A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.

  • -- William Wordsworth 威廉·华兹华斯

许多以前不为人知的原因,现在正以一种综合的力量起作用,以钝化思维的辨别能力,并使之不适合所有自愿的努力,以把它减少到近乎野蛮的麻木状态。

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And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.

很明显,像温达卢咖喱这样的东西在我的余生都不会再出现了,至少在很长一段时间内不会再出现了。

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

你知不知道,你的晚年也会以同样的优雅、力量和魅力降临?

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.

当然,在现实生活中,获胜的是兔子。每一次。看看你的周围。

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

武力是专制主义的根本原则和直接根源。

A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.

一个人只有在播种而没有收获的时候才会后悔。

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

如果你想成为一名演说家,首先要有伟大的事业。