
一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)
Art is a lie that tells the truth .( Picasso , Spanish painter )
美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕加索)
Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist )
幽默被人正确地解释为"以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑"。(美国小说家 马克•吐温)
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )
文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)
When one loves one's art no service seems too hard .( O. Henry, American novelist )
一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。 (美国小说家 欧•亨利)
GRE写作素材：经验篇
Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。
Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other. 经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。
Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。
