A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
坟墓
Grave
Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.
听!坟墓里传来一阵凄凉的声音。
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
光荣的道路只通向坟墓。
I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
我讨厌这个地方。我恨死它了。
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
我的半辈子已经把另一半送进了坟墓。
May you live to see the green grass growing over your grave.
愿你活着看到你的坟墓上长着绿草。
I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave.
我认为退休是走向坟墓的第一步。
I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
我不选择趁我还活着的时候把我的坟墓挖出来。
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
他现在只要有一座坟墓就够了,即使全世界的人也不够了。
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
他们说在坟墓里有和平,和平和坟墓是一体的。
An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
天使的手臂不能把我从坟墓中拉出来;天使军团不能把我限制在那里。
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
大多数人过着平静的绝望的生活,带着歌声进入坟墓。
I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.
我一直想写一些图文并茂的东西,而细枝末节终于给了我这个机会。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.
我认为,在保护我们的基本自由和公民自由的同时,成功地满足我们的国家安全需要,需要国会继续进行监督。
Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
野心对所有人来说只有一个奖赏:一点点权力,一点点短暂的名声;一个可以安息的坟墓,一个逐渐消逝的名字!
We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.
我们喜欢安全:我们喜欢教皇在信仰问题上绝对正确,严肃的医生在道德问题上绝对正确,这样我们才能感到放心。
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
我们为婴孩的坟墓哭泣,为因死离我们而去的婴孩的坟墓哭泣;但是早睡早起可能是通往天堂的捷径。
We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.
我们应该为年老做好准备,这样,这个世界就不会迫切需要从对下一个世界的冥想中吸收老年。看到老态龙钟的瘦削的手在坟墓上做棺材是可怕的。
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
一个严肃的傻瓜应该总是和一个活泼的傻瓜在一起——他们互相展示自己的优点。