Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

  • -- William Ralph Inge 英格

过去发生的事件大致可分为可能从未发生过的事件和无关紧要的事件。

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In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.

为了适应变化和现象的对比,智力不需要任何冲击和内在的剧变;只有经历了这样的巨变,保守的人才能适应大都市的节奏。

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.

有些事件是如此伟大,以至于如果一个作家参与其中,他的义务就是真实地写出来,而不是假设用发明来改变它们。

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

如果你砍伐了一片森林,如果没有更多的树,你拥有多少锯木厂都没有关系。

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

不管发生什么事,我对未来感觉很好。