The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.

  • -- Richard Whately 理查德·怀特利

一个人一生中最幸福的事,就出生而言,就是给他一点时间去想它。

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Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.

后来,亲爱的姨妈常常问我,为什么我从来没有告诉过别人我是如何被对待的。孩子们所讲的不比动物多多少,因为他们所接受的是永恒不变的。

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

时间从画家的作品中提取各种价值。当这些价值被耗尽时,图片就会被遗忘,而一张图片所能提供的东西越多,它就会变得越大。

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

如果不是一颗宝石,甚至一朵花,我们应该把爱的思想作为礼物扔进朋友的心里,那将是天使的给予。

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.

你必须吃点东西,在你的生活中有一点爱,然后你才能坚持任何该死的身体说教如何表现。