Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

人类所处的环境使人类遭受了无数的痛苦和悲伤,然而,仿佛大自然在生活中播种的罪恶还不够多,我们还在不断地增加痛苦,通过彼此间的残忍对待使共同的灾难更加恶化。

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The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or less varied, which almost all contain innumerable products of the sea.

最低和最平的陆地区域向我们表明,特别是当我们在那里挖到很深的地方时,除了水平的物质层或多或少地变化之外,什么也没有,这些物质层几乎都含有无数的海洋产物。

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

如果一个人一生中没有结交新朋友,他很快就会发现自己被孤立了。一个人,先生,应该经常保持他的友谊。

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

当遭受任何灾难时,首先要记住的是,有多少人逃脱了灾难。

The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.

银河系只不过是由无数颗星星聚集在一起组成的一团。

It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

对一个人来说,没有执着无疑是一个巨大的灾难。

The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.

自由的人不可能长久无知。