A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
孤独
Solitude
People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
讨厌独处的人可能也同样讨厌有人陪伴。
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
最可怕的孤独是缺乏真诚的友谊。
Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.
独处能让你意识到那些失去的小乐趣。
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
如果你能选择避开的人,独处是最理想的。
Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.
孤独告诉我们应该怎样;社会向我们展示了我们是什么。
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。
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
在孤独中,心灵获得力量,学会依靠自己。
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
喜欢独处的人不是野兽就是神。
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
孤独是自我的贫乏;孤独是自我的丰富。
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
我从未找到过比独处更好的伴侣。
There are three things a man must do alone. Be born, die, and testify.
一个人必须独自做三件事。生,死,作证。
Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.
孤独本质上是发现和接受我们的独特性。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
有时候,你筑起高墙并不是为了把人们挡在门外,而是为了看看谁足够在乎把他们推倒。
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sign that you will recognize it.
不要让自己被任何感情所束缚。保持你的孤独。如果真有那么一天,当你得到真爱的时候,你内心的孤独和友谊之间就不会有对立,反之亦然。即使是这个绝对正确的信号,你也会认出它来。
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.
写作是一项孤独的职业。家庭、朋友和社会是作家的天敌。如果他想要维持并完成一项事业,他必须是一个人,不受打扰,有点野蛮。
Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.
孤独,虽然像光一样沉默,却像光一样,是最强大的中介;因为独处对人是必不可少的。所有的人都是独自来到这个世界上,然后离开它。
There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
有一种友谊,甚至比孤独更宁静,如果正确地理解,那就是使孤独变得完美。
Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
孤独珍视伟大的美德,摧毁渺小的美德。