Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!

  • -- Walter Savage Landor 兰德

野心对所有人来说只有一个奖赏:一点点权力,一点点短暂的名声;一个可以安息的坟墓,一个逐渐消逝的名字!

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A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

一个舒适的晚年是一个度过美好青春的奖赏。它不会给我们带来衰败的凄凉前景,而会给我们带来在更美好的世界里永葆青春的希望。

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

大多数人过着平静的绝望的生活,带着歌声进入坟墓。

I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.

我不做决心,因为决心看起来是那么的短暂和转瞬即逝。

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

学习本身就是极大的奖赏。

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.

听!坟墓里传来一阵凄凉的声音。