If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果一个人每天有一半的时间是为了爱他们而在树林里散步,那么他就有可能被认为是一个游手好闲的人。但如果他把自己的时间花在投机上,在她之前砍掉那些树木,让地球光秃秃的,他就被认为是一个勤奋进取的公民。

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As things are now going the peace we make, what peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace in brief.without moral purpose or human interest.

随着事态的发展,我们所缔造的和平,我们似乎正在缔造的和平,将是石油的和平,黄金的和平,航运的和平,简言之,和平。没有道德目的或人类利益。

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This forces you to try new cuisines.

闭上眼睛,把手指放在地图上。无论它落在哪里,这就是今晚的主题。很多时候,我们满足于常规的菜肴。这迫使你尝试新的烹饪方法。

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

对于那些富有的人来说,没有什么比想象别人是如何陷入贫困更困难的了。

Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

通常,当我完成一次售书之旅时,我已经对这本书感到厌倦了。

Covetousness is never satisfied till its mouth is filled with earth.

贪婪之心,非满了土,永不知足。

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

欲望、无知和不平等——这是束缚的三位一体。

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.

地球飞船上没有乘客。我们都是船员。

A rosy face in the morning, white bones in the evening.

早晨是红润的脸庞,晚上是白骨。