Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

  • -- Edward Young 爱德华·杨格

我们的诞生不过是死亡的开始,正如蜡烛一旦着了火就会熄灭。

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The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.

第九十九个人有梦想,他们很满足,但是对新生的世界充满希望,这是第一百个人,他坚定不移地要使这些梦想成为现实。

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

出生是一件出乎意料的事,后来家里又多了一个孩子。

He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech.

他在几周的时间里为一个短语或一行诗添砖加瓦,然后在一次演讲中孕育了它。

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

我们牧羊,我们赶牛,我们领导人民。领我走,跟我走,不然就滚开。