A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
鉴于
Given
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
骄傲和炫耀所带来的，与其说是一种恩赐，不如说是一种抱负。
I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.
我不想说我把生命献给了艺术。我更愿意说艺术给了我生命。
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
艺术是大自然的右手。后者只给了我们生命，前者造就了我们人类。
You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.
你很大程度上制造了你的抑郁。它不是给你的。因此，你可以解构它。
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
我曾经听人对一个年轻人说过一句忠告:“永远做你害怕做的事。”
Sometimes we are only given few minutes to be with the one we love, and a thousand hours to think about them.
有时候，我们只有几分钟的时间和我们所爱的人在一起，却有一千小时的时间去想他们。
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
一个为国家流血牺牲的好人，事后会得到一笔公平的交易。
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
人类有了想象力来弥补他的不足;幽默的感觉来安慰他。
Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.
被动的不活动，因为你没有得到具体的指示去做这个或那个，是一个严重的缺陷。
If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
如果你给予能得到的，你就不是真正的给予。接受别人给你的，而不是你想要别人给你的。不能得到的就给予。
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
相信我，老年是一件美好而愉快的事情。诚然，你被轻轻地推下了舞台，但随后你作为观众得到了一个如此舒适的前排座位。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me.
在足球中，英雄和传奇的地位对我来说太容易了。
Eating words has never given me indigestion.
吃东西的话从来没有使我消化不良。
Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.
摇滚乐给予的可能比索取的要多。
I never would have given up my work to stay home.
我绝不会为了呆在家里而放弃我的工作。
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
上帝给了你一张脸，你却创造了另一张脸。
Fate is what you are given. Destiny is what you make of it.
命运是你被赋予的。命运是由你创造的。