What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯勒律治

什么是警句?一个矮小的整体。它的身体简洁，它的灵魂机智。

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Given the brevity of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the shape of things, the import of certain events and what distinguishes 'good' from 'bad' luck.

考虑到我们在这里的时间很短，我们人类似乎也只能对事物的形状、某些事件的重要性以及“好”与“坏”运气的区别有一个狭隘的理解。

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样，我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人，身体可能会变老，但思想永远不会变老。

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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

三十岁以后，人就有了自己的思想。

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A short saying often contains much wisdom.

谚语常蕴含智慧。

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