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。
Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science.
随着科学的进步,人们的思想逐渐得到启发,从而促进思想自由。
I will remember the kisses our lips raw with love and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered you what was left of me.
我会记得我们的唇因爱而生涩,记得你给了我你所拥有的一切,记得我给了你我所剩下的一切。
Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.
黑人意识是一种心态和生活方式,是长期以来从黑人世界发出的最积极的呼唤。
Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.
对我来说,爵士乐是一种完整的生活方式。它比一个单词还大。它的力量比你能说的要大得多。这是你必须感觉到的。它是你必须生活的东西。
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.
历史的概念本身就意味着学者和读者。如果没有一代文明人来研究历史,保存历史记录,吸取历史教训,并把它们与自身的问题联系起来,历史也将失去其意义。
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them
顺境交朋友,逆境试真情
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
如此普遍地为人所知,却又如此孤独,真是奇怪。
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
在你明白之前,尽你所能做到最好。然后当你知道的更好,做得更好。
A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.
放在茶几上的披巾已经洗了一半,倒也不乱;它是一件艺术品。
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候,愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的,他的书是被人诵读的。’
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
我厌倦了爱;我更厌倦押韵;但是钱总是给我带来快乐。
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
在科学问题上,一千人的权威并不值得一个人的简单推理。