Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

  • -- Sydney J. Harris 悉尼J.哈里斯

我们的困境是,我们既恨变化,又爱变化;我们真正想要的是事情保持不变,但要变得更好。

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The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.

阅读时间为任意时间:无需器械,无需预约时间和地点。它是唯一的艺术,可以在白天或晚上的任何时候练习,无论什么时候,只要有时间和兴趣,那就是你读书的时间;快乐或悲伤,健康或疾病。

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.

大自然在每一个季节,每一次都赋予它自己一些美丽;从早到晚,就像从摇篮到坟墓一样,只是一连串的变化,如此轻柔而容易,我们几乎看不到它们的进展。

I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.

当我写作的时候,我在屏幕上花费了太多的时间,你最不想做的事情就是花更多的时间在互联网上看屏幕。这就是我讨厌所有这些技术的原因。

There is a strong disposition in youth, from which some individuals never escape, to suppose that everyone else is having a more enjoyable time than we are ourselves.

年轻人有一种强烈的倾向,认为别人比我们自己过得更愉快,这是有些人永远无法摆脱的。

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

我讨厌演员和观众。一个作家应该在人群中,踢他们的小腿,或者为他们欢呼,给他们一些恶作剧或欢乐。

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.

做个好人、勇敢的人、大胆的人、做出改变的人,比现在要好得多。不是改变世界,而是改变你身边的那一点。