One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

  • -- Euripides 欧里庇得斯

试图用言语来安慰一个沮丧的人是不会有任何作为的。朋友是在需要行动的关键时刻伸出援手的人。

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Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.

即使复制一首歌很困难,也只需要一个人。在那之后,歌曲通过互联网或其他传播方式的传播只受限于用户的诚实。

The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.

当错误养成的习惯被时间固定下来时,最简单的原则在实践中就会变得困难;当偏见扭曲了人们的思想时,最简单的真理就会变得难以接受。

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

很明显,我们不能向一个从未经历过激情的人解释激情,就像我们不能向盲人解释光一样。

I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.

我花了相当多的时间在我的电脑上,但我不侵入任何东西。我必须打开说明书并按照说明去做。

Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

写作是一项孤独的工作,除非你是一个酒鬼,在这种情况下,你总是有一个朋友在身边。

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

至亲至爱的朋友迟早会像亲戚一样无用。