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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

  • -- Bernard DeVoto 伯纳德·德沃托

悲观主义只是胆小的人给智慧取的名字。

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For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

一个作家边写边写，就像他犯了相反的错误一样，应该受到谴责;因为这给他所说的话带来了一种迂腐的效果，同时也使他的话难以理解。

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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

当一扇门关上时，另一扇门就会打开;但是我们常常对那扇关上的门望得那么久，那么遗憾，以致于我们没有看到那扇为我们打开的门。

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

动物所处的时代比人类聪明;但是他们的智慧局限于一些细节，而且局限在一个非常狭窄的范围内。

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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

无知的人不知道他们手里有什么好东西，直到他们把它扔掉。

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