All myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.

  • -- Richard Le Gallienne 理查德·勒·加利恩

所有神话都不仅仅是幻想,而是随着时间的推移,由于人类经验的积累而获得而不是失去价值。

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You can't invest in natural gas on a daily basis. It's too volatile. But if you think of natural gas as a long-term holding, then you push your profit horizon out. A long-term time horizon would be at least two years.

你不能每天都投资天然气。太不稳定。但如果你认为天然气是一种长期持有,那么你就把你的利润范围拉远了。长期来看,至少需要两年时间。

I'd rather be physically hurt than emotionally. Because you can put a band-aid onyour finger, but you can't put one on your heart.

我宁愿身体上受伤害,也不愿感情上受伤害。因为你可以把创可贴贴在手指上,但不能贴在心脏上。

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

民族就像植物和人类一样生长。如果发展受阻,它们就会变得渺小和黯然失色。

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

聪明人受理智的指导,平庸的人受经验的指导,愚蠢的人受需要的指导,野蛮的人受本能的指导。

Somebody who doesn't care if they live or die is the most dangerous human being on earth.

一个不在乎生死的人是世界上最危险的人。

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

我有一个伟大的抱负,死于疲劳而不是无聊。

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

如果我不写诗,我就会一直洗手。

If you will not hear reason, she will surely rap your knuckles.

如果你不听道理,她一定会敲你的指关节。