Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation.

  • -- Frederic William Farrar 斐特烈·威廉·法拉

我们不知道塞内加的祷告是否得到了应允;但是,由于我们没有再听到马可的消息,他很可能比他的父亲先死,塞内加的家族,和许多伟人的家族一样,在第二代就绝迹了。

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The next generation of innovators, who need neutrality the most, are not at the bargaining table. They're hard at work in their labs or classrooms, dreaming of the next big thing, and hoping that the Internet is as open to them as it was to the founders of Google.

最需要中立的下一代创新者不在谈判桌上。他们在实验室或教室里努力学习,梦想着下一件大事,希望互联网像谷歌的创始人一样对他们开放。

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.

思想一旦觉醒就不再沉睡;展开成一个思维系统;这种思想体系只能在一个又一个人、一代又一代的身上生长,直到达到它的高度为止。

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

让我们不要听信那些认为我们应该对敌人生气的人的话,他们认为这样做是伟大和有男子气概的。没有什么比仁慈和宽恕更值得称赞,更能清楚地显示出一个伟大而高尚的灵魂。

Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.

每一代人的工作是质疑父母的信仰,探索可能性,并适应上一代人的价值观体系,以适应新时代。

I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.

我非常想再工作一次。我经常遇到这种情况,但最长的是两年。

Valor is common but great souls are rare.

勇敢是普遍的,但伟大的灵魂是罕见的。