I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

我想,没有什么,甚至没有犯罪,比这种没完没了的工作更反对诗歌,更反对哲学,更反对生活本身了。

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Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?

你会把你的薪水赌在明天的天气预报上吗?如果不是,那么为什么这个国家要把数十亿美元押在基础更薄弱的全球变暖预测上呢?

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist.

我想胡安突然停了下来——他走到半路下了火车。他当然是一个优秀的作家和好人,但我不是一个民族主义者。

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

历史。语言。激情。的风俗。所有这些都决定了人们说什么,想什么,做什么。这些是隐藏的木偶线,所有的人都挂在上面。

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

有些东西是对立的,我们无法同时抓住它们,但是,如果我们过于谨慎,它们之间的距离可能会过得太远,两者都够不到。

But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.

但每一次犯罪都有与生俱来的子弹,总有一天会在你身上找到心脏所在。

There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.

我的经历并没有什么特别的,除了它们是我的经历。

It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed.

感觉就像欧文和我…即使在晚上,我也不觉得我必须在床上看起来很漂亮。

Sometimes we expect more form others because we would be willing to do that much for them.

有时我们对别人期望更高,因为我们愿意为他们做那么多。

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

告诉我,你打算如何度过你这狂野而珍贵的一生?

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

我完全反对代金券。我要和他们打得你死我活。

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

历史不过是罪恶和不幸的写照。

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

一无所有有一个好处,它永远不需要修理。

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

图画破坏墙壁的次数比装饰墙壁的次数要多。

To one who does not wander there is not enlightenment.

对一个不流浪的人来说,没有启蒙。

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

所有连接…没有一件事可以单独改变。

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

对我来说,老年总是比我大十岁。

I think in life we want to challenge ourselves.

我认为在生活中我们要挑战自己。

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

写作是一个不断发现的过程。

We simply have not kept in touch with poetry.

我们根本没有接触过诗歌。

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

美德本身并无恶意中伤之嫌。

You can do more, you can always do more.

你可以做得更多,你总是可以做得更多。