A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

人是败坏的神。当人是清白的时候,生命就会更长久,就会进入不朽,就像我们轻轻地从梦中醒来一样。

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It is my hope that during my brief passage through this universe, that I may share with you the joy of hearing the music of the stars... knowing that the composer was from a distant place and the songs were written eons ago, which now fall gently on this place for all to hear.

我希望在我这短暂的宇宙之旅中,我能与你们分享聆听星星音乐的喜悦……我知道这位作曲家来自一个遥远的地方,这些歌是很久以前写的,现在轻轻地落在这个地方,让所有人都能听到。

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.

令人好奇的是,一个人是如何本能地保护自己的形象不受偶像崇拜或任何其他可能使其变得荒谬的处理,或太不像最初的被相信了。

Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!

轻轻地抚摸我们,时间!让我们沿着你的溪流轻轻地滑行吧,就像我们有时滑过宁静的梦境一样!

When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.

当一个人被发现的罪行比他被怀疑的要轻时,他就被认为是比他实际上更无辜。

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.

英雄未必比任何人都勇敢。他们只是多了五分钟的勇气。

I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world.

我是一个非常认真的年轻人,非常致力于拯救世界。

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

重要的不是你付给一个人多少钱,而是他让你付出了什么。

It takes one second to ruin a woman's life.

毁掉一个女人的一生只需要一秒钟。

I didn't kill innocent people.

我没有杀害无辜的人。