If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

  • -- Marcus Annaeus Seneca 马库斯·安纳尤斯·塞内卡

如果一个人不知道要驶向哪个港口,那就没有顺风。

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What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.

如果我们不能越过分隔我们和我们自己的深渊,那么驶向月球又有什么好处呢?这是所有发现之旅中最重要的一次,没有它,其他所有的航行不仅毫无用处,而且是灾难性的。

As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much beyond it, thus making the voyage much longer than was necessary.

然而,由于港口实际上是在三十二度三十四分钟内,根据所作的观察,他们走得远远超过了这一距离,因此航程比实际需要长得多。

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

幸运的人往往有很好的开始,也有很悲惨的结局。重要的不是当你到达时被鼓掌——因为这很常见——而是当你离开时被想念。

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

名声是与名声相区别的有利的恶名,是人类最聪明的人对伟大的行为和崇高思想的永久肯定。

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

大多数人失败是因为他们缺乏坚持去制定新的计划来代替那些失败的计划。

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

当大火熊熊燃烧,风从北方吹来的时候,狗就会讲这些故事。

Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

有时候,直到某一刻成为了回忆,你才会知道它的真正价值。

No matter how many times you hurt me, I forgive you. I hate how you know it too.

无论你伤害了我多少次,我都原谅你。我也讨厌你知道这件事。

Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets.

倾听树木在风中摇曳的声音。它们的叶子透露着秘密。

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

飞行也许不是一帆风顺,但它的乐趣是值得的。

Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.

谈论阳光、风和绿色工作只是在粉饰绿色。

The wind at Candlestick tonight is blowing with great propensity.

今晚烛台边的风吹得很猛。

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

能做的,就去做。不会的人就去教书。