If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

  • -- Anne Bradstreet 布拉德斯特里特

如果没有冬天,春天就不会如此怡人;如果我们有时不经历逆境,繁荣就不会如此受欢迎。

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Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

伟大的文学必须产生于作者灵魂的剧变。如果这种剧变不存在,那么它一定来自任何其他作者的作品,而这些作品恰好是方便和容易改编的。

Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects.

尽管平原上的农业几乎和西部干旱地区的冬雨一样不可能,但大量的水牛使生活在许多方面变得容易得多。

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

一个人的知识只局限于书本,而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中,当需要知识或财富时,他既不能使用知识,也不能使用财富。

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

要获得猫的友谊是很困难的。它是一种哲学动物……不轻率地表达感情的人。

Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before.

孤独的树就这样在冬天挺立着,它不知道有什么鸟已经一个接一个地消失了,但是它知道它的枝子比以前更安静。

Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.

那些想把一夜成功或财富卖给你的人对你的成功不感兴趣;他们对你的钱感兴趣。

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.

有一个词可以让我们摆脱生活中所有的负担和痛苦,那就是“爱情”。

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

我想对你做春天对樱桃树做的事。