It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

一个人把他所做的事和他可能做的事相比较,这是最令人痛心的。

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

可以说,每一种痛苦的一部分都是痛苦的影子或反映:你不仅要受苦,而且必须不断地思考你受苦的事实。我不仅在无尽的悲伤中度过每一天,而且在每一天都想着在悲伤中度过每一天。

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: Either he abandons all earthly interests or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.

一个博学的人有两种幸福的来源:要么他放弃一切世俗的兴趣,要么他拥有许多可以放弃的东西。

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

对于一个迷恋永恒的人来说,未来,那一半的时间,又有什么关系呢?

I'm a reflection of the community.

我是社区的反映。