We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.

  • -- Francis Parkman 弗朗西斯·帕克曼

我们四个人带着八只动物;因为除了我和肖牵着几匹备用的马之外,我们还牵了一头骡子作为后备,以防万一。

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You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.

你知道,当我还是个小孩子的时候,我躺在卧室里对自己发誓:‘我不抽烟也不喝酒。“我说过,当我还是个孩子的时候,我不会这么说。作为一个成年人,我将坚持这一点。我一生都牢记这一点。

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

当一个熟人经过我身边时,我常常从窗口退后一步,与其说是为了让他不费力地向我打招呼,还不如说是为了不让自己尴尬地看到他并没有这样做。

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

神秘主义是一个偶然的、个别的象征错误地成为一个普遍的象征。

What men call accident is God's own part.

人们所说的意外是上帝自己的一部分。