A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

当老人种下他们知道自己永远不会坐在树荫下的树时,一个社会就会变得伟大。

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We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape.

我们曾说过,生命的规模是如此之小,以致于个体在其整个存在过程中还没有足够的专门化到足以成为独特的植物或动物;然而,这些都是更简单形式的确定的生命。

As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day.

作为一名伦敦的学生,我看了那么多的演出,那么多的戏剧,看到了那么多当时的伟大作品。

Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.

竹子不是野草,它是开花植物。竹子是一种珍贵的植物。

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

生命的最大用处是将它用于比生命更长久的事情上。