One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

一个人不是因为专心而无所事事。有看得见的劳动,也有看不见的劳动。思即苦干,思即行。双臂交叉起作用,双手合十起作用。仰望天堂是一种创造的行为。

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It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.

是广告客户为订户提供报纸。毫无疑问,在这个国家,如果没有详尽的广告支持,报社的出版人所得到的报酬,会比最卑微的机修工所得到的报酬还要少。

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

读书对棒球运动员不好。对他的眼睛不好。即使我的眼睛有一点点不好,我也不能打出本垒打。所以我放弃了阅读。

Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest.

在这个看得见的世界里,光是最光辉的;在所有的光中,太阳的光无与伦比,胜过其他的光。

There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.

在我成长的过程中,我的家庭中并没有一个真正可见的男人,但当然,在我的生活中也有一些男人,非常棒的男人。

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

写作是一种可怕的劳动,但不像懒惰那么可怕。

The day has eyes, the night has ears.

白日有眼,黑夜有耳。

An idle man is the devil's pillow.

懒汉是魔鬼的枕头。