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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The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.

从树干的大小来看,这棵树显然是老了。它大约有六英尺高,树枝从树干上整齐对称地伸出来,看起来就像一棵微型树。

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。

If you stand for a reason be prepared to stand alone like a tree. And if you fall, fall as a seed that grows back to fight again... like a tree.

如果你站着是有原因的,那就准备好像一棵树一样独自站着。如果你跌倒了,就像一颗种子一样跌倒,然后又长出来继续战斗……像一个树。

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。

A leaf turns in the wind, and you suddenly have a different perception of what colour it is.

一片树叶在风中旋转,你突然对它的颜色有了不同的认识。

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

你没有使一个人改变信仰,因为你使他沉默。

The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness.

一场激烈的争论所产生的唯一结果就是冷静。

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 the leaf; is a whisper to the living.

落叶;是对活人的耳语。

Insects do not nest in a busy door-hinge.

昆虫不会在繁忙的门铰链上筑巢。

The verdict of the world is conclusive.

世界的裁决是决定性的。