Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.

  • -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼

从前站在前的,当退到后;从前站在后的,当进到前。顽固的人,愚顽的人,污秽的人,当推陈出新。

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I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer.

我曾希望董事会能够接受汉恩提出的为俱乐部回购球场的贷款,因为我认为这将是延续剑桥联队悠久传统的最好方式——而且这是一个慷慨的提议。

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?

为什么你要急着移除任何伤害你眼睛的东西,而如果有什么东西影响了你的灵魂,你就把治疗推迟到明年?

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

对我来说,争论就是我呼吸的空气。无论提出什么主张,我都不能不相信对方,不能不为它辩护。

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

当我讲完后,艾灵顿公爵站了起来,开始鼓掌。

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

如果我事先把一切都计划好了,我就不会感到无聊了。

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.

为了战胜恐惧,行动起来。为了增加恐惧——等待,推迟。

I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot.

我不会当着别人的面摔门,我也不是偏执狂。

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

聪明人立刻做蠢人最后做的事。

I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.

我没有什么革命性的,甚至是新颖的东西可以提供。

From where they stood, they could see the castle.

从他们站的地方,他们可以看到城堡。

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

一个好的模特能使时装流行十年。

A wise man may learn of a fool.

智者可向愚者学习。