A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
凡人
Mortal
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
对于繁荣,凡人永远不会满足。
All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
所有的人都认为所有的人都会死,除了他们自己。
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
所有的人都认为,除了他们自己,所有的人都会死。
A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
投手必须视击球手为死敌。
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
哦,凡人,有什么是你不能相信的吗?
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.
我们都是凡人,直到第一个吻和第二杯酒。
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
每当神想彻底摧毁一座房子时,他就会在他的罪中植入致命的罪恶感。
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
但对过去的视而不见,对未来的命运视而不见,有谁知道自己的存在状态?
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise.
那人虽然衣衫褴褛,却不会忘记他的谎言,透过王冠的伪装,他知道这个凡人。
The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.
异教徒总是死得好。凡人的眼睛无法分辨圣人和异教徒。
Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
如果我是注定要扭转战局的快乐的凡人,你难道不高兴吗,我的父亲?
The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal.
思想家死了,但他的思想却无法毁灭。男人是致命的;但思想是不朽的。
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My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.
我的死敌不可能比英格兰的仇恨更希望我受到更大的伤害;对我来说,死亡并不比这样的不幸降临更不受欢迎。
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
从凡人到佛陀,你必须结束业力,培养你的觉知,并接受生活带来的一切。
That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.
地狱和永恒的惩罚是人类头脑中最荒谬、最令人不快的想法。
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
那么,让那温柔的信仰之光照耀吧,只有通过它,凡人的心才能通向神圣思想的思考。
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
对死亡的恐惧往往是致命的,它促使人们采取挽救生命的方法,而这种方法无疑会毁灭他们。
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.
如果一个虚弱的凡人想要在这个世界上做任何事情,除了吃面包,就必须有一个坚定的服从于一个目标的整体本性,而不是与时间无关,时间是流逝的,力量是有限的。