Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

直到我们迷失了,我们才开始了解自己。

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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

我们称失去父亲的人为孤儿;一个失去妻子的鳏夫。但是,这个人知道失去朋友的巨大痛苦,我们用什么名字称呼他呢?在这里,每一种语言都是沉默的,在无能为力中保持着平静。

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

诗歌所塑造的形象。它开始于快乐,结束于智慧……在对生命的澄清中——不一定是一个伟大的澄清,如教派和邪教是建立在基础上的,而是对混乱的短暂停留。

Everything that has a beginning, has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

每件事都有开始,也有结束。你接受这一点,一切都会好起来的。

The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you're lost.

一旦你抓住某人的衣领,你就迷失了。