Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

老年人喜欢给自己提建议,以安慰自己不再有能力给别人树立坏榜样。

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.

我觉得我一直都很有音乐感,我觉得我能分辨出一首好歌和一首坏歌。如果能听到一些我不熟悉的东西,我会很感激。

There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.

世界上没有什么东西不是好的,坏的,冷漠的。

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

随着年龄的增长,内在的美悄然而至。