It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

  • -- Herodotus 希罗多德

勇敢地冒着被我们所预料的一半灾祸所害的危险,总比因为害怕可能发生的事情而胆怯地无精打采要好。

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Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

不要说荣誉是勇敢的产物,也不要相信只有生命的危险才能为它付出代价:它不在于行动,而在于行动的方式。

When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.

当我准备按下视图相机上的电缆释放键时,我试着去预测我在暗室将会遇到的一些挑战。

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.

我们说一个带着娃娃的女孩期待着妈妈的到来。也许,更真实的情况是,大多数母亲仍然只是带着玩具的孩子。