As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

  • -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

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It seems to me that everyone on this planet whom I know or have worked with is suffering from self-hatred and guilt to one degree or another. The more self-hatred and guilt we have, the less our lives work. The less self-hatred and guilt we have, the better our lives work, on all levels.

在我看来,这个星球上我认识或共事过的每一个人都或多或少地遭受着自我憎恨和负罪感的折磨。我们的自我憎恨和罪恶感越多,我们的生活就越没有意义。我们的自我憎恨和罪恶感越少,我们的生活在各个层面上就会越好。

Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move.

奈德发出巨大的咔哒咔哒声,子弹吓了一跳,挣断了缰绳,潇洒地跑开了。要不是有个旅客把他抓了回来,把他带回来,他一定会厌恶地回家去,从而停止一切进一步的谈判;但是基特没有动。

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时,它都能帮助他确信,他确实有那样的头脑,有那样的灵魂。

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

你的生活不是由生活带给你什么决定的,而是由你对生活的态度决定的;与其说是发生在你身上的事情,不如说是你的大脑看待事情的方式。

I sublimate different parts of my personality through my characters. Which is worrying, as some of them can be a bit nasty. I'm pleased the stuff on the page isn't inside me any more.

我通过我的角色升华了我性格的不同部分。这是令人担忧的,因为其中一些可能有点令人讨厌。我很高兴页面上的东西不再在我的内心。

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.

情感可以是敌人,如果你屈服于情感,你就会失去自己。你必须与你的情绪一致,因为身体总是跟随思想。

This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.

既然如此,神话就不应该在古代信仰的科学研究中占据如此重要的地位。

I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe.

我的幽默感很傻。我这辈子笑得最开心的莫过于看到一个人的鞋底粘着卫生纸。

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

每当我们赞同时,我们可以找到一百个好的理由来证明我们的赞同是正确的。每当我们不喜欢的时候,我们可以找到一千个理由来证明我们的不喜欢。

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.

赞成个人意见的人,称之为意见;但那些不喜欢它的人,异端邪说;然而,异端不过是个人观点。

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

政治的第一条规则:你不可能赢,除非你在选票上。第二条规则:如果你跑步,你可能会输。而且,如果你平了,你就赢不了。

Stop worrying about your messy hair, your eyeliner and your curvy body. One day you'll find a guy that won't care about it.

不要担心你凌乱的头发、眼线笔和曲线优美的身体。总有一天你会找到一个不在乎的人。

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

不能原谅别人的人,就等于打破了自己必须跨过的桥;因为每个人都需要被原谅。

Don't give up when you still have something to give because nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

当你还有东西可以给予的时候不要放弃,因为在你停止尝试的那一刻之前,没有什么是真正结束的。

You need Power, only when you want to do something Harmful, otherwise Love is Enough to get everything done...

你需要力量,只有当你想做一些有害的事情的时候,否则爱就足够把一切都做完了…

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

没有人会完全相信别人。一个人可能完全相信一个想法,但不相信一个人。

The further you get into technology, the further you go into gaming. That's the general rule.

你对科技的了解越深,你对游戏的了解就越深。这是一般规律。

I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.

我是一个非常简单的人。我很浅。肤浅,简单,容易满足:这就是我。

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

不是每个人都能极度痛苦,正如不是每个人都能极度快乐一样。

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

你老了,不能再输了。当你年轻的时候,你会从失败中振作起来。

The less you think and the more you do, the better things tend to become.

你想的越少,做的越多,事情就会变得越好。

You never have to guess where you stand with me.

你永远不需要猜出你和我的立场。

When one is pretending the entire body revolts.

当一个人假装整个身体都在反抗时。

I am terrified of sharks, so I don't surf!

我害怕鲨鱼,所以我不冲浪!

I have to recognize that I am agnostic.

我必须承认我是不可知论者。

You are a prisoner of your own mind.

你是自己思想的囚徒。

No one is too old for fairy tales.

没有人老得不适合讲童话故事。

May books spread the world over!

愿书籍传遍世界!