I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

  • -- John Bachman 巴克曼

我曾看到一只伯劳在荆棘上挣扎了好几个小时,那是渔民们扔到岸上的一些小鱼。鱼干了,腐烂了。

相关名言

At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.

从根本上说,名声是假的。我不会长生不老,如果我能长生不老,我当然需要你告诉我,这样我就能买一辆车或一盒干裂的饼干。

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

每走一步都应该让孩子接触到生活的真实体验;玫瑰花上的刺永远不应该拔掉。

Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.

荆棘本身并不会伤害你——你是被荆棘刺痛了自己。

We have to shore this thing up like a New Orleans levy.

我们必须像新奥尔良税一样支持这个计划。