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It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grow torpid in old age.
如果一个人年老时头脑迟钝，那是他自己的过错，是由于没有用处。
— Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊
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更多好句 ↗It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
人们不再追求梦想不是因为他们变老了，而是因为他们不再追求梦想而变老了。
Gabriel García Márquez
加布里埃尔·加西亚·马尔克斯
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
想象力是通过锻炼而增长的，与人们普遍认为的相反，它在成年人身上比在年轻人身上更有力量。
W. Somerset Maugham
威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
当我们真正崇拜任何事物时，我们不仅爱它的明确性，也爱它的模糊性。我们陶醉于它的无形之中。
G. K. Chesterton
G.K.切斯特顿
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
真正的勇气不是庸俗英雄的野蛮力量，而是美德和理智的坚定决心。
Alfred North Whitehead
阿尔弗雷德北怀特黑德
As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
随着年龄的增长，人对自己的批评会越来越多，对别人的批评会越来越少。
Basil Rathbone
贝锡罗斯本
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
要明白朋友来来去去，但你应该把握住一些珍贵的朋友。你年纪越大，就越需要那些在你年轻时就认识你的人。
Mary Schmich
玛丽·施密奇