Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

每一本书都是一句名言;每一所房子都是森林、矿山和采石场的报价单;每个人都是他祖先的语录。

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The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

岸边的白色云杉林是这里最令人振奋、最壮丽的地方。沿着梯田斜坡向下,一直到冲积土的水边,它是成行排列的。

The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

我用我的钱做的最好的一件事就是给我的家人买了一栋房子。你一觉醒来,发现自己爱上了一所房子,感觉自己像个什么人。

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.

我们都有义务每五年在董事会上露面,为我们的存在辩护……否则将被清算。

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

烈士不能受辱。每一鞭都是名誉的舌头;每座监狱都有一个更辉煌的住所。

A plaster house, a horse at grass, a friend in words, are all mere glass.

灰泥房子,草地上的马,言语上的朋友,都不过是玻璃。

It is very well to be able to write a book, but can you waggle your ears?

能写书固然好,但你能动动耳朵吗?

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

自己写文章的人比自己写书的人更聪明。