Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

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

什么东西能如此优雅,以致于拥有很少的需求,并为自己服务呢?

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May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity; may it be a year of peace and unity for all mankind; may the world be freed of cholera.

愿上帝与我同在!愿上帝保佑新年。愿这一年硕果累累,和平繁荣;愿这是人类和平统一的一年;愿世界摆脱霍乱。

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.

如果我开始担心我的选民会对我的一举一动做出怎样的反应,我就无法在这里做好我的工作。我将做我认为正确的事,以后再解释。

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

有些事情不再影响我,这并不总是好的。总是有骚动,但我注意到几乎没有什么能影响我或使我失去平衡。

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

人必须了解自己。如果这不能帮助我们发现真理,那么它至少可以作为生活的准则,没有什么比这更好的了。

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

他说他不想再发生战争之类的事情。

If you want me, than fight for me. Cause i'm fighting like hell for you.

如果你想要我,就为我而战。因为我在为你拼命地战斗。

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

任何人都可以做任何他想做的事,如果他想做得足够糟糕。

I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche.

我只是想为人民服务。我知道这听起来很老套。