A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Rather
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
不要那么惧怕死亡,而要惧怕不充足的生命。
I was always really into the music rather than the scene.
我总是喜欢音乐而不是场景。
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
我宁愿感到懊悔,也不愿知道如何去定义它。
A lady would rather be hurt with the truth, than with a lie.
女人宁愿被真相伤害,也不愿被谎言伤害。
I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.
我宁愿被称为国王,也不愿被其他称呼。
I am not at all a chocoholic. I would rather eat anchovy toast.
我一点也不是个巧克力狂。我宁愿吃凤尾鱼吐司。
I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.
我宁愿画一幅微型画,也不愿画一本书中的泰姬陵。
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
很多人来教堂是为了把衣服带来而不是自己。
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
我有一个伟大的抱负,死于疲劳而不是无聊。
You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.
亲爱的,你的脸色和你的脸不太相配。
I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.
我宁愿不知道如今人们是如何在电影中得到角色的。
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’。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.
一个人的目的地永远不是一个地方,而是一种看待事物的新方式。
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。
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。
I'm the type of person who would rather stay home than get my picture taken.
我是那种宁愿呆在家里也不愿给我拍照的人。
But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
但是,由于许多人努力获取知识而不是生活得很好,他们经常受到欺骗,从他们的劳动中收获很少或没有好处。
Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.
不要选择世界上最美的人。而是,选择那个让你的世界变得美丽的人。