A closed mind is a dying mind.

封闭的心灵是垂死的心灵。

A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale.

云是由一层又一层的波纹构成的，这些波纹看起来像云。当你靠近一朵云的时候，你不会得到平滑的物体，而是在更小的尺度上不规则的物体。

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

一位教练曾经告诉我决定一个球员表现的因素有四个:他的战术意识，他的身体状况，他的技术能力和他的精神力量。

A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen.

巧合只是一个等待发生的解释。

A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.

一种冷漠的无神论唯物主义是当今所谓物质哲学的倾向。

A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.

这是一年中最不适宜旅行的季节，而且是一段如此漫长的旅行:路途遥远，气候严寒，严冬已至。

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.

一个冷酷的理性主义个人主义者可以否认他有任何义务为未来做出牺牲。

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.

集合不仅仅是一个基本概念。它来自于空气中的某种东西，你突然喜欢上了它，然后把它写在纸上，然后再去做。

A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement.

一本好书，如果有一个图书管理员的灵魂，就会成为推动世界进步的动力之一。

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

一个遍布全国的集体暴君，并不比一个坐在宝座上的暴君更令人接受。

A colossal bore... I feel I could write something like it tomorrow, if my cat inspired me by walking over the piano.

一个巨大的生…如果我的猫从钢琴上走过给了我灵感，我觉得我明天就能写出类似的东西。

A colour is a physical object as soon as we consider its dependence, for instance, upon its luminous source, upon other colours, upon temperatures, upon spaces, and so forth.

颜色是一种物理对象，只要我们考虑到它的依赖关系，例如，它依赖于它的光源，依赖于其他颜色，依赖于温度，依赖于空间等等。

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

体操项目的回归几乎是不可能的。

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

喜剧演员需要有自己的过滤器，需要知道他的观众，他能把事情推进多远。

A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle.

喜剧演员看到世界被扭曲。我与圆相切。