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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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

我无法想象一个奖赏和惩罚他所创造的对象的上帝,他只是人类弱点的反映。

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

为了他祖先的骨灰,为了他神的庙宇,人怎么能比面对可怕的命运更好地死去呢?

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.

当镜头被白光照射后,颜色会因为选择性反射而出现。

A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less.

专家就是对越来越少的东西知道得越来越多的人。