A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.

一个已经统治世界的文明不能说正在消亡。

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

一个文明的国家可以没有敌人，一个人不能在地图上画一条线，这条线甚至在自然界中都不存在，说丑陋的敌人生活在一边，好朋友生活在另一边。

A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace.

文明社会是一个展现真、美、冒险、艺术与和平五种品质的社会。

A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.

经典是一本不必再写的书。

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

经典是一本永远没有把它要说的话说完的书。

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

经典是每个人都想读但没人想读的东西。

A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous Epic lilted out By violet-hooded Doctors, elegies And quoted odes, and jewels five-words-long, That on the stretched forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever.

这是一场充满感情的经典演讲，夹杂着紫罗兰色头巾的医生们奏出的雷鸣般的史诗片段、挽歌和被引用的颂词，以及五字珠光宝气的五行诗。

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

清白无辜的良心无所畏惧。

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

问心无愧通常是记性不好的标志。

A clear division between good and evil, right and wrong, would simplify everything, but life was rarely simple.

善与恶、对与错的明确划分可以简化一切，但生活很少是简单的。

A clear, attentive mind Has no meaning but that Which sees is truly seen.

一个清晰、专注的头脑没有任何意义，只有看得见的才是真正看得见的。

A clever, imagination, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds.

一个聪明、有想象力、幽默的要求可以打开紧闭的门和封闭的心灵。

A clock only turns one direction.

时钟只有一个方向。

A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town.

钟敲了十二下，当我们走到大路上，跟着快乐的风笛手回到城里时，树篱里的小鸟还在唱歌。

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

屏幕上的特写镜头可以表达一首歌所能表达的一切。