A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

  • -- Thomas Browne 托马斯·布朗

一个人可能像拥有一座城市一样拥有真理,但却被迫投降。

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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.

一种焦虑不安的不安,一种对利益的强烈渴望已经占领了商业界,在某些情况下,人类生活中最宝贵和永久的财富已被疯狂地牺牲,以换取一时的富裕。

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

我发现自己和大自然母亲在比赛,在她强迫我停下来之前,我要尽可能多地打棒球。

Bring acceptance into your nonacceptance. Bring surrender into your nonsurrender. Then see what happens.

把接受变成不接受。把投降变成不投降。然后看看会发生什么。

A woman who accepts, sells herself; a woman who gives, surrenders.

一个接受,出卖自己的女人;一个给予的女人,就是投降。

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

我不得不说,我有许多比我自己更激烈的批评者。

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

动摇的心不过是一种卑劣的占有。