A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
仅仅是
Merely
The Public is merely a multiplied "me."
公众只是一个成倍增长的“我”。
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
生活不仅仅是活着，而是要活得好。
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
感激之情不过是希望得到进一步的恩惠。
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
皱纹应该只是微笑的痕迹。
You can't cross the sea merely by staring at the water.
你不能仅仅靠盯着水过河。
Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
丈夫永远不会变好;他们只是变得熟练。
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
艺术家从来没有真正完成他的作品，他只是放弃了它。
History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.
历史不仅触及语言，而且发生在语言之中。
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
雄心壮志的实质不过是梦想的影子。
Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.
有些人认为他们只是在担心时才会集中注意力。
I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.
我不会仅仅因为一位女性是女性就让她去国会。
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
对大多数人来说，感激之情不过是一种获得进一步恩惠的隐秘希望。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
重要的是什么都不要期待，把每一次经历，包括那些消极的经历，都当作是在人生道路上迈出的一步，然后继续前进。
Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
昂贵的广告用暗示和图像来吸引我们。普通的只是说，买。
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
没有什么是不可能的;有很多方法可以通向一切，如果我们有足够的意志，我们就应该有足够的手段。我们说事情是不可能的，往往只是为了找个借口。
To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.
对大多数有观点的人来说，上电视本身就是一件好事。
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.
所有的道德法则都只是说明某种行为会产生好的效果。
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
最高的教育不仅给我们信息，而且使我们的生活与所有的存在和谐一致。