A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
老
Old
Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.
有时我戴上滑雪面罩,穿上旧衣服,走到街上乞讨。
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.
好的写作的秘诀是用一种新的方式说一件旧的事情或者用一种旧的方式说一件新的事情。
The sad moment when you find an old conversation between you and someone you don't talk to anymore.
当你发现你和一个不再和你说话的人之间的旧对话时的悲伤时刻。
Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.
不要让新世界的宏伟计划分散你拯救旧世界的精力。
I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another.
我以一种极端的方式成为了一个成年人。我最近在整理一些旧照片,发现了另一张。
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
还有一位老诗人,我不记得他的名字了,他说:“真理是时间的女儿。”
Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.
是的,老朋友永远是最好的,除非你能找到一个适合做老朋友的新朋友。
Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance.
大部分歌词都有一年多的历史了,感觉上不像是关于我的。时间创造了距离。
As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
任何一个走出树林的老道家都会告诉你,头脑简单并不一定意味着愚蠢。
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
年龄不是一个特别有趣的话题。任何人都可能变老。你所要做的就是活得足够长久。
From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.
从一个人的角度来看,“杀不死你的东西会让你更强大”这句老话在某种程度上是正确的。
This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.
这场战争就像一位上了年纪的女演员。它越来越不上镜,越来越危险。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
No man is ever old enough to know better.
再老的人也不会懂得更多。
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
变老是强制性的;成长是可以选择的。
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。
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
四十是青春的老年;五十岁是老年的青年。
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
随着年龄的增长,内在的美悄然而至。