This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.

  • -- Frederick Law Olmsted 弗雷德里克·劳·奥姆斯特德

这正是我看到奴隶在工作时的想法——他们似乎在做着没有力气的劳动。它们把自己的力量储存起来,也许在晚上自己使用。

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I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.

我最圣洁的父阿,我可以很容易地设想,当有人在我所写的这本关于天体运行的书中,知道我把某些运动归于地球时,他们会立刻大声疾呼,说我和我的理论应该被拒绝。

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

因为天文学家有责任通过仔细而专业的研究来撰写天体运动的历史。

I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, 'I have a really great idea for a restaurant.'

我想每个人在某个时候都会对自己说,‘我有一个开餐馆的好主意。’

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

衰老是突然发生的,而不是像人们认为的那样是逐渐发生的。

Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

我们挣的每一分钱都是我们需要的储备。