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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Always make sure you have your rent. At the end of the month, if you have to eat Ramen for a week because you won't have your rent money, just do it but make sure your rent is all there so you're not stressing about that. As long as you have your rent at least you have somewhere to live.

一定要确保你有房租。到了月底,如果你因为没有房租而不得不吃一周的拉面,那就吃吧,但要确保你的房租都在里面,这样你就不会有压力了。只要你有房租,至少你还有地方住。

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

当所有的技艺都无法做出一只牡蛎的时候,还有什么比认为所有这些罕见的天地结构都是偶然出现的更愚蠢的呢!

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

错误毕竟是真理的基础,如果一个人不知道一件事是什么,那么如果他知道它不是什么,那么他至少增加了知识。

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。

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

人是多么荒谬啊!他们从不使用他们拥有的自由,他们要求他们没有的自由。他们有思想自由,他们要求言论自由。

The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.

旋律和和弦的变化越多,对俱乐部来说就越不好,但对电台来说就越好,因为它能让它变得非常情绪化。

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

人生的道路是曲折的,没有两个方向是完全相同的。然而,我们的经验来自旅途,而不是目的地。

One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.

一个甜蜜庄严的念头,一次又一次地向我走来;我今天比以往任何时候都离家更近了。

Whine less, breathe more talk less, say more hate less, love more and all good things will be your.

少发牢骚,少呼吸,少说话,少说仇恨,多爱,所有美好的东西都会成为你的。

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

那些把我们的生活比作梦想的人是对的……我们醒着睡,醒着睡。

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

他活着是为了建立而不是吹嘘一个慷慨的种族;没有十分之一的愚蠢的表情。

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

成熟往往比青春更荒唐,而且往往对青春最不公平。

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

老年和其他一切一样。要想成功,你必须从年轻开始。

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

帮助我们的与其说是朋友的帮助,不如说是他们帮助我们的信心。

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。

What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road.

看起来路的尽头可能只是一个弯道。

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

岁月流逝得越多,它变得越困难。我老了。

The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.

玫瑰没有任何解释;她绽放,因为她绽放。

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

初恋的魔力在于我们不知道它会结束。

Every journey to something is a journey away from something.

每一次通往某物的旅程都是一次远离某物的旅程。

No one loves you more than me and no one ever will.

没有人比我更爱你,也没有人会比我更爱你。

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

小说是一面沿着大街的镜子。

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

我打算永远活着。到目前为止,一切顺利。