Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

  • -- John Donne 约翰·唐恩

任何人的死亡都使我渺小,因为我与人类息息相关;因此,永远不要派人去打听丧钟为谁而鸣;它为你收费。

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I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion.

我相信人类不仅能忍受;他将获胜。他是不朽的,不是因为只有他在万物中有无穷无尽的发言权,而是因为他有灵魂,有善良和同情的精神。

Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite. Each will fade.

死亡和出生一样是偶然的,也常常是出人意料的。悲伤和快乐一样难以定义。都是有限的。每个会褪色。

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

明智的人首先要做的事情之一,就是知道自己什么时候被打败了,然后立即停止战斗。

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

当一个人死了,书中的一章没有被撕掉,而是被翻译成更好的语言。