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

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

写作是一种可怕的劳动,但不像懒惰那么可怕。

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I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.

我一直对劳工运动很感兴趣。如果我希望能有另一种生活,我愿意成为劳工运动初期的先锋女性。

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

一定有人警告过你,不要让黄金时间白白溜走;但有些是金色的,只是因为我们让它们溜走了。

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.

艺术一直是一个国家健康的重要组成部分,但我们还没有达到这一点。

I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.

我已经写了一个多星期了。我发现它清洁、清爽;这对我有好处。

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

有时我在想,作家写作的动机是不是应该是轻蔑,而不是钦佩。

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

烦恼源于懒惰,烦恼源于不必要的安逸。

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

思想是智力的劳动,幻想是其乐趣。

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

赞美不需要花费什么,但许多人为此付出了高昂的代价。