A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子，读进生活里。
一句英文，一种视角。慢慢读，总有一句与你共鸣。
I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.
我不认为哀叹世界现状有什么意义，除非你能想出什么办法来改善它。否则，就不要写书了;去找一个热带岛屿，躺在阳光下。
Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty; there is in us a superfluity of soul, which it is sweet to consecrate to the beautiful when the good has been accomplished.
毫无疑问，良心足以引导最冷酷的人走上美德之路;热情之于良知，犹如荣誉之于责任;我们身上有一种多余的灵魂，当美好的事物完成后，把它奉献给美丽的事物是很甜蜜的。
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
认识自己是一切智慧的开端。
It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had.
太让人精疲力竭了。这句话的意思是:“我过去所做的一切就是希望我能像他们那样取得成功。
A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.
一个朋友死了，你也死了。
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
一个考虑卡路里的美食家就像一个看表的蛋挞。
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
你不能通过遵守规则来学会走路。你从实践中学习，从跌倒中学习。
How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.
他们的嘴唇是怎么合在一起的?鸟儿是怎样歌唱的，雪花是怎样融化的，玫瑰是怎样绽放的，黎明是怎样在颤抖的山顶上树木的轮廓后面变白的?一个吻，一切都结束了。
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
蠢人的天堂是聪明人的地狱!
A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.
一部电影的成败完全取决于导演。
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
如果你愿意接受做你想做的事情的后果，那么愿意离开会给你力量和力量。
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.
侦探每周至少要看五次各种形式的死亡。