A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
必要
Necessary
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
为了使战争公正,有三件事是必要的。第一,君主的权威。第二,公正的理由。第三,合法意图。
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
要拯救人,有三件事是必须的:知道他应该相信什么;知道他应该渴望什么;知道他应该做什么。
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.
正是因为个人和小团体都不能完全自给自足,合作对人类的生存和繁荣是必要的。
With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life.
在我们对自然力量的全部掌握中,我们坚持这样一种观点,即为生存而斗争是生命的一个永久和必要条件。
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.
有了自己的路,有了胜利的喜悦,英雄们没有时间去思考。但是英雄的儿子们——啊,他们有一切必要的闲暇。
In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans.
在我的上一篇文章中,我主张殖民者和墨西哥人之间不存在任何必要的纽带,而这些纽带是把一个民族团结在一起并使他们成为一个整体所必需的。
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
我们的贫困生活和工作本身一样必要。只有在天堂里,我们才能看到我们是多么感激穷人,因为他们帮助我们更好地爱上帝。
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
不要因为再见而沮丧。在你们再次见面之前,有必要道别一下。对于那些朋友来说,在片刻或一生之后再次相见是确定无疑的。
Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.
通常当我读一些东西的时候,首先我要找故事,然后当我再读的时候,我要检查每一个部分,看看是不是每个场景都是必要的。
Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble.
每个人都必须有他的自我;对他来说,这比面包更重要;如果他不能在现有的机构内找到这样做的空间,他很可能会惹麻烦。
Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.
每个人都认为我是一个闷闷不乐、没有安全感的小东西。这些只是我的一面,我觉得有必要展示出来,因为似乎没有其他人在展示它们。
The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles, however important those may be.
那些关注乡村事务的人所必须遵守的有规律的时间,也许比任何其他条款都更重要,不管这些条款有多么重要。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you're doing the impossible.
从做必要的事情开始;然后做可能的事;突然间,你做了不可能的事。
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
要想在这个世界上取得成功,要有洞察力去辨别谁是傻瓜,要比发现谁是聪明人重要得多。
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
文学为现实添彩,而不是简单地描述现实。它丰富了日常生活所需和提供的必要能力;在这方面,它灌溉着我们的生活已经变成沙漠的土地。
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
世界是所有可能的世界中最好的,其中的一切都是必要的邪恶。
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
对智者说句话是不必要的——需要忠告的是愚蠢的人。