Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

我们所看见的,不是极近处的一个小斑点,能涂抹世界的荣耀,只留下我们看见那斑点的余地吗?我不知道有什么比自我更麻烦的了。

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To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.

要在另一个世界获得幸福,我们只需要相信一些事情,而要在这个世界获得幸福,我们必须做一些事情。

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

我们必须赢得那场比赛。但我们必须赢得每一场比赛,这是一直以来的方式。

You can travel the world and never leave your chair when you read a book.

你可以环游世界,读书时不离开椅子。

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

每一个民族的最大光荣来自它的作者。

Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves.

直到我们迷失了,我们才开始发现自己。

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

无风险的胜利等于无荣耀的胜利。