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。
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
变老是强制性的;成长是可以选择的。
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
单身汉有良心,已婚男人有妻子。
A horse which is tamed at forty is only good for resurrection day.
一匹马在四十岁时被驯服,只有在复活日才有用。
Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
罗密欧的死来得正是时候。对我来说,这是一辆合适的车。
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
一个读者在他死之前经历了一千次生命。从不读书的人只活一次。
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
对于那些不快乐的人来说,每一次都是第一次;幸福从来不会成为一种习惯。
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
悠闲的生活和懒惰的生活是两回事。坟墓里会有足够的睡眠。
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
在人际关系和所有任务中,我们似乎必须只专注于最重要的事情。
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
从最伟大的国家联盟到市镇会议或法衣室,从来没有存在过一种不互相争吵的人的联盟。
Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.
只有当我们每一个人和每一个国家都学会爱全人类的秘密时,世界才会成为一个伟大的管弦乐队,跟随最伟大的指挥家的节拍。
Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.
有人跳过房租,留下了一架巨大的立式钢琴,钢琴搬进了我们的公寓,这样其他公寓就可以租出去了。我喜欢上了它,并开始玩。
A churl knows not the work of spurs.
蠢货不知马刺的厉害。