If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果这确实是达到我们所知道的最高目的的手段,那么任何工作都可以是卑贱的或令人厌恶的吗?难道它不更像是一个梯子,我们被翻译的方式?

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I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

我变得更好了。我更无私,更谦逊,让你意识到生活的真谛。你非常爱你的孩子,你只是想成为他们出色的榜样。它会让你的行为变得干净一点。

I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

我只是想说,有高质量的材料,当我们改变它们的时候,应该有一种方法来改变它们,这样你就可以庆祝这种改变,而不是“把它们混在一起”。

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

我宁愿坐在南瓜上独享一切,也不愿挤在天鹅绒垫子上。

Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.

让圣人如此谦卑,他将得到他的蜡烛。