Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

  • -- St. Jerome 圣杰罗姆

年过七十就像打仗一样。我们所有的朋友都去了或走了,我们在死亡和垂死的人之间生存,就像在战场上一样。

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The new industrial revolution is a two-edged sword. It may be used for the benefit of humanity, assuming that humanity survives long enough to reach a period in which such a benefit is possible.

新工业革命是一把双刃剑。它可能被用于造福人类,假设人类生存的时间足够长,能够达到这样一种利益可能存在的时期。

On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step.

在通往爱人的路上,你的每一步都在走向死亡。

War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.

战争造就了奇异的盟友,而和平本身就可能分裂。

I want to live not just survive.

我想活着,不仅仅是为了生存。