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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You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

我的朋友们,你们知道,我在家里举行了第二次婚姻,那是一次多么勇敢的狂欢啊!从我床上赐下老而无生育的理性,娶了葡萄树的女儿为妻。

We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.

我们已经说过,第一步是指定土地,通知业主。第二步是得到所有者的回应。这将是公开的。

There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.

没有办法减轻这种负担。这趟旅程从一个危险的地方驶向另一个危险的地方,一个充满他人和寂静的地方。

A barren sow is never kind to pigs.

不生育的母猪从不善待猪。

All those men have their price.

所有这些人都有他们的代价。

All men are equal before fish.

鱼面前人人平等。