Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.

  • -- T. E. Lawrence 阿拉伯的劳伦斯

世人把旷野看作不毛之地,任意选择的人都可以自由居住;但事实上,每座山和山谷中都有一个人,他是公认的主人,他会迅速维护他的家庭或宗族对它的权利,以抵抗侵略。

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Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.

有时候我觉得男人和女人最大的区别就是更多的男人需要去寻找一些存在的可怕的潜伏的东西,然后投入其中。女人知道它住在哪里,但她们可以不去管它。

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

我发现很难认真对待摇滚乐队或尊重他们。这些郁郁寡欢的年轻人聚在一起砰砰直响,真有点可笑。

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

因此,缺乏才能的学生将不会从这项工作中获得更多的利润,就像从一篇农业论文中获得贫瘠的土壤一样。

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

这片美丽的土地将永远、永远、永远不会再经历彼此的压迫。

We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.

我们生活在一个独一无二的土地上- -一个在世界上享有无与伦比的自由和机会的土地。

A barren sow is never kind to pigs.

不生育的母猪从不善待猪。