If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

如果舌头不是为了发音而被造出来的,人在森林里还是野兽。

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A street thug and a paid killer are professionals - beasts of prey, if you will, who have dissociated themselves from the rest of humanity and can now see human beings in the same way that trout fishermen see trout.

街头暴徒和职业杀手都是职业杀手——如果你愿意,可以说是食肉动物,它们已经脱离了人类,现在可以像钓鳟鱼的渔民那样看待人类。

Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent.

你的未来还在前方。你们的土地是一个巨大的矿藏和农业财富仓库,等待着为人类的利益进一步发展。它的潜力是巨大的。

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

在婚姻中,男人回家太晚是有风险的,但如果他回家太早,有时会带来更大的风险。

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

野兽不知道自己是野兽,人越接近野兽,就越不知道自己是野兽。

Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood.

虽然你住在森林附近,但不要浪费木柴。

Don't crow till you're out of the woods.

你还没有走出森林就不要啼叫。

A poor man is always behind.

穷人总是落后。