Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

  • -- John Donne 约翰·唐恩

任何人的死亡都使我渺小,因为我与人类息息相关;因此,永远不要派人去打听丧钟为谁而鸣;它为你收费。

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According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

根据大多数研究,人们最害怕的是公开演讲。第二个是死亡。死亡是第二位的。听起来对吗?这意味着,对于一般人来说,如果你去参加一个葬礼,你最好躺在棺材里,而不是做悼词。

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.

值得怀疑的是,人类是否最感激那些像培根和巴特勒那样从文学宝库中挖掘黄金的人,还是最感激那些像佩利那样净化它、盖章、确定它的真正价值并赋予它货币和效用的人。

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

仅仅对新闻界来说,尽管滥用职权的情况错综复杂,但世界对理性和人道主义战胜错误和压迫所取得的一切胜利应负全责。

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

这么多人来参加他的葬礼,是因为他们想确认他已经死了。