Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.

  • -- Edwin Louis Cole 埃德温·路易斯·科尔

我们的主从来没有定无花果树的罪,因为它结的果子甚多,有的落在地上坏了。他只是在它不生育的时候才诅咒它。

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How is it with you, that you do not fight in the way of God, and for the men, women, and children who, being abased, say, ‘Our Lord, bring us forth from this city whose people are evildoers, and appoint to us a protector from Thee?’

你们为何不奉神的道去争战呢?又为何不为那些卑贱的男女老少争战呢?他们说,我们的主阿,求你将我们从这城里领出来。

I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.

我认为,树叶,我们践踏过的最卑鄙的昆虫,其本身的论点比任何可以引证的论点都更具结论性,即某些巨大的智慧使无限充满活力。

Let all that i am praise the lord; may i never forget the good things he does for me.

凡我所认识的,都要称颂耶和华。愿我永远不会忘记他为我做的好事。

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side.

我从来没有翻过一张没有标价的遮羞布。

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

不记得过去的人注定要重蹈覆辙。

Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.

凡是不常见的东西都被谴责为异类。

A tree is best measured when it's down.

树倒下来的时候最容易测量。