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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It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.

当然,我们将认识到,人类本性科学的每一项进步,迟早都会直接或间接地促进我们成功地控制人类本性,并将其改变为有利于共同福祉。

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

如果一个人对人性知之甚少,除了改变自己的性情之外,什么都不改变,只追求幸福,那么他的一生将浪费在徒劳的努力中。

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.

然后我用眼睛让他再问一次“是”,然后他问我“我会吗”,他的心像疯了一样,“是”我说“会”,“会”。

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

我一直喜欢树。然后,随着年龄的增长,我对生态学产生了兴趣,树篱被毁坏了,景观变成了草原。

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star.

我对天文学的业余兴趣引出了“星等”一词,用来表示恒星的亮度。

A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.

一颗充满爱的心就像一只凤凰,没有牢笼可以囚禁。