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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Presently I shall be introduced as ‘this venerable old gentleman’ and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of ‘grand old man’. That means on our continent any one with snow-white hair who has kept out of jail till eighty.

不久,我将被介绍为“这位德高望重的老先生”,当他们把我提升到“德高望重的老先生”的地位时,斧头就会掉下来。这意味着在我们的大陆上,任何一个有着雪白头发的人都能在监狱里呆到八十岁。

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

一个作家可能会告诉我,他认为人类最终会变成鸵鸟。我不能完全反驳他。

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

客观的精神是沉默。

A man may die old at thirty and young at eighty.

一个人可能在三十岁时老去,八十岁时年轻。