A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
老
Old
Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.
无论诗人、演说家或圣人怎么说，老年依然是老年。
In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
年轻时我们遇到困难。我们年老时遇到困难。
The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.
活到老的平凡是一件太新奇而不值得欣赏的事情。
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.
如果你把旧的东西和它周围的东西分离开来，它就会变成新的。
I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.
我能很好地演奏老式的颤音，但我喜欢打击弦乐器。
Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.
不是每个人都变老了，但每个人都比他现在年轻。
Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.
痴迷是年轻人的游戏，而我唯一的借口是我从未变老。
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
每一代人都嘲笑旧风尚，但却笃信新风尚。
It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't.
使用牙刷和不使用牙刷的人之间的斗争由来已久。
All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.
除了你和我，整个世界都是古怪的，连你也有点古怪。
I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old.
我有我妈的病，黄斑变性，你老了就会得。
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
变老只不过是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
所以人们认为我一直在谎报年龄?是记录错了。我从来没有告诉过任何人我有多大。他们一问我，我就说:‘这不关你的事。所以这意味着我从来没有谎报过自己的年龄。现在这是真的!
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
当蜡烛比蛋糕贵的时候，你就知道自己老了。
The trick is growing up without growing old.
诀窍是在不变老的情况下成长。
Unfortunately, we haven't found many very old rocks on Earth because our planet's surface is constantly renewed by plate tectonics, coupled with erosion.
不幸的是，我们在地球上没有发现很多非常古老的岩石，因为我们星球的表面不断地受到板块构造和侵蚀的更新。
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
年老时的忠告是愚蠢的;因为，有什么比我们越接近旅程的终点，就为道路增加给养更荒唐的事呢?
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
老柴最好烧，老酒最好喝，老朋友最好信赖，老作家最好读书。