After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

  • -- Marco Porcio Catone il Censore 马可·波西奥·卡通伊尔·审查

我死后,我宁愿有人问我为什么没有纪念碑,也不愿有人问我为什么有纪念碑。

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Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.

害羞和骄傲的人比其他人更容易落入寄生虫和低等生物的手中。因为在害羞的人所形成的亲密关系中,他们不是选择,而是被选择。

Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don't have to sew buttons.

人们在沙漠中架起了桥梁,修筑起了公路,然而他们成功地争辩说,缝一颗钮扣的工作超出了他们的能力范围。因此,他们不需要缝扣子。

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

名誉就像一条河,把一些又轻又肿的东西冲上去,把一些又重又结实的东西淹没。

No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.

没有一颗明星比一名高中运动员退色更快。