A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
动物
Animal
The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.
人类动物与灵长类动物不同之处在于它对列表的热情。
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
一只黑猫横穿过你的道路意味着这只动物要去某个地方。
Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.
人是一种会使用工具的动物。没有工具,他什么也不是;有了工具,他就是一切。
Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
生活史告诉你关于动物你需要知道的一切。
We have people who are healers and those who posses a certain animal magnetism.
我们有些人是治疗师,有些人具有某种动物的吸引力。
Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.
人类是我唯一彻底而又怯懦地害怕的动物。
The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.
激发这种显现的精神或生命火花可以被称为上帝。
The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying.
猫有九条命:三条是用来玩的,三条是用来走失的,三条是用来留下来的。
Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.
我们的潜意识并不比我们的意识更像动物,它往往更像人类。
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.
人是唯一一种动物,他自己的存在就是他必须解决的问题。
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.
人类对其后代感情的自然期限是六年。
In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.
简而言之,动物和植物的线,在上面发散得很广,在下面连接成一个圈。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
只有当受者没有权力的时候,人类真正的善良,就其全部的纯洁和自由,才能显现出来。
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
经验要求人是唯一一种吞噬同类的动物,因为我无法用更温和的词来形容富人对穷人的普遍掠夺。
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
对动物的同情与善良的性格密切相关;可以肯定地说,虐待动物的人不可能是好人。
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
动物所处的时代比人类聪明;但是他们的智慧局限于一些细节,而且局限在一个非常狭窄的范围内。
Man has been adjudged a social animal.
人类被判定为社会性动物。
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
做一个好动物,忠于你的动物本能。