One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning?

  • -- Francis Cabot Lowell 弗朗西斯·卡波特·洛厄尔

一个人的一生永远不足以完成他的园艺目标。如果一个花园是一个想象的场所,我们怎么可能离开始很远呢?

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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

经过长时间的沉思,我深信,一个有坚定目标的人必须完成它,没有什么能抗拒一种意志,这种意志一旦实现,就连生存也将受到威胁。

One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.

没有人会把帽子绑在远处。我们嘲笑的缺点至少应该是我们自己的。只有这样,工作才会成为我们身体的一部分。花园必须除草。

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.

我的邻居问他是否可以用我的割草机,我告诉他当然可以,只要他不把割草机从我的花园里拿走。

I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

我认识很多人,他们一生中从未幸运地走到这一步。我不会为任何人隐瞒的。

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

与其担心别人对你的评价,为什么不花时间去做一些他们欣赏的事情呢?

I'm mature enough to forgive you, but i'm not dumb enough to trust you again.

我已经成熟到可以原谅你了,但我还没有笨到可以再次信任你。