The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.

  • -- Thomas Day 托马斯日

那件刻着你名字的小玩意。是由一个特殊的事实引起的;但是,让人性蒙羞的是,这个话题的普遍性足以引起每一颗心的兴趣,而不是完全无法理解。

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To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind.

对于一个对人性感兴趣的聪明人来说,科学界把如此多的精力花在对身体的研究上,而对心灵的研究却如此之少,这一定常常显得很奇怪。

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

随着汽油价格的上涨,人们对公共交通的兴趣似乎不会减弱。我认为它将继续增长。

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

一个人对一只蓝鸟的兴趣,胜过一份完整而枯燥的城镇动植物名录。

I would be a fool to lose my heart to him, but I am tempted more each day.

我真傻,怎么会对他失去信心,可是我每天都受到更多的诱惑。

The heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted.

人心有不明白的辩论。

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

一切展望未来的事物都提高了人的本性。