Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

  • -- Eleanor Roosevelt 埃莉诺·罗斯福

人一生中最幸福的时期大概是中年,那时青年的热切的激情冷却了,老年的疾病还没有开始;正如我们所看到的,影子在早晨和晚上都是那么大,到了中午几乎完全消失了。

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What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

那么什么是悲剧呢?在伊丽莎白时代,人们认为以死亡结尾的戏剧是一场悲剧,但近年来,我们开始明白,活着有时比死亡更悲惨。

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

认为青春是一生中最快乐的时光的想法是建立在一种谬论的基础上的。最快乐的人是那些能想到最有趣想法的人,随着年龄的增长,我们会变得更快乐。

Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.

有时候,那个能让你最快乐的人,就是那个耐心等待的人。

A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.

怀石料理饭就是这样的,在很长一段时间内都是很小的一道菜。