We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war.

  • -- George Montagu 乔治·蒙塔古

我们面临着一个悲哀的两难境地,既不能缔造和平,也不能发动战争。

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A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

一个舒适的晚年是一个度过美好青春的奖赏。它不会给我们带来衰败的凄凉前景,而会给我们带来在更美好的世界里永葆青春的希望。

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

所有的变化,即使是最渴望的变化,都有其忧郁之处;因为我们留下的是我们自身的一部分;我们必须先死一种生命,才能进入另一种生命。

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

新闻业的核心困境是你不知道你不知道什么。