A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
生活
Life
从日常选择、人与人的相处，到面对变化时的态度，这些句子记录了不同的人对生活的理解。读英文原句，再对照中文，留意那些与你的经历相呼应的表达。
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
我们生活的网是由一根好坏交织在一起的纱线织成的。
I've lived through what seems to most - and myself - many lives.
我经历了大多数人，也包括我自己，很多次的人生。
I was allowed to meet my family every two weeks for a half hour.
我被允许每两周和家人见面半个小时。
Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
任何形式的自命不凡都会导致艺术和生活的平庸。
The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.
一个好人的生活就是与他的激情不断地斗争。
Sometimes it's okay if the only thing you did today was breathe.
有时候你今天做的唯一一件事就是呼吸也没关系。
It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
当我离开很长时间后，很难说我希望我的遗产是什么。
Dave played an important part in our growing, but change occurs.
戴夫在我们的成长过程中扮演了重要的角色，但变化还是发生了。
I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.
我喜欢我的生活的隐私，我非常警惕地保护它。
As soon as we are ready to sink into life, it raps our knuckles.
一旦我们准备投入生活，它就会敲我们的指关节。
It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.
只有完全清醒的人才能实现自己的梦想。
I live right in the middle of nowhere and I thoroughly enjoy it.
我住在一个偏僻的地方，我非常喜欢它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
At some point you have to realize, some people can stay in your heart, but not in your life.
在某个时候，你必须意识到，有些人可以留在你的心里，但不能留在你的生活里。
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
你现在的处境不能决定你能去哪里;它们只是决定你从哪里开始。
If we don't control our schedule - our schedule will control us. If we don't find a way to live a balanced life -our lives will get out of balance.
如果我们不能控制我们的时间表，我们的时间表将会控制我们。如果我们不能找到一种平衡的生活方式，我们的生活会失去平衡。
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.
不要拿自己和这个世界上的任何人相比。如果你这样做，你是在侮辱自己。
You can go a surprisingly long time without figuring out the kind of person you are and in what direction your life is taking you.
你可以在很长一段时间里都不知道自己是什么样的人，也不知道你的生活将把你引向何方。