Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

  • -- Zhuangzi 庄子

人们尊重他们知识范围内的东西,却没有意识到他们是多么依赖于知识范围之外的东西。

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Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

不要说荣誉是勇敢的产物,也不要相信只有生命的危险才能为它付出代价:它不在于行动,而在于行动的方式。

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

我遇到过很多人,他们说自己写了一本书,但一个字也没写。要成为一名作家——我意识到这似乎有些老套——你必须真正地写作。

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

任何能扩大人类力量范围,向人类展示他能做他认为自己不能做的事情的东西都是有价值的。

Learn to only care for the right people in life because you will realize that some are not worth it.

学会只关心生命中对的人,因为你会发现有些人并不值得你去爱。

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

人们反对进步,不是因为他们讨厌进步,而是因为他们喜欢惰性。

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

我们在一个广阔的空间里航行,在不确定的环境中漂流,从一端到另一端。

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an ostrich.

做一只鸽子需要真正的勇气,但做一只鸵鸟却不能获得荣誉。

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

他们说的关于我的谎话有一半都不是真的。

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

酒淹死的人比海淹死的人还多。

The dog that fetches will carry.

狗叼东西就背东西。