There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

  • -- Edward Steichen 爱德华·史泰钦

只有一个乐观主义者。自从人类来到这个世界上,他就一直在这里,那就是人类自己。如果我们没有如此乐观的心态来度过这一切,我们就不会在这里。我们靠乐观度过了难关。

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A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one who imagines that the future is uncertain. It is a duty to be an optimist, because if you imagine that the future is uncertain, then you mu.

悲观主义者总是对的,却不能从中得到任何快乐;乐观主义者则认为未来是不确定的。做一个乐观主义者是一种责任,因为如果你认为未来是不确定的,那么你就错了。

I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.

我认为,如果沿着这条路描绘的人物丰富、有趣且多面性强,情节薄弱或半透明的书籍就能生存下来。反之则不然。

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

我想我可能有点希望,但我不是一个乐观主义者。我是一个现实主义者……或者甚至是悲观主义者。

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

我宁愿成为一颗华丽的流星,我的每一个原子都闪耀着绚丽的光芒,也不愿成为一颗沉睡而永恒的行星。

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

要么灵魂能在死亡中存活,要么不能,而且没有科学证据表明它能。

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change.

我认为你有义务成为一个乐观主义者。因为如果你不这样,什么都不会改变。

It is one life, whether we spend it in laughing or in weeping.

生命只有一次,无论是在欢笑中度过,还是在哭泣中度过。