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遗憾
Pity
Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.
不要低估怜悯的需要。我们生活在一个石头砌成的宇宙里,它那坚硬而辉煌的力量狂暴地怒吼着。
If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.
人若说不出话来,不要笑话他,总要可怜他,像可怜断了腿的人一样。
It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.
遗憾的是,普利茅斯岩并没有让清教徒祖先登陆普利茅斯岩,而是让清教徒祖先登陆了普利茅斯岩。
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
亚当认识夏娃,夏娃就怀孕了。遗憾的是,对于他们的妻子来说,这似乎仍然是一些男人唯一了解的东西。
You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
你不要可怜我,因为我已经六十岁了,仍然感到惊讶。惊讶是防止衰老过快的最可靠方法之一。
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
没有必要把同情浪费在那些幻想破灭的年轻女孩身上,因为再过一会儿她们就会恢复幻想。
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
自怜是最具破坏性的非药物麻醉品;它让人上瘾,给人短暂的快乐,让受害者脱离现实。
I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
我不同情任何努力工作值得做的人。我很钦佩他。我同情那些不工作的人,不管他认为自己处于社会的哪个阶层。
I paint digitally now. A pity, in some ways, as the biggest price one pays is that you no longer have a finished piece of physical art to hang on a wall. I miss that terribly.
我现在用数码技术画画。遗憾的是,在某种程度上,作为一个人付出的最大代价,你再也没有一件成品挂在墙上了。我非常想念。
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Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
残忍是由恐惧而不是怜悯软化的。
Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.
现在不要可怜我,永远不要可怜我;我将永远什么也不做。
Prove the cynic's wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination.
证明愤世嫉俗者错了。可怜他们吧,他们没有想象力。
The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
大海没有意义,也没有怜悯。
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.
同情有敌人,这些敌人就是怜悯,道德愤怒,恐惧。