Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

  • -- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

我们为什么要纪念那些在战场上牺牲的人?一个人在进入自己的深渊时,可能表现出鲁莽的勇气。

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Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems.

人类对秩序的追求,艺术只是秩序的一种表现形式,这种追求源于整个有机世界的一种类似的普遍倾向;与之并行的,或许还源自于对物理系统中最简单结构状态的追求。

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

我相信人类不仅能忍受。他将获胜。他是不朽的,不是因为只有他在万物中有无穷无尽的发言权,而是因为他有一个灵魂,一个能够同情、牺牲和忍耐的精神。

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

雄心勃勃地追求真正的荣誉、真正的光荣和我们本性的完美,是美德的根本原则和激励。

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

成功意味着要有勇气、决心和意志成为你认为自己命中注定的那个人。

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

受苦比死亡需要更多的勇气。

Better not be at all than not be noble.

与其不高尚,不如根本不高尚。