A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
不能
Cannot
The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
科学认识的上帝必须是唯一具有普遍规律的上帝,是从事批发而不是零售业务的上帝。他不能使他的程序适应个人的方便。
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
经济萧条不能通过立法行动或行政声明来治愈。经济创伤必须通过经济主体的细胞- -生产者和消费者本身- -的行动来愈合。
I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.
我不得不认为,如果人类能够使自己熟悉这样一种观念,即他们是一段时间内与肉体结合的灵魂,而灵魂又是一段时间内与肉体结合的灵魂,那将是一大步。
I have a certain sensibility that I bring to my writing that comes from knowing two things: what I as a reader like to read, and what as a writer I am capable of. I know my own limits. I know there are things I cannot do.
我对写作有一种特定的情感,它来自于我知道两件事:作为一个读者,我喜欢读什么;作为一个作家,我能做什么。我知道自己的极限。我知道有些事我做不到。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.
当你排名很高的时候,你唯一不能做的就是放松。
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
现代性是启蒙运动的产物,但当人们意识到一个好的社会是无法靠理性实现的时候,现代性就失败了。
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
我们都知道关于人权法案的故事…关于不能被驱逐出境的非法移民,我不是在瞎编,因为他有一只宠物猫。
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
如果你听到内心有个声音说:“你不会画画”,那就一定要画画,然后那个声音就会消失。
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
我相信想象力。我看不到的远比我能看到的重要得多。
I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.
我认为你通过文学所能发现的东西是无法用言语表达的。所以我想这可能是我十几岁时最有价值的特点。