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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

  • -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗

年老时的忠告是愚蠢的;因为，有什么比我们越接近旅程的终点，就为道路增加给养更荒唐的事呢?

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In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

尽管如此，我仍然相信人的内心是善良的。我不能把我的希望建立在混乱、痛苦和死亡的基础上。

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We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

我们买威士忌的钱比我们买酒的钱还多;毕竟，这是一项非常有利可图的投资。

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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

我们所有人都未能实现完美的梦想。因此，我对我们的评价是基于我们出色地完成了不可能完成的任务。

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A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen.

一个好的家是必须建造的，而不是买来的。最后，并不是轨道照明或阳光房将光线带入厨房。

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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.

除非每个人的产出都超过他所获得的，增加他的产出，否则他的产出就会比其他人少。

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If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

如果在长途旅行的开始就知道所有的困难，我们大多数人就永远不会出发了。

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

一种观点被广泛接受，这一事实并不能证明它不是完全荒谬的。

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I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.

我是一名经济学家。我知道有效的是购买力的永久性增长。

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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

人喜爱愚昧人，是因他们的愚昧;喜爱智慧人，是因他们的智慧。

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The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.

路中间就是白线所在的地方——这是最不适合开车的地方。

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We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

我们把更多的精力放在帮助人们进入老年，而不是帮助他们享受老年生活。

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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

老朋友的好处之一就是你可以和他们一起做傻事。

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Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

信徒们，抬起头来，鼓起勇气。天使比你想象的更近。

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No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

没有人不经过准备就能做一篇好的演讲。

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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

初恋的魔力在于我们不知道它会结束。

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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

怀疑不是令人愉快的条件，但肯定是荒谬的。

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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

宽恕敌人比宽恕朋友容易。

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The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

这条路对我来说是新的，就像以前一样，这条路是要回去的。

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"Someone questions are more important than answers."

“有些人的问题比答案更重要。”

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Every step begins a journey, and this one is for us.

每一步都是一段旅程的开始，而这一步是属于我们的。

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No one loves you more than me and no one ever will.

没有人比我更爱你，也没有人会比我更爱你。

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I've been playing since I was eight years old.

我从八岁就开始打篮球了。

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

梦想是我们性格的试金石。

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Dare to wear the foolish clown face.

敢于戴着愚蠢的小丑面具。

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