I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

  • -- Aeschylus 埃斯库罗斯

我受过苦难的教育,知道许多洁净的仪式,也知道什么时候该说话,什么时候该沉默。

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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

沉默的人容易被认为是智者。如果一个人不愿意让别人看见他在日常生活中挤来挤去,不愿脱下外衣,那么他很容易就会被一层神秘的、不为人知的圣洁的面纱所笼罩,人们就会把他当作圣人来尊敬他。

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.

人若患病,就当无羞耻。因为这是我们死后唯一的益处。你永远不会对邪恶和可耻的行为说好话。

To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.

没有风险就能获得利润,没有危险就能获得经验,没有工作就能获得回报,就像没有出生就不能生活一样。

It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.

凡把脚站在患难外面的,给那受苦的人劝戒劝戒,原是小事。

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

文明和利益是相辅相成的。