Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

  • -- Eleanor Roosevelt 埃莉诺·罗斯福

老年本身就有足够的畸形。这决不应该给他们增添罪恶的丑恶。

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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

当我们让嫉妒和仇恨的恶习深入我们的本性时,中等收入的人对自己造成的伤害可能是巨大财富所造成的最大伤害。

Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages.

也许吧,虽然我不认为我在语言方面有什么特别的天赋。事实上,奇怪的是,这可能与我在语言方面的迟钝有关。

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

今天的很多教育都非常低效。我们常常在应该教年轻人自己种花的时候,却给他们插花。

Never get jealous when you see your ex with someone else, because our parents taught us to give our used toys to the less fortunate.

当你看到你的前任和别人在一起时,千万不要嫉妒,因为我们的父母教导我们要把旧玩具送给那些不幸的人。

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

当你回想起那些伤害过你的人,并感受到祝福他们的力量时,你就会知道宽恕已经开始了。

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

如果你没有走得太远的时刻,那么你可能走得还不够远。

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.

我想补充一点,随着年龄的增长,你作为一个人也会发生变化,所以你作为一个作家也会发生变化。

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

邪恶之心,好像忿怒,将喜乐变为刑罚。

You should save the best part of yourself for the person who deserves you.

你应该把最好的自己留给那个值得拥有你的人。

You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.

你永远无法选择你是如何被钉住的,以及人们如何看待你。

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

变老是强制性的;成长是可以选择的。

The stuff I own will no longer own me.

我拥有的东西将不再拥有我。

I was born with lots of deformities.

我生来就有很多畸形。

Art is significant deformity.

艺术是明显的畸形。

Old age is a shipwreck.

老年是一艘沉船。