All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.

  • -- Zhuangzi 庄子

所有存在的事物都是一个整体。我们把美丽而稀有的东西看作有价值的东西,把丑陋而丑陋的东西看作污秽而腐朽的东西。污秽而腐朽的东西可以变成稀有而有价值的东西,稀有而有价值的东西可以变成污秽而腐朽的东西。

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I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.

我认为描述存在的东西是无用和乏味的,因为存在的东西都不能满足我。大自然是丑陋的,比起那些微不足道的东西,我更喜欢我想象中的怪物。

I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.

我以前被解雇过,这是一个可怕的打击;冗余是个烂词,因为它让你觉得自己一无是处。

Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.

致力于终生学习。你所拥有的最有价值的资产就是你的头脑和你所投入的。

Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.

我所做过的所有有价值的事情都是我不敢尝试的。

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

无论真爱有多珍贵,它都比不上真正的友谊。

Drive not too many ploughs at once, some will make foul work.

一次不要开太多的犁,有些会弄脏的。

Our best yesterdays are now a foul pile of crumpled names.

我们最好的昨天现在都是一堆乱七八糟的名字。

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

很少有人不伤害无依无靠的人。

A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.

自行车改变了我对伦敦的体验。

In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.

在生活中,人们有时会做出糟糕的交易。

Too ugly for one day.

一天太丑了。