God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.

  • -- D. H. Lawrence 劳伦斯

天哪,我多么讨厌新的国家:他们比旧的国家更老,更世故,更自负,只是出于某种幼稚的虚荣心而年轻,这种虚荣心比任何东西都更像衰老。

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Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.

对你的事业来说,你的坦诚是值得的。找到一个拥有新理论的人,坦率地承认他发现了困难,无法克服,至少目前是这样,这令人耳目一新。

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

只有当思想从旧的束缚中解放出来,它才会重新遇到一切,在那里才会有快乐。

In fact, there's a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

事实上,对于职业体育运动和它的运作方式,我们有很多理由感到厌恶。

Believe it or not--it takes a lot of love to hate you like this.

信不信由你——像这样恨你需要付出很多爱。