Surely, it is in youth man is most thoroughly depraved. Hell lies about us in our infancy. The youthful innocency sung by aged poets who forget their first childhood is nothing but ignorance of evil. As the child comes to know evil, he loves it.

  • -- John Mitchel 约翰·米歇尔

当然,青年时代的人最堕落。在我们幼年时,地狱就在我们周围。年老的诗人唱着青春的天真,忘记了他们的第一个童年,那只不过是对邪恶的无知。当孩子逐渐认识到邪恶时,他就爱上了它。

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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。

It is our first duty to serve society, and, after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls. A youthful passion for abstracted devotion should not be encouraged.

为社会服务是我们的首要职责,当我们这样做之后,我们就可以全身心地投入到拯救我们自己的灵魂中去。不应该鼓励年轻人对抽象奉献的激情。