We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

  • -- William Ellery Channing 钱宁

我们嘲笑那些为了得到果实而砍倒树木的野蛮人的无知;但同样的错误是由每一个人谁是过度渴望和不耐烦的追求快乐。

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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

爬上高树的人赢得果实的权利,跳过广阔的鸿沟的人应该穿上自己的衣服。

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

我们社会中最大的问题是对构成现代艺术基础的思想的极大无知。

I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.

我写歌不是为了把它粘在我的前任身上。我不释放地下轨道。

You'd rather thank God for my ignorance, than be proud of your knowledge

你宁愿为我的无知感谢上帝,也不愿为你的知识而骄傲

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

奇怪的是,创造力如何立刻使整个宇宙秩序井然。

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

战争主要是一系列的错误。

But only God can make a tree.

但是只有上帝才能造树。