Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

那些不记得过去的人注定要重蹈覆辙,而不会有一种讽刺的徒劳感。

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After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past?

在世界历史所无法比拟的我国人民的自愿努力之后,痛苦的老根还会象它过去所结的果实那样留在地里,在未来发芽和结果吗?

I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.

如果有人敲我的门,而只有乐队和经理有我的电话号码,我从来不接。无论如何,我的电话没有响,所以我从来没有注意到它。我偶尔会走过去捡起来看看有没有人。

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice.

我还记得我有时对记者和打电话寻求建议的人是多么粗鲁。

Children remember staying up late. Grownups think about getting up early.

孩子们记得熬夜。成年人考虑早起。