A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
年龄
Age
Though an old man I am but a young gardener.
虽然我是一个老人,但我只是一个年轻的园丁。
Age is how we determine how valuable you are.
年龄决定你的价值。
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
年龄是为成熟付出的高昂代价。
In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
在抚养孩子的时候,要想到孩子的晚年。
It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.
人老了,出家是容易的。
Old people are often impatient, but for what?
老年人往往没有耐心,但为什么呢?
Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.
年龄和青春本身一样,都是机会。
A manner rude and wild Is common at your age.
在你这个年龄,粗鲁和粗野是很常见的。
The minute you're born, you're getting older.
从你出生的那一刻起,你就在变老。
The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
随着年龄的增长,我越来越喜欢真实的自己。
I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways.
我太老了,不能适应别人的方式。
Like lavender, grow sweeter as you grow older.
就像薰衣草一样,越老越甜。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
To grow older is to realize the universe is Copernican, not Ptolemaic, and that self and the loved one do not form the epicenter of the solar system.
变老意味着意识到宇宙是哥白尼式的,而不是托勒密式的,而自我和所爱的人并不构成太阳系的中心。
Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
大多数恐惧都是基本的:害怕黑暗,害怕下到地下室,害怕奇怪的声音,害怕有人在你的衣橱里等你。不管你多大年纪,这些事情都会伴随你。
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
这是一种权衡——随着年龄的增长,你获得了智慧,但你失去了自发性。
Always keep learning. It keeps you young.
始终保持学习。它让你保持年轻。
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
要明白朋友来来去去,但你应该把握住一些珍贵的朋友。你年纪越大,就越需要那些在你年轻时就认识你的人。
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
青春是自然的馈赠,而年龄是艺术的杰作。