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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

  • -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗

年老时的忠告是愚蠢的;因为，有什么比我们越接近旅程的终点，就为道路增加给养更荒唐的事呢?

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

当我们诚实地问自己生命中谁对我们最重要时，我们常常发现，是那些人，他们没有给出建议、解决方案或治愈方法，而是选择与我们分享痛苦，用温暖而温柔的手触摸我们的伤口。

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I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.

我不反对设计一个新的养恤金制度，其中一个部分是以集体规定为基础的，但也鼓励人们采取额外的个人计划。

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And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

最后，林肯不是一个很好的即兴演讲者;当他能够阅读一份精心准备的手稿时，他处于最佳状态。不过也许提词器能帮上忙!

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We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

我们买威士忌的钱比我们买酒的钱还多;毕竟，这是一项非常有利可图的投资。

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It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

说一个男人不能一直爱一个女人，就像说一个小提琴手需要几把小提琴才能演奏同一首曲子一样，都是荒谬的。

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Since I was eight years old. I didn't have a TV, so comic books were definitely my television, my soap operas, and all that.

从我八岁开始。我没有电视，所以漫画书绝对是我的电视，我的肥皂剧等等。

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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

我们所有人都未能实现完美的梦想。因此，我对我们的评价是基于我们出色地完成了不可能完成的任务。

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We're very proud of what's taking place in Old Town. We've seen a big increase in traffic there with all the new shops.

我们对老城区发生的事情感到非常自豪。我们看到那里的新商店大大增加了交通流量。

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Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

官员的尊严往往与任职国家的重要性成反比。

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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

这还不是结束。这甚至不是结束的开始。但这或许是开端的终结。

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I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should.

我走在路上的时间比我应该走的要长得多，失去的也比我应该失去的更多。

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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

聪明人从愚蠢的问题中学到的东西比傻瓜从聪明的答案中学到的东西还多。

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Happily ever after wasn’t a destination, it was a journey. And we were well on our way.

从此幸福不再是一个终点，而是一段旅程。我们一路顺风。

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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

变老只不过是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。

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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

爱恨我们的人比爱我们的人更接近我们。

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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。

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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

当敬虔不可能时，清洁就变得更重要。

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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

宽恕敌人比宽恕朋友容易。

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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

害怕比被爱安全得多。

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The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful.

如果一个孩子不小心，这条路可能会很艰难。

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A journey indeed, in an emotional roller-coaster.

这确实是一段情感过山车般的旅程。

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The trick is growing up without growing old.

诀窍是在不变老的情况下成长。

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Caring too much is what I'm good at.

关心太多是我擅长的。

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