A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.

  • -- Barnabe Barnes 巴恩斯

一团尘土,世界一时的奴隶,是人类,在我们的旧亚当的状态下造出来的,不久生而死,不久繁盛凋谢。

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First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.

首先,我们的快乐消失了——然后是我们的希望,然后是我们的恐惧——当这些都消失了,我们的债务就归于尘土——我们也死了。

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.

人类的增长速度往往大于其生存手段的增长速度。

A clever man's inheritance is found in every country.

每个国家都有聪明人的遗产。

You either make dust or eat dust.

你要么制造灰尘,要么吃灰尘。