A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

  • -- George Jean Nathan 内森

在不断的劳动中度过的一生是一种生命的浪费,除非一个人愚蠢到把一个令人生厌的讣告当作足够的报酬。

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Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.

我们的敌人可以随时对我们进行打击。他们没有等到允许才这样做。他们不处理事先通知的打击。他们不采取行动是因为他们不能。

Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size.

有时候,当我和别人一起演奏时,我发现我的琴弦不见了。我要担心好几天,直到我注意到镐已经磨掉了一半大小。

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

我每天早上9点起床,然后抓起晨报。然后我看了看讣告页面。如果上面没有我的名字,我就起床。