A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
比较
Comparison
A flow will have an ebb.
顺流必有退潮。
I'm OCD beyond comparison.
我有无可比拟的强迫症。
Comparison is the thief of joy.
攀比是快乐的大敌。
No man is happy but by comparison.
没有人不通过比较而幸福。
Better be a coward than foolhardy.
宁为懦夫,不为莽汉。
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
做蛇总比做继母好!
Each hajji goes to mecca his own way.
每个哈吉都以自己的方式去麦加。
Better a good dinner than a fine coat.
一顿好饭胜过一件好外套。
Baseball and malaria keep coming back.
棒球和疟疾不断卷土重来。
The oil can is mightier than the sword.
油罐比剑更强大。
Comparisons make enemies of our friends.
攀比是朋友的敌人。
I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.
我知道,但我今年过得比胡佛好。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.
对我来说,音乐是一种工具,把我们的痛苦带到表面,让它回到那个谦卑而温柔的地方,在那里,如果幸运的话,它可以失去愤怒,再次成为同情。
Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.
在体育运动中,比较是没有好处的,尤其是在不同的时代和时代之间的比较,因为有太多的变量在起作用,从对手的质量到比赛条件。
In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless.
与一个有爱心的人相比,其他一切都是毫无价值的。
Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
抽象是真实的,可能比自然更真实。
How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.
你箭袋中的箭,与罪恶的箭相比,是何等的钝。
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.
自然是一本字典;人们可以从中提取词语。