If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.

  • -- Sinclair Lewis 辛克莱·刘易斯

如果崇高的死亡是美德的最主要部分,那么我们比所有人都更幸运,我们带着自由的皇冠为希腊而奋斗,我们死了,在无尽的荣耀中安息。

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Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.

自由和荣誉一样,人们应该冒着生命危险去维护,因为没有它,生命是无法维持的。

True nobility isn't about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be.

真正的高贵不是比别人更好。而是要比过去做得更好。

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

这么多人来参加他的葬礼,是因为他们想确认他已经死了。

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

生活应该是一场渴望冒险的斗争,这种冒险的崇高品质会滋养灵魂。

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

人的幸福和痛苦取决于运气,同样取决于脾气。

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

就我而言,比起浮夸的美德,我更喜欢沉默的恶习。

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

对美德的考验是抵制一切邪恶的诱惑。

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

我还有点荣幸……我现在还有一些。

God bestows no horns upon an ill-tempered cow.

上帝不给脾气暴躁的牛角。

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

死亡将是一场非常大的冒险。