A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
更好
Better
Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.
传统上,样品总是比你送到商店的库存好。
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
过去看起来总是比过去好。只是因为它不在这里才令人愉快。
I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
我衡量的是一个人,而不是他的头衔;不是国王的印章能使金属更好。
On a two week road trip I know I can get by better with no underwear than no laptop.
在为期两周的自驾游中,我知道不穿内衣也比没有笔记本电脑要好。
It will get better one day. The pain will go away. Keep your head up, you're lovely.
总有一天会好起来的。疼痛会消失的。抬起头来,你很可爱。
I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
如果我坐下来思考几个月的角色,我会做得更好。
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?
还有什么比夜间做梦更好的综合模型呢?梦想很简单,不是吗?
It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
不属于自己的,就拿去吧,总比置之不理强。
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
以笑代眼泪,强如以笑代眼泪,因为笑是人的本性。
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
宁可为你的本来面目而被恨,也不要为你的本来面目而被爱。
I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
我喜欢认为随着年龄的增长我变得越来越好,但也许离别会让两颗心变得更亲密。
I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.
比起舞台,我更喜欢电影。比起表演,我更喜欢排练。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You are doing better than you think you are.
你做得比你想象的要好。
All life is an experiment the more experiments you make the better.
生活就是一个实验,你做的实验越多越好。
If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.
如果一个人不能在没有任何刺激物的情况下做脑力劳动,他最好转向手工劳动。
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
期限是消极的激励。不过,这总比没有灵感好。
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was and the present worse than it is.
人们发现很难快乐的原因是他们总是看到过去比过去更好,现在比过去更糟。
The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.
最环保的房子是你没有建造的。如果你真的想拯救地球,那就搬到另一个家庭,和他们一起住在已经建好的房子里。更好的是,住在森林里,吃松鼠不想吃的任何东西。