Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

  • -- Edward Young 爱德华·杨格

我们的诞生不过是死亡的开始,正如蜡烛一旦着了火就会熄灭。

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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

所有的变化,即使是最渴望的变化,都有其忧郁之处;因为我们留下的是我们自身的一部分;我们必须先死一种生命,才能进入另一种生命。

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

出生是一件出乎意料的事,后来家里又多了一个孩子。

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

我们的环境,我们生活和工作的世界,是我们态度和期望的一面镜子。

What is this talked-of mystery of birth But being mounted bareback on the earth?

这是什么——关于出生的神秘 可是光着身子骑在地上呢?