A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
出生
Birth
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
他生活得并不坏，他的生与死一直为世人所忽视。
I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
我有一种冲动，就像一头怀孕的大象，想要离开去生一本书。
What is this talked-of mystery of birth But being mounted bareback on the earth?
这是什么——关于出生的神秘 可是光着身子骑在地上呢?
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
佛陀在生与死之间自由自在地移动，随意出现与消失。
They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.
他们应该在你出生的时候告诉你:要有一颗旅行箱般的心，准备好去旅行。
We learn from experience. A man never wakes up his second baby just to see it smile.
我们从经验中学习。一个男人永远不会醒来，他的第二个孩子只是看到它的微笑。
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
我们的诞生不过是死亡的开始，正如蜡烛一旦着了火就会熄灭。
TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains.
电视给每个人一个图像，但是广播在一百万个大脑中产生一百万个图像。
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
他们跨着坟墓生下孩子，光闪烁了片刻，然后又是黑夜。
He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech.
他在几周的时间里为一个短语或一行诗添砖加瓦，然后在一次演讲中孕育了它。
The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
我出生时的两大优势是天生聪明和出身贫寒。
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
生孩子是一件可怕的事;一个人所生的孩子，即使受了伤，也没有什么可恨的。
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Those who give birth to nincompoop it's not their wish.
那些生下笨蛋的人这不是他们的愿望。
I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.
我出生时大脑受到轻微损伤，我希望像我这样的人明白，他们不应该让残疾成为障碍。我想提高人们的意识——我想把我的残疾变成能力。
Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is like a child. It takes two years after its birth. You have to take care of it. It starts walking, and then speaking.
每次我写小说的时候，我都至少有两年的时间确信这是最后一部，因为小说就像一个孩子。它在出生后两年。你必须照顾好它。它开始走路，然后说话。
Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.
出生和死亡;我们都在这两个未知数之间徘徊。
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.
出生是一扇窗户的突然打开，透过它你可以看到一个惊人的前景。发生了什么事?一个奇迹。你没有拿任何东西来交换一切的可能性。
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.
现在，我要告别我出生的国家，告别我的激情，告别我的死亡;这个国家的不幸激起了我的同情——我试图平息它的派系——我促使它的智慧达到一个崇高的目标——它的自由一直是我致命的梦想。