I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.

  • -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 珀西·比西·雪莱

我认为,树叶,我们践踏过的最卑鄙的昆虫,其本身的论点比任何可以引证的论点都更具结论性,即某些巨大的智慧使无限充满活力。

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There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private.

纪念活动将有一场竞赛。然后它可以通过树木和种植来发展。它可以成为一个非常美丽的地方,远离街道,因为它在下面。它可以是非常感人,非常私密的东西。

I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me.

我问,‘这家伙是干什么的?他们说,他是半鱼半鸟,也许还有点蜥蜴的味道,你不需要化五个小时的妆就能扮演他。这对我来说已经足够好了。

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

如果我们继续走我们已经走的路,错误是我们的贪婪,如果我们不愿意改变,我们将从地球上消失,被昆虫取代。

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

我不会因为害怕而逃避挑战。相反,我朝它跑去,因为逃避恐惧的唯一方法就是把它踩在脚下。

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

神所造的人,没有一个在本质上是可鄙的;最吝啬的苍蝇,最贫穷的昆虫也有它的用处和生命力。

There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.

有一种说法是,勇敢的人应该得到他们所得到的,但是强迫懦夫站在危险的道路上是一件严肃的事情。

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

神不能说谎,这对你的论点没有好处,因为这并不能证明祭司不能,或圣经不能。

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

我查了一下我的家谱,发现我是树液。

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

如果你想获得闲暇,就好好利用你的时间。

The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.

一片树叶的飘落是对活人的低语。

The verdict of the world is conclusive.

世界的裁决是决定性的。