A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
事故
Accident
I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
我只知道需要几周的时间才能恢复,就像经历了一场车祸一样。
Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people.
自从那次事故以后,我更加关心别人的痛苦。
I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.
我并不真的认为自己是小说家,那只是纯属偶然。
Love is more like an accident than a plan. It's more of a question than an answer.
爱情与其说是计划不如说是意外。这与其说是一个答案,不如说是一个问题。
Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.
神秘主义是一个偶然的、个别的象征错误地成为一个普遍的象征。
A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
好的风格不应该表现出努力的迹象。所写的应该是一个愉快的意外。
The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man.
科学的偶然原因只是相对于人的智力而言的偶然。
I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
我做任何事情都不是偶然的,我的任何发明都不是偶然的;他们是通过工作来的。
I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall.
我不想死于车祸。当我死的时候,那将是美好的一天。可能会形成瀑布。
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
名望是一种蒸汽,名望是一种意外,财富会随风而逝。只有一件事是永恒的,那就是品格。
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
我做任何值得做的事都不是偶然的,我的任何发明都不是偶然的;他们是通过工作来的。
There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.
我一生中发生过两件大事。一个是电车,另一个是迭戈。迭戈是迄今为止最糟糕的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
高贵的勇敢是命运的偶然;高尚的行为是伟人的特征。
We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.
我们四个人带着八只动物;因为除了我和肖牵着几匹备用的马之外,我们还牵了一头骡子作为后备,以防万一。
One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
一个人必须重复做同样的事情十次,一百次。在艺术中,没有什么像意外,甚至运动也不像。
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.
据说,一个发现是偶然遇到一个有准备的头脑。
An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.
无神论者是相信自己是个意外的人。
My life is a big accident, so where I end up, I think it's all accidents.
我的人生是一场大事故,所以我的结局,我认为都是意外。