If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果一个人跟不上他的同伴,也许是因为他听到了不同的鼓声。让他随着他所听到的音乐迈步前进,不管他是多么的有分寸,多么的遥远。

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Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of Nature. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

尊重孩子。等着瞧大自然的新产品吧。大自然喜欢类比,但不喜欢重复。尊重孩子。不要太像他的父母。不要打扰他的孤独。

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

衡量一个人的最终标准不是他在舒适和方便的时刻所处的位置,而是他在挑战和争议的时刻所处的位置。

To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude.

唯一令人愉快的孤独是不受他人痛苦的激情的折磨。

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

如此普遍地为人所知,却又如此孤独,真是奇怪。