Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

  • -- Robert Browning 罗伯特·布朗宁

就像轮子上的狗,笼子里的鸟,或链子上的松鼠一样,雄心勃勃的人仍在不停地往上爬,付出了巨大的劳动和无尽的焦虑,却永远爬不到顶端。

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The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them.

使徒们被感动,与其说是由于理智上的忧虑,不如说是由于精神上的启示。他们遇到了人,他们所遇到的人的需要向他们大声呼喊。

A person worries about the past, is upset about the present, and fears the future.

一个人担心过去,担心现在,害怕未来。

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

男人几乎总是愿意相信他们所希望的。

I'm anxious by nature, I think.

我想我生性焦虑。