Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

每个人都投下阴影;不仅是他的身体,还有他那不完全融合的精神。这是他的悲伤。任凭他往哪个方向转,日头就向哪个方向落;中午短,晚上长。你没见过吗?

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The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.

逻辑分析的精神在实践中应与采用某种形式的国际语言的实际压力相结合,但不应使自己受到这种压力的阻碍。

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

节俭、谨慎和简朴的生活是需求的主宰,它们常常能完成与之相反的事情,而手头有一笔财富却做不到这一点。

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

正确陈述的反面是错误陈述。但是一个深刻的真理的反面很可能是另一个深刻的真理。

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

你们要谨慎,不可因贪恋那影儿,就失掉了本质。

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

自由的精神即使在自由本身的情况下也能获得自由。

A little man often cast a long shadow.

小人常投下长影子。