It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

这不是一片几英亩的土地,而是我们正在捍卫的事业,无论我们是在一场战斗中击败敌人,还是一步步地击败敌人,结果都是一样的。

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Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

没有什么比音乐更能把两代人分开了。当一个孩子八九岁的时候,他对自己的音乐产生了一种热情,这种热情甚至超过了他对拖延症和古怪衣服的热情。

Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences.

如果一个人只能通过实际执行可能的选项和承受后果来解决问题,那么应对日常生活的要求将是极其困难的。

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

随着年龄的增长,你会发现勇气是公共生活中最珍贵的品质。

I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet.

我很幸运,我有很好的抛光皮肤,没有皱纹,所以我可能还会活几年。

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

一个人应该小心,不要变得太聪明,这样的生活乐趣如此巨大的笑声。

I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.

我开玩笑说我只有几美元。我可能还有几美元。

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

我们可能会遭遇许多失败,但我们决不能被打败。

Assumptions equal a loss of pride and the sting of defeat.

假设等于骄傲的丧失和失败的刺痛。