Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

  • -- Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀

人的本性是如此倾向于那些处于有趣处境的人,因此,一个年轻人,不管他是结婚了还是去世了,肯定会被人亲切地谈论。

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It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.

在我看来,如果你或我必须在两种思想或行动之间做出选择,我们应该记住我们的死亡,并努力活着,使我们的死亡不会给世界带来快乐。

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.

传道的目的,是要不断地提醒世人,他们常常忘记的事;不是为了提供智力,而是为了加强人类意志的软弱。

We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

我们遇见霍尔博士时,他沉浸在深深的悲痛之中,不是他的母亲,就是他的妻子,或者他自己一定已经去世了。

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

在人类的进化过程中,始终存在着一定程度的社会一致性。