The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me.

  • -- Ida M. Tarbell 塔贝尔

我所属的那些体面的圈子里,那个体面的圈子里的所有人,那个我不知道安全的价值的圈子,都在反对我,他们知道,一旦失去或抛弃安全,就没有什么机会来代替它了。

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Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.

底特律是一个非常引人注目的城市。这经历了一段非常艰难的时期。这里经历了很多痛苦,这座城市也遭受了身体上的痛苦。你可以在某些社区看到它,市中心的一些建筑已经被废弃。

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

我并不是建议人们放弃乐器,开始玩汽车和公寓,但我确实认为,音乐作为一种仅由专业人士制作的商品的统治地位可能正在逐渐衰落。

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.

因此,无论多么大的力,也无法把一根绳子,无论多么细的力,拉成一条准确笔直的水平线:总是会有向下弯曲的。

The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.

事实上,我讨厌鸡尾酒会,我唯一认识的人就是我的约会对象,我们一进门,他就抛弃了我。

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

每一种恶行都曾是一种美德,并可能再次受到尊敬,就像战争时期的仇恨会受到尊敬一样。

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

我生命中的挣扎创造了同理心——我能体会到痛苦、被抛弃、没有人爱我。

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

传统成为我们的保障,当思想得到保障时,它就会腐朽。

Insecurity is a ugly thing it makes you hate people you don't even know.

不安全感是一件丑陋的事情,它让你讨厌你甚至不认识的人。

Disunion by force is treason.

武力分裂是叛国。