Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
人生的悲剧就在于我们老得太快，而聪明得太晚。
A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
年龄
Age
It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.
它是中年生活的安全阀，是老年生活的慰藉。
At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?
在我这个年纪，我只买半条面包，你知道吗?
I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?
我认为你必须对衰老放松。你还能做什么?
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。
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
你只有在最后一次改变主意的时候才那么年轻。
The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.
只有当精神不再是支撑时，它才会变得自由。
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
你无法控制自己变老，但你不必变老。
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
婚姻既不是天堂也不是地狱，它只是炼狱。
I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.
我不认识新的乐队。我们已经经过了痘痘的阶段。
The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
一定要记住父母的年龄，无论是快乐还是焦虑。
Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.
拒绝平庸。让你的心尽情地飞翔。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.
很少有人在成年后仍然对新的进步感兴趣。这可能与智力有关。无论如何，随着年龄的增长，你必须相当聪明才能不断学习并改变态度。
Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to.
四十岁的男人学会轻轻地关上他们再也不会回来的门。
Old folks live on memory, young folk live on hope.
老年人靠记忆生活，年轻人靠希望生活。
Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
和我一起变老!最好的还在后头。
Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
不要后悔变老。这是许多人所没有的特权。
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
变老是强制性的;成长是可以选择的。
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。
Learning is the indispensable investment required for success in the 'information age' we are entering.
在我们即将进入的“信息时代”，学习是成功必不可少的投资。
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
当我们真正崇拜任何事物时，我们不仅爱它的明确性，也爱它的模糊性。我们陶醉于它的无形之中。
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
贫穷而有智慧的少年人，胜过年老不肯纳谏的愚昧王。