It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

  • -- Theodore Parker 希欧多尔·帕克

一个人只做一件事的仆人是很可悲的;他的男子气概全被过度的工作所消耗了。

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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

无论如何,我决不会说我丢了这样一件东西,但我已经把它找回来了。你的孩子死了吗?这是一种回报。你妻子死了吗?这是一种回报。你的财产被剥夺了吗?这不也是一种回报吗?

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.

在我看来,他似乎只是在生活,在合理地利用生活,他给自己安排了一些严肃的工作,并为一项出色而巧妙地完成的任务寻求荣誉。

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

我们所有的追求,从童年到成年,只不过是一些大小不一的琐事,与我们的年龄和观点成正比。

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.

当你寻求上帝的深处时,你就会寻求男子气概的高度。

I know I did the right thing, but no one would ever understand.

我知道我做的是对的,但没有人会理解。

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

我是国王忠实的仆人,但我是上帝的第一个仆人。

The Mind: a beautiful servant, a dangerous master.

心灵:一个美丽的仆人,一个危险的主人。

Make voyages! Attempt them! There's nothing else.

使航行!尝试他们!没有什么别的。