Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

老年是暴君,他在死亡的痛苦下禁止青年的欢乐。

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One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arrive with a book, but I almost never read it. It would be like sitting at their dinner table and opening a packet of sandwiches.

和朋友呆在一起的乐趣之一就是你可以浏览他们的书架。我总是带着一本书来,但我几乎从未读过它。这就像坐在餐桌前打开一包三明治。

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

我不能同意我这必死无疑的躯体将被埋葬在一个为皇帝或国王准备的宝库中。我的共和情怀和原则禁止我这样做。

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

快乐是短暂的,荣誉是不朽的。