Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

虽然生命是短暂的,但我们却因粗心地浪费时间而使它变得更短。

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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

书不过是废纸,除非我们把睡着时获得的智慧付诸行动。当我们对生者感到厌倦时,我们可以向死者寻求安慰,因为他们在谈话中没有丝毫的乖戾、骄傲和故意。

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

白天的赌徒和晚上的赌徒之间有着同样的区别,就像一个粗心的丈夫和一个在妻子的窗下昏迷不醒的情人之间的区别一样。

For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back.

很长一段时间,我没有付出我的一切。我害怕自己会变成废物,所以我克制住自己。

Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.

跟我来。我也不在乎如果有人想跟踪我,尽管说。他们会很无聊的。

If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.

如果你戒烟一次,那么第二次、第三次、第四次戒烟就会容易得多。

The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be.

你等待未来的时间越长,它就会越短。

The last day is way shorter than counting to ten.

最后一天比从一数到十要短得多。

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

把事情做好常常是浪费时间。