I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

  • -- Andrew Jackson 安德鲁·杰克逊

我不能同意我这必死无疑的躯体将被埋葬在一个为皇帝或国王准备的宝库中。我的共和情怀和原则禁止我这样做。

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We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life.

我们已经爱上了肉体。就是那个从镜子里看着我们的东西。那是你一生都在追寻的可爱身份的宝库。

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

简单是最终的成就。当一个人演奏了大量的音符和更多的音符后,简单就成为了艺术的最高奖赏。

Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.

在词典中,共和主义排在爬行动物之后,排在令人讨厌的前面。

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

老年是暴君,他在死亡的痛苦下禁止青年的欢乐。

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

我宁愿被称为国王,也不愿被其他称呼。

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

当答案很简单的时候,上帝在回答。

Freedom is a small price to pay for survival.

为了生存,自由是一个很小的代价。