When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.

  • -- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

当你老了,头发花白,睡意朦胧,在炉火旁打盹时,请取下这本书,慢慢地读,梦见你曾经眼神柔和,阴影深沉。

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Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

确保你永远,永远不要在晚上争吵。你只是一夜没睡好,而且你要到早上才能解决问题。

Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.

图书馆能让你度过没有钱的时代,这比钱能让你度过没有图书馆的时代要好得多。

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

事前把事情想清楚总比事后把事情想清楚要好。

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

拥有很多书的人的奇怪之处在于他们总是想要更多的书。

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

当地志愿消防部门没有任何联邦规定。

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

一个想法常常使我们比火更热。