A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
年老时候
Old Age
But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
但是，一个安祥、光明、可爱得像拉普兰的夜晚的老年，将把你领到你的坟墓里去。
Rebecca was a busy liar in her distinguished old age, reinventing her past for gullible biographers.
丽贝卡在她杰出的晚年是个忙碌的说谎者，为容易上当受骗的传记作家重新创造了她的过去。
It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.
人老了，爱还在，就像人老了，生活在所有的痛苦之中，却死于所有的欢乐之中。
When I was younger crying always seemed to be the answer. Now that I'm older crying seems to be the only option.
当我年轻的时候，哭似乎总是答案。现在我长大了，哭似乎是唯一的选择。
I really believe that more harm is done by old men who cling to their influence than by young men who anticipate it.
我真的相信，执著于自己的影响力的老年人所造成的伤害，要比预料到这种影响力的年轻人所造成的伤害更大。
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life’s parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny.
与生命相对的是老年，而不是死亡。老年是对生命的戏仿，而死亡把生命变成了命运。
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
成年期是童年和老年之间不断缩小的时期。现代工业社会的明显目标是把这段时期减少到最低限度。
Somehow, when you think about yourself in old age, you think you're going to be this completely different person that you don't even recognize - because you can't imagine it, you know?
不知何故，当你想到自己年老时，你会觉得自己会变成一个完全不同的人，你甚至认不出来——因为你无法想象，你知道吗?
He had come to that time in his life (it varies for every man) when a human being gives himself over to his demon or to his genius, according to a mysterious law which orders him either to destroy or to surpass himself.
在他的一生中(每个人的情况都不一样)，他来到了这样一个时代:根据一条神秘的法则，一个人要么把自己交给他的魔鬼，要么交给他的天才，这条法则命令他要么毁灭自己，要么超越自己。
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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
老年是发生在一个人身上最意想不到的事情。
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
当你考虑另一种选择时，老年并不是那么糟糕。
We can study until old age and still not finish.
我们可以学习到老，但仍然没有完成。
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.
优雅而快乐地变老是一种罕见而又困难的成就。
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
关于老年最大的问题是害怕它会持续太久。
At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.
五十岁的人都有一张他应得的脸。