Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

我们所看见的,不是极近处的一个小斑点,能涂抹世界的荣耀,只留下我们看见那斑点的余地吗?我不知道有什么比自我更麻烦的了。

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Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.

巴黎是世界上最美丽的地方之一。不幸的是,我是如此想家,我不能欣赏它的美丽。

The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.

世界上邪恶的通常原因是,在任何时候,世界上有一半的人是醒着的。

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

我不会离开推特。如果没有头脑的少数人打败了有思想的大多数人,我们都将难逃厄运。

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

人生最大的荣耀不在于永不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。

When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.

当我们不能脱离自己的时候,我们就以吞噬自己为乐。

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

光荣的道路只通向坟墓。