At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

  • -- Baltasar Gracián 巴尔塔萨尔·格雷西

二十岁时是孔雀,三十岁时是狮子,四十岁时是骆驼,五十岁时是蛇,六十岁时是狗,七十岁时是猿,八十岁时什么都不是。

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Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition that has made almost every major philosopher in history a pessimist.

人类善于解决问题;但解决这些问题只会让他成为自己幼稚和懒惰的牺牲品。正是这种认识使历史上几乎每一位主要哲学家都成为悲观主义者。

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.

一个八十岁的老人可能比三个新的绘画流派、两个建筑和诗歌流派以及一百个服装流派都活得长。

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.

八十岁的好处是一个人可以爱很多的人。

Man knows so much and does so little.

人知道的太多,做的太少。