There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

有两个障碍经常阻碍年轻人和老年人之间的交流。首先是中年人忘记了他们自己不再年轻的事实。第二，年轻人不知道中年人还活着。

There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.

你我从来没有不存在过，我们也不会停止存在。正如一个人在童年、青年和老年时期都住在身体里一样，他在死时也获得了另一个身体。聪明人不会被这些变化所迷惑。

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.

从来没有一个时代不为过去喝彩，为现在悲叹。

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

青春之泉就在那里:它是你的头脑，你的才能，你为你的生活和你所爱的人的生活带来的创造力。当你学会利用这个资源时，你就真的战胜了年龄。

There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer.

在人的一生中，总有那么一段时间介于青春期阴郁的迷惘和中年时期的紧缩之间，在这段时间里，人的本性变得如此完全地吸引人，以至于人们想要经常呆在城市里，即使是在盛夏。

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to be leglislation against it.

对于变老，绝对没有什么可说的。应该有法律来反对它。

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

如果你在五岁之前就开始以一种非常严肃的态度不断地重复它，没有什么荒谬是如此明显，以至于你不能把它牢牢地植入人的头脑。

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

如果你在五岁之前就开始以一种非常严肃的态度不断地重复它，那么没有什么荒谬是如此明显，以至于它可以牢牢地植入人的头脑。

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

没有智慧就没有幸福;唯有顺服神，才有智慧。大话总是要受惩罚的，骄傲的人到了老年才学会明智。

There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage.

没有比失败的婚姻更孤独的了。

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.

在我看来，一个时代的某些东西，即使是它本身，无论如何都是值得尊敬的，必须引起人们的尊敬，而且受到虐待，比世界上任何东西都更坏、更残酷、更邪恶。

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.

每一本书都有不完美的地方，无一例外，有受时代影响的地方，甚至有可笑的地方;每个人都有弱点，没有例外。

There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.

必须有一项法律禁止强迫儿童在很小的时候就学习。孩子们应该有一个美好的童年。他们不应该被赋予太多的责任。

There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, The few, whom genius gave to shine Through every unborn age, and undiscovered clime.

那里坐着圣人，吟游诗人，为数不多的几个，他们的天才照亮了每一个未出生的时代和未被发现的气候。

There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than our own.

从来没有一个时代，无用的知识比我们自己的知识更重要。