Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

人们到国外去,对高山的高度、大海的巨浪、河流的长流、浩瀚的海洋的罗盘、星星的圆周运动感到惊奇,而他们自己却毫不惊奇地走过了。

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The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.

智慧是治疗人类痛苦、犯罪和所有其他不幸的唯一良药。教一个人读书写字,你就把智慧宝盒的大钥匙交给了他。但打开盒子是另一回事。

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

让每个人都认为自己是上帝的行为,他的思想是上帝的思想,他的生命是上帝的气息;各人要凭大能的意念和大能的行为,试验自己在天上的作为。

A man of action, forced into a state of thought, is unhappy until he can get out of it.

一个实干家,被迫进入一种思想状态,在他能摆脱这种状态之前是不快乐的。

We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men.

我们小时候住在一起,现在我们像男人一样互相照顾。