All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

  • -- Anatole France 阿纳托尔·法朗士

所有的变化,即使是最渴望的变化,都有其忧郁之处;因为我们留下的是我们自身的一部分;我们必须先死一种生命,才能进入另一种生命。

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I don't know how many lions and leopards I've shot. I've shot two elephants, which was enough - never again. It's a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It's like shooting an old man.

我不知道我射过多少狮子和豹子。我已经射杀了两头大象,这就够了——再也不会了。猎象是一件令人伤感和感动的事。这就像射杀一个老人。

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

我们与他人不和睦,是因为我们与自己不和睦;我们与自己不和睦,是因为我们与上帝不和睦。

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.

说我们双方都同意强迫,并不是说我们必须享受强迫,甚至假装享受强迫。

We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.

我们不能让自己偏离轨道,不管发生什么,我们必须坚持我们的自然游戏。

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

毕业典礼是欢乐的时刻。这也是一个忧郁的时刻。但话说回来,生活也是如此。

We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.

我们必须说正方形和数字一样多。

I'm so involved in melancholy.

我沉浸在忧郁中。