A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
准备
Readiness
E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.
福斯特不过是把茶壶暖了暖而已。他在这方面是个罕见的高手。觉得这茶壶。天气不是很暖和吗?是的，但是不会没有茶的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It's better to feed one cat than many mice.
养一只猫比养许多老鼠好。
There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
昨天接受一个观点的人和明天接受同样观点的人之间的争吵是最激烈的。
If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.
如果你今天没有准备好，明天就更不用说了。
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
老年人对年轻人说话，死人也要对活人说话。
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
人之所以变得文明，不是因为他们愿意相信，而是因为他们愿意怀疑。
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
很多人死的时候音乐还在。为什么会这样?通常是因为他们总是在为生活做准备。在他们意识到之前，时间已经不多了。