In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

总而言之,我们做或不做任何事情的真正原因,不是死亡,不是流放,不是痛苦,也不是任何这类事情,而是我们内心的想法和原则。

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In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.

每一个士兵都有责任反思过去的经验,努力在自己的行动领域内发现在不久的将来切实可行的改进之处。

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

尽到自己职责的最糟糕之处在于,它显然不适合做任何其他事情。

I think all of us are shaped by the choices we make.

我认为我们所有人都是由我们所做的选择所塑造的。

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

我永远不会在一部大型动作大片中扮演角色。