It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

在这个世界上,跟随世俗的意见生活是很容易的;在孤独中,我们很容易活在自己的世界里;但伟大的人是那些在人群中保持绝对甜蜜的孤独的独立性的人。

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To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

要使世界秩序井然,我们首先必须使国家秩序井然;要治理好国家,首先要治理好家庭;为了使家庭井然有序,我们必须首先培养我们的个人生活;我们必须先把心摆正。

We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.

我们可以在未来和过去之间做出选择,在理性和无知之间做出选择,在真正的同情和纯粹的意识形态之间做出选择。

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

没有女人会爱上一个男人,除非她对他有比他应得的更好的看法。

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.

一个作家在一个房间里所能做的,是任何力量都无法轻易摧毁的。

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.

爱不在于彼此凝视,而在于注视着同一个方向。

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

如果普遍的观点是悲观的,那么幻想就会占据上风。

There is nothing more soul destroying than respectable selfishness.

没有什么比体面的自私更能摧毁灵魂了。

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

如果你能选择避开的人,独处是最理想的。

Time changes from sleep in moments to sleep of moments.

时间从片刻的睡眠变成片刻的睡眠。

All art is but imitation of nature.

一切艺术不过是模仿自然。

No man was ever great by imitation.

没有人因为模仿而伟大。

Laugh and show your ignorance.

笑一笑,表现出你的无知。