A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
八十
Eighty
The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island.
敏锐的人的悲痛并不是对一个女人八十多年的死亡的个人抱怨，而是包含了潜藏在岛上每一个本地人身上的全部激情的愤怒。
My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business.
我的观点是，就像许多企业一样，品牌真的很重要。目标站点总是有一个角色。八千万用户来到我们的目的地。我认为这将是我们未来业务的绝大部分。
When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
当我年轻的时候，我对普鲁塔克所说的老卡托在八十岁时开始学希腊语感到惊讶。我不再感到惊讶了。老年人愿意承担年轻人逃避的任务，因为这些任务耗时太长。
Presently I shall be introduced as ‘this venerable old gentleman’ and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of ‘grand old man’. That means on our continent any one with snow-white hair who has kept out of jail till eighty.
不久，我将被介绍为“这位德高望重的老先生”，当他们把我提升到“德高望重的老先生”的地位时，斧头就会掉下来。这意味着在我们的大陆上，任何一个有着雪白头发的人都能在监狱里呆到八十岁。
The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.
前者在他的长统袜里有六英尺零一英寸长，身上没有一磅赘肉，却有一百八十磅重。后者比他的对手矮一英寸，轻十磅;但他是这两个人中最活跃的。
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A man may die old at thirty and young at eighty.
一个人可能在三十岁时老去，八十岁时年轻。
One may study calligraphy at eighty.
八十岁可以学书法。
A man as he manages himself may die old at thirty, or young at eighty.
一个人如他所管理自己，可能在三十岁时老去，也可能在八十岁时年轻。
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
二十岁时是孔雀，三十岁时是狮子，四十岁时是骆驼，五十岁时是蛇，六十岁时是狗，七十岁时是猿，八十岁时什么都不是。
My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.
我祖母八十多岁了，仍然不需要眼镜。直接从瓶子里喝。
Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life, eighty turn out to be charlatans, fifteen insane, and only five, maybe, get a glimpse of the real truth. Therefore beware.
在一百个从事精神生活的人当中，有八十人是江湖骗子，十五人是疯子，也许只有五个人能看到真正的真相。因此要小心。