A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
事情
Things
Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.
现代人疯狂地想挣足够的钱去买那些他太忙而不能享受的东西。
All science is static in the sense that it describes the unchanging aspects of things.
所有的科学都是静态的,因为它描述了事物不变的方面。
I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.
我希望,我还有很长时间,还有很多事情我想做。
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.
婚姻可能是我们在这个世界上所知道的最接近天堂或地狱的事情。
But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable.
但是有时候我认为你必须尝试做人们认为做不到的事情。
For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes.
对于年轻人来说,每过一个生日,大多数事情的愤怒就会激增。
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
如果我们都做了我们能做的事情,我们会让自己大吃一惊。
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
满了东西,就是空了神。空无一物就是满有上帝。
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
伟大的事情不是靠一时的冲动做成的,而是由一系列的小事汇集而成的。
The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
宇宙中充满了神奇的东西,耐心地等待着我们变得更聪明。
Good things, by their nature, are fleeting. It’s those that bring us grief that linger.
美好的事物本质上都是转瞬即逝的。正是那些带给我们挥之不去的悲伤。
Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it's much too painful.
感情用事是和平时期的奢侈。在战时,这太痛苦了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
留给我们的最冒险的事情之一就是上床睡觉。因为没有人能阻止我们的梦想。
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.
白天做梦的人能领悟许多事情,而那些只在夜里做梦的人却未能察觉。
You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.
除非你主动询问,否则你不会听到关于你公司的不好的事情。听到好消息很容易,但是你必须努力才能听到坏消息。
I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
我真的没有过那种激动人心的生活。有很多事情我希望我能做,而不是坐在那里抱怨有一个无聊的生活。所以我很喜欢编造。我宁愿讲一个关于别人的故事。
As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.
诗歌不是一种职业,而是一种徒劳无益的游戏。没有一个诚实的诗人能对他所写的东西的永久价值有十足的把握:他可能白白浪费了时间,把生活搞得一团糟。
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
有三样东西不能长久隐藏:太阳、月亮和真理。