In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

在文明生活中,一个人的幸福,甚至几乎是他的生存,在很大程度上取决于他的同胞的意见,他不断地扮演着一个研究的角色。

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To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,

我所知道的最好的智慧,就是根据当时的情况,用常识行事;最好的哲学是尽自己的责任,顺其自然,恭敬地服从自己的命运;上帝保佑赐予我们如此多幸福的善良,

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication -- particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials.

从我们有了交流的那一刻起,文明就开始发展了——尤其是海上的交流,使人们能够从彼此身上获得灵感和想法,并交换基本的原材料。

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

我非常讨厌和它在一起;我认为艺术家总是与他的时代格格不入。

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

我们通常对自己的观点、印象和判断过于自信。

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

我尽量不要有太多的意见;我只是对我们生活的世界感到惊奇。

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

随着文明的进步,诗歌几乎必然会衰落。