The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

一个不知名的好人所做的工作就像一条藏在地下的水脉,秘密地使地面变绿。

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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

有一种啤酒,不掺水的时候味道很浓,但喝惯了的人都喜欢喝。他们看见大麦浮在其上,就拿著苇子,从盛酒的器皿里拿出来喝。

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.

发现欺诈和察觉愚蠢总是正确的;但是,揭露这两种情况往往都是错误的。做生意的人应该时刻睁大眼睛,但又必须常常闭上眼睛。

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.

这是否是上帝的绿色地球的问题并没有处于中心位置,除非在某种意义上,如果是这样,一个人会经常被提醒他可能正在死去。

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

有些人认为,真相可以隐藏一点掩盖和装饰。但随着时间的流逝,真假会渐渐显露出来。

All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go.

我承认,我所有的雄心壮志都是为了谋利,为了讨好不知名的人;好像泉源从地底下发出来的溪水,边流边散祝福。

There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don't know.

翻译和自己写诗肯定有关系,但我不知道是什么关系。

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

我也许没有证明自己是一个伟大的探险家,但我们已经完成了史上最伟大的征程,并已接近伟大的成功。

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.

一本好书随时可以买到;它可能会被倒出并喝上一百遍,但它仍然在那里,以供进一步的吸收。

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

你总能告诉一个真正的朋友:当你出丑时,他并不觉得你做了一份长期的工作。

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟逆水行舟

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

当我得知我的年轻人一直在秘密购买军火时,我清楚地看到战争正在向我们袭来。

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

一个人应该小心,不要变得太聪明,这样的生活乐趣如此巨大的笑声。

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

一个好老师必须能够替那些发现学习困难的人着想。

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

给他们想要的东西,他们当然会立刻惊慌失措。

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

一个人永远不会害怕未知;人害怕已知的东西走到尽头。

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

有些人正在想方设法使我们崩溃。

What's good is often forgotten; what's bad is often hidden.

好东西常常被遗忘;坏的东西往往被隐藏起来。

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

一个人比他的思想复杂得多。

Electroclash is good because it's stayed underground.

电竞很好,因为它是在地下进行的。

Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.

绿色的手指是一颗翠绿的心的延伸。

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

恐惧有很多眼睛,可以看到地下的东西。

Water does not run under a lying stone.

水不会从躺着的石头下流过。

Our actions are the ground we walk on.

我们的行动是我们前进的基础。