At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.

  • -- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特

乍一看,经验似乎把我们埋在外部事物的洪流之下,以一种尖锐的、纠缠不清的现实向我们施加压力,以千种形式把我们从自身召唤出来。

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A flower cannot blossom without sunshine nor a garden without love.

没有阳光,花朵不能开放;没有爱,花园也不能美丽。

Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools.

玉和人,都是用苦工磨成的。

All flowers are not fit for nosegays.

并非所有的花都适合插在花束上。