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。
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
在每个人的生活中,总有那么一段时间,我们内心的火焰熄灭了。然后,它会因为与另一个人的相遇而燃烧起来。我们都应该感谢那些重新点燃内在精神的人。
A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true.
他们所生活的那个时代的最高权威曾说过许多事情都是不真实的,荒谬的,甚至是不可能的。后来,甚至在很短的时间内,人们发现这些事情都是可能的,也是真实的。
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
创造力是拥有乐趣的智慧。
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
心绪不宁,枕边不安。
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.
我第一次读到一本优秀的作品,对我来说就像交了一个新朋友;当我读一本我以前读过的书时,它就像一本旧书的相遇。
When I give, I give myself.
当我付出时,我也付出自己。
I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me.
在这段时间里,我一直对司提反忠心耿耿,就像他向我保证的那样。
To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
对我来说,武术的非凡之处在于它的简单。简单的方法也是正确的方法,武术没什么特别的;越接近武术的真道,表达的浪费就越少。
A brick and a blanket aptly describe my former roommate.
砖头和毯子恰如其分地描述了我以前的室友。
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
每个人都知道如何抚养孩子,除了那些有孩子的人。
I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.
我守着我的职责,正直而真诚,努力把它做好;有一段时间可以看到天堂,也有一段时间可以避开地狱。
Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.
虽然我不知道别人应该做什么,但我知道我很幸运,我感到有责任以一种非常重要的方式回馈社会。