To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

多说而无所成,犹如爬树捉鱼。

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Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task, and that fiscal-stimulus programs are usually too small, and arrive too late, to make a difference.

尽管凯恩斯主义的财政政策可能很受欢迎,但许多经济学家对其是否有效持怀疑态度。他们认为,对经济进行微调实际上是一项不可能完成的任务,而财政刺激计划通常规模太小,实施得太晚,无法发挥作用。

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

西西弗斯被神罚不停地把一块石头滚到山顶,石头就会从山顶上掉下来。出于某种原因,他们认为没有什么比徒劳无功、毫无希望的劳动更可怕的惩罚了。

For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to conquer. I just sit quietly for a few years, and then it starts to become something.

对我来说,写小说更像是打一口井,而不是爬山——一件我要征服的英雄壮举。我只是静静地坐了几年,然后它开始变得有意义。

To love someone who does not love you, is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.

爱一个不爱你的人,就像摇树让露珠掉下来。

When the itch is inside the boot, scratching outside provides little consolation.

当痒在靴子里的时候,在外面抓痒不会给你多少安慰。

When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.

在登山的过程中,我与夏尔巴人建立了密切的关系。

All good things arrive unto them that wait and don't die in the meantime.

等待而不死的人,天有不遂人愿。

A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see.

这些树的森林是一种奇观,一个人是看不见的。