It is our first duty to serve society, and, after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls. A youthful passion for abstracted devotion should not be encouraged.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

为社会服务是我们的首要职责,当我们这样做之后,我们就可以全身心地投入到拯救我们自己的灵魂中去。不应该鼓励年轻人对抽象奉献的激情。

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I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

我现在已经十七岁了,已经长得整整齐齐,只有六英尺多一点。我很有年轻的活力,并且是一个非常乐观的气质。

The youthful body untouched decays the fastest, for no living hands record its splendor; and here youth and time are wasted.

青春的身体未经接触,衰老得最快,因为没有一只活生生的手记录它的辉煌;在这里青春和时间被浪费了。