History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

  • -- Henry Ford 亨利福特

历史或多或少是胡扯。这是传统。我们不想要传统。我们想活在当下,唯一值得修补的历史就是我们今天创造的历史。

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Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

每天早晨,当我睁开眼睛,我对自己说:我,而不是事件,有能力让我今天开心或不开心。我可以选择哪一个。昨天已经死了,明天还没有到来。我只有一天,就在今天,我要快乐地度过这一天。

The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.

史诗诗人的背后有着物质的传统和文体的传统;这也是其他所有诗人都有的东西;只是,对于史诗诗人来说,传统要狭隘得多,要严格得多。

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

我给你的建议不是问为什么或去哪里,而是享受你盘子里的冰淇淋——这就是我的哲学。

The tradition of baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is ‘Do anything you can get away with’.

棒球运动的传统向来没有令人愉快的骑士精神。规则是“做任何你能逃脱惩罚的事情”。