As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.

  • -- William Drummond 德拉蒙德

因为我们在进入这生活时没有任何意愿,所以我们在离开这生活时也不应该假定任何意愿,而应该清醒地学习他的意愿。

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For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn.

为了论证和说明,我假定某些日常饮食习惯,无论在青年时期多么有益,在老年时期却有害无益,就像豆子对马一样,马的日常饮食就是干草和玉米。

I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you become a snob, your own worse critic. You edit yourself in a way that is non-creative.

我喜欢保留一些原始的抽象思想,因为问题是,当你拿起笔的时候,你会变成一个势利小人,一个更糟糕的批评家。你以一种非创造性的方式编辑自己。

Customers who have to come back and spend, or customers who just don't want the hassle of leaving - those are the ones who are most worth attracting.

那些不得不回来消费的顾客,或者那些不想麻烦离开的顾客——这些才是最值得吸引的。

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

每一个灵魂,无论如何被净化和保护,邪恶似乎都和上帝一样拥有进入的自由。

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

我太实际了,不敢贸然从事喜剧事业。