A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
刺
Thorn
A thorn comes into the world point foremost.
一根刺插进世界的尖端最重要。
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
他在玫瑰花坛的荆棘丛中忏悔。
A thorn defends the rose harming only those who would steal the blossom.
刺保护玫瑰，只伤害那些想偷花的人。
Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.
意识不仅仅是刺，它是肉体上的匕首。
It is folly to take a thorn out of another's foot and put it into your own.
从别人的脚上取下一根刺来刺自己的脚，这是愚蠢的。
I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food.
我从来没有发现过这种或北方伯劳返回这样的猎物的食物。后来我见过它们落在同一棵荆棘上，但从来没有吃过这种食物。