A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
剑
Sword
A short sword for a brave man.
勇士的短剑。
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
美是力量;微笑是它的剑。
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
一把剑套着另一把剑。
The oil can is mightier than the sword.
油罐比剑更强大。
One sword keeps another in its scabbard.
一把剑的鞘里藏着另一把剑。
Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.
我说，把决斗带回来。驾车剑战。
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
一言一击，重于一刀一击。
As water runs towards the sword money towards the rich man's hand.
就像水奔向剑，钱奔向富人的手。
The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
最长的剑，最有力的肺，最响亮的声音，都是对真理的错误衡量。
At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.
无论如何，仲裁比诉诸武力更加理性、公正和人道。
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.
谁能从这块石头和铁砧上拔出这把剑，谁就是全英格兰的右翼国王。
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
诗是一把永不拔出鞘的闪电之剑，它吞掉了装它的鞘。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
世界上只有两种力量，剑和精神。从长远来看，剑总是会被精神所征服。
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
这把剑很漂亮。你看，我年纪太大，身体又虚弱，再也不能用剑了，但是我很高兴我的老母国没有完全忘记我。
I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.
我看过自己在演唱会上的照片，有时看起来像是在击剑，手里拿着吉他，而不是剑。
And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
每个人都面朝光明站着。用自己拔出的剑，准备做一个英雄所能做的。
I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
我到过悲伤的厨房，把所有的锅都吃光了。那时，我站在彩虹环绕的峰顶上，手里拿着竖琴和剑。