To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

  • -- John Burroughs 美国博物学家巴勒斯

对我来说,老年总是比我大十岁。

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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!

所以人们认为我一直在谎报年龄?是记录错了。我从来没有告诉过任何人我有多大。他们一问我,我就说:‘这不关你的事。所以这意味着我从来没有谎报过自己的年龄。现在这是真的!

One product that you can never go wrong with is sunglasses because they are easy to misplace. I always get a couple of pairs every year.

太阳镜是一种永远不会出错的产品,因为它们很容易放错地方。我每年都会收到几双。

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

对年轻人的谴责是老年人卫生的必要组成部分,并极大地促进了血液循环。

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

没有想法总比没有想法强;什么都不相信,总比相信错的好。

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

要保持自己的优势,每十年就要改变一次策略。

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

老柴最好烧,老酒最好喝,老朋友最好信赖,老作家最好读书。

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

我只是在写作的时候,脑子里想着一个聪明的读者。我不考虑他们的年龄。

It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is.

坠入爱河不需要时间,但你需要数年时间才能明白什么是爱。

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

作为一个小商人,你没有比真相更大的影响力。

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

我非常自豪,因为我能为我的朋友们腾出一张床。

In the end, you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

最后,你应该总是做正确的事情,即使它是困难的。

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

生活不需要为了纯洁而残害自己。

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

可以说,我只不过是一个媒介。

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

愤世嫉俗者十有八九是对的。