The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

-- Wendell Berry 温德尔·贝里

过去是我们的定义。我们有充分的理由去努力摆脱它，或者摆脱它的缺点，但是我们只有在它的基础上添加更好的东西，才能摆脱它。

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When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

当我们努力变得更好时，我们周围的一切也变得更好。

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We seek to get away from it all when it is only a part that is giving us trouble.

当它只是给我们带来麻烦的一部分时，我们试图摆脱它。

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For me, reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt.

对我来说，阅读是一种很好的逃避方式，不会让你的手指受伤。

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Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

不要追求完美。追求卓越。

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