A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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I'm tired of feeling bad I'd rather feel nothing.
我厌倦了糟糕的感觉，我宁愿什么都不感觉。
Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.
我们生活中的大多数戏剧都相当肮脏。
I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.
我宁愿和我的孩子们在一起，也不愿和任何人在一起。
I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
我宁愿被称为记者也不愿被称为艺术家。
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
我宁愿认识一个正直的人，也不愿拥有一平方英里。
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
给我准备好的手，而不是准备好的舌头。
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
不要为成功而奋斗，要为有价值而奋斗。
Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.
与其负债累累，不如不吃晚饭就上床睡觉。
I don't hate you, i'd just rather avoid you completely.
我不恨你，我只是想完全避开你。
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
我宁愿在村子里当第一名，也不愿在罗马当第二名。
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
宁可选择灵魂坚强，不要选择身体强壮。
One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.
微笑而不是愤怒的人总是更坚强。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里，也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
不要说‘我发现了真理’，而要说‘我发现了真理’。
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
友谊是多余的，像哲学，像艺术……它没有生存价值;相反，它是那些赋予生存价值的东西之一。
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
在一些无辜人民正在死亡的国家，领导人是在追随他们的鲜血，而不是他们的头脑。
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
我若自夸过于得体，我的借口是，我自夸是为人性，不是为自己。
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
孤独不是你将来必须希望的东西。相反，它是对当下的深化，除非你在当下寻找它，否则你永远不会找到它。