The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island.

  • -- John Millington Synge 辛格

敏锐的人的悲痛并不是对一个女人八十多年的死亡的个人抱怨,而是包含了潜藏在岛上每一个本地人身上的全部激情的愤怒。

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The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.

前者在他的长统袜里有六英尺零一英寸长,身上没有一磅赘肉,却有一百八十磅重。后者比他的对手矮一英寸,轻十磅;但他是这两个人中最活跃的。

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

任何停止学习的人都是老的,不管是二十岁还是八十岁。任何不断学习的人都会保持年轻。生命中最伟大的事情是保持你的头脑年轻。