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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

使一个破产的人烦恼的与其说是贫穷，还不如说是矫饰——在骄傲的头脑和空虚的钱包之间挣扎——必须很快结束的空虚的表演。

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The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.

今天的基本断层线不是不同信仰的人之间的断层线，而是持有这些信仰的人之间的断层线，这些人的信仰带有不确定性，而持有这些信仰的人的信仰带有确定性。

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All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.

地球上的一切都在旧年的十月里指向家;水手出海，旅人筑墙筑篱，猎人到田野去打猎，猎犬长鸣，爱人已被他抛弃。

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The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.

伟大的医生都是从泥路和贫困中接受教育的，而不是大理石地板和地基。

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Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

我表现出来的大部分自信，尤其是受到午间酒的影响时，只是一种伪装。

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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

我向上帝的祭坛发誓，永远反对任何形式的对人类思想的暴政。

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The hardest thing to bear in poverty is the fact that it makes men ridiculous.

贫穷最让人难以忍受的是它让人变得可笑。

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Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.

未耕的田地使人肚子瘪;未读的书使人空虚。

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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.

你必须努力活下去，尽你所能地为他人服务。

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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.

电影对我来说是一场斗争——它们来之不易。

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Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

让你的大脑独处，看看会发生什么。

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