The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.

  • -- Walter Savage Landor 兰德

在充满魔力的权力之屋中,每一张脸都被灯光照亮,聪明的人就像不聪明的人一样。

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How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.

一个拥有像眼睛这样敏感的珠宝,像耳朵这样迷人的乐器,像大脑这样神奇的阿拉伯式神经的人,怎么可能体验不到神的存在呢?

But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise.

但保罗在传福音的时候,不但欠外邦人的债,也欠希利尼人的债。不但欠那轻易敌挡他的愚拙人的债,也欠那智慧人的债。

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

他活着是为了建立而不是吹嘘一个慷慨的种族;没有十分之一的愚蠢的表情。

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

有衬垫的房间和有衬垫的牢房之间只有一英寸的差别。

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

我从未见过你的脸,但我想起地狱之火。