It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

  • -- Eleanor Roosevelt 埃莉诺·罗斯福

与其诅咒黑暗,不如燃起蜡烛。

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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

难道不是有一些精心挑选的诅咒,有一些藏在天上的雷霆,带着不寻常的愤怒,把一个把自己的伟大归功于国家毁灭的人炸飞吗?

It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.

凡把脚站在患难外面的,给那受苦的人劝戒劝戒,原是小事。

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.

与其做一盏昏暗的余辉,不如明亮地燃烧一半的时间。

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

黑暗就是光明,寂静就是舞蹈。

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.

智慧和可爱的人都进入黑暗。

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

我们被富足的诅咒剥光了衣服。