People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words.

  • -- Felix Mendelssohn 费利克斯·门德尔松

人们经常抱怨音乐太模糊,当他们听到音乐时应该怎么想太模糊,而每个人都能听懂歌词。对我来说,情况恰恰相反,不仅是在整个演讲中,而且在每个词中都是如此。

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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

知道一个人是什么,知道这个世界把他当作什么,这是件好事。你们若不明白他怎样明白自己,就不能明白他。

The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.

总是和有高尚风度的人在一起,最大的好处就是自己的地位不可避免地提高了。

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

我们可以因为玫瑰丛里有刺而抱怨,也可以因为荆棘丛里有玫瑰而高兴。

I think that Yulia Tymoshenko should prepare to resign. She understands that well.

我认为季莫申科应该准备辞职。她很了解这一点。

Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

不要因为你没有而抱怨。享受你所拥有的。

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

我担心其他人的不确定性。