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。
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
直到公平如大水滚滚而下,公义如江河滔滔。
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话,直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能,如果你听从它,都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。
Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.
鲸鱼只有在浮出水面时才会被鱼叉叉住,海龟只有在伸出脖子时才会向前移动,但投资者无论如何都要面临风险。
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
信念是黎明前黑暗时仍能感觉到光明的鸟。
The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
获得一段成功恋情的秘诀很简单:你应该把所有的灾难都当作小事来对待,但绝不要把小事当作灾难来对待。
A man's best friends are his ten fingers
人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指
One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.
是故百战百胜,非善之善者也;不战而屈人之兵,善之善者也。
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
我描绘自己的现实。我所知道的唯一一件事是,我画画是因为我需要,我画任何穿过我脑袋的东西,没有任何其他的考虑。
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
幸福是可以找到的,即使在最黑暗的时候,只要一个人记得打开灯。
A big tree attracts the gale.
树大招风。
I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
我认为每个人都应该上大学,拿到学位,然后做六个月的酒保和六个月的出租车司机。这样他们才会真正受到教育。
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child.
说实话,很少有成年人能看到大自然。大多数人看不到太阳。至少他们的视觉很肤浅。太阳只照亮男人的眼睛,却照亮了孩子的眼睛和心灵。