A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
年龄
Age
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
青年冒失莽撞;男子气概的斗争;年老是一种遗憾。
Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.
当你考虑其他选择时,老年并不是那么糟糕。
As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.
随着年龄的增长,我越来越习惯一个人呆着。
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
人生在世,痛苦者活一世,幸福者活一时。
I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care.
我太年轻了,无法享受医疗保险,也太老了,女性无法照顾我。
Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.
上了年纪,你的手套上就会出现肝斑。
I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother.
我现在这个年龄,他们想让我扮演她的母亲。
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
四十是青春的老年;五十岁是老年的青年。
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
没有什么比谴责年轻一代更能说明一个人的年龄了。
Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability.
现在我已经六十多岁了,我开始追求体面了。
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
中年是无邪的青春,老年是无朽的老年。
To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing.
青春不老是最大的福气。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
童年本身并不比快乐、善良、阳光灿烂的晚年更可爱。
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。
Age wins and one must learn to grow old.
年龄是赢家,人必须学会变老。
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。
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
我们从未真正长大,我们只是学会了如何在公众面前表现。
Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
不要担心避免诱惑。随着年龄的增长,它会避开你。