A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
之前
Before
It was strange what happened to me; I mean popping out like that before I was even ten.
发生在我身上的事很奇怪;我的意思是在我十岁之前就这样蹦出来了。
What lies before us and what lies behind us are nothing compared to what lies within us.
摆在我们面前和背后的，与我们内心的相比，是微不足道的。
I'll say it again, I've said it before. I'll love you forever and then a little bit more.
我再说一遍，我以前说过。我会永远爱你，然后再爱你一点点。
The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history.
资产阶级有可能在自己的世界离开历史舞台之前就把它炸得粉碎。
You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.
你必须画成千上万的图，然后才能完善一个插图。
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.
对美的研究是一场决斗，在这场决斗中，艺术家在被打败之前，会因恐惧而哭泣。
We've heard this before; 'things are bad, we are gonna fix them,' and they remain unfixed.
我们以前听过这个;他说，情况很糟糕，我们会解决问题，但问题依然没有得到解决。
I woke up many mornings not knowing what I'd done the night before. I'm amazed I'm not dead.
很多早晨醒来时，我都不知道前一天晚上我做了什么。我很惊讶我没死。
What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?
我们在乎的是人的审判吗?我们既然在生命之前是纯洁的，还有什么可怀疑的呢?
I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.
我是一个非常幸运的人。我可以在国会作证。我可以筹集资金。我可以提高意识。
We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.
我们应该在那之前再过几年。我一直想去，我想乐队的大部分人都想去。
Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.
几千年来一直占据主导地位的信仰和价值观将受到前所未有的质疑。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Do you think that you shall enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you?
你以为你进入了极乐的乐园，就不会经历前人所经历的那些试炼吗?
But I do have an idea in my head before I go in about what I'm going to do.
但是在我决定做什么之前，我的脑子里有一个想法。
Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.
早在我有钱之前，我对汽车的热情就在那里了。
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
对所有人都要有礼貌，但对少数人要有亲密的关系，让那些少数人在你给他们信心之前得到充分的考验。
It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls because supposedly before we broke up, we had already broken up in the trades, in the rags or whatever.
其实很有趣，因为那还是我们约会的时候。他会接到所有这些电话，因为据说在我们分手之前，我们已经在交易中分手了，在破衣烂衫中分手了。