The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

年轻人把他的材料收集起来,建造了一座通向月球的桥,或者,也许是地球上的一座宫殿或寺庙,最后,中年人决定和他们一起建造一座木棚。

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

如果一个人每天有一半的时间是为了爱他们而在树林里散步,那么他就有可能被认为是一个游手好闲的人。但如果他把自己的时间花在投机上,在她之前砍掉那些树木,让地球光秃秃的,他就被认为是一个勤奋进取的公民。

It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.

能成为一座通向过去、团结几代人的桥梁是一种美妙的感觉。棒球运动就是这样,而我只是其中的一部分。

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

不能原谅别人的人,就等于打破了自己必须跨过的桥;因为每个人都需要被原谅。

'Earth' is a silly name for this planet.

“地球”是这个星球的一个愚蠢的名字。