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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The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

黑人从白人男子对其种族的妇女犯下的这一罪行中所遭受的痛苦远远超过白人从他的罪行中所遭受的痛苦。

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.

这证明了伟大的抒情诗可以死亡、重生、再死,但永远是人类灵魂最杰出的创作之一。

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

对一流智力的测试是同时在头脑中持有两种相反观点的能力,同时仍能发挥作用。

Sometimes, you have to try not to care, no matter how much you do. Because, sometimes, you mean nothing to someone who means everything to you.

有时候,你不得不试着不去在乎,不管你做了多少。因为,有时候,你对一个对你来说很重要的人来说什么都不是。

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

你认为耶稣会在推特上说什么,“让没有罪的人扔第一块石头”或“有人见过犹大吗?”他刚才还在这儿。”

There is no future without a past, because what is to be cannot be imagined except as a form of repetition.

没有过去就没有未来,因为要做的事情只能作为一种重复的形式来想象。

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.

犯罪没有什么是不可避免的,反社会行为也没有什么是不可避免的。

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

我读了你写的这些备忘录,你是否有这样的印象?我甚至都举不起来。

To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.

支付更多是简单的方法。事实上,解决这个问题的可能性是很多的。

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

如果你想到感恩节晚餐,它真的很像做一只大鸡。

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

在交谈中,幽默比机智更有价值,轻松比知识更有价值。

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

这份报告篇幅很长,它为自己辩护,避免了被人阅读的风险。

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

翻译诗歌和翻译音乐一样是不可能的。

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

说服男人去做甚至是对他们自己有益的事情都需要时间。

Beyond the fiction of reality, there is the reality of the fiction.

现实的虚构之外,还有虚构的现实。

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

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

历史不过是罪恶和不幸的写照。

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

宽恕敌人比宽恕朋友容易。

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

成长本身就包含着幸福的萌芽。

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

写作是一个不断发现的过程。