If a little labour, little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains.

劳动少，收获也少。人的命运取决于他的痛苦。

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.

如果一个人不能在没有任何刺激物的情况下做脑力劳动，他最好转向手工劳动。

If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

如果一个人被称为扫街工，他应该像米开朗基罗画画、贝多芬作曲或莎士比亚写诗那样扫大街。他应该把街道扫得干干净净，让天地万物都停下来对他说:“这里住着一位伟大的扫街工人，他的工作做得很好。”

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

如果一个人热爱他的职业，除了成功或名声之外，诸神都曾召唤过他。

If a man will not work, he shall not eat.

人若不作工，就不吃饭。

If all the year were playing holidays To sport would be as tedious as to work.

如果一整年都在度假，运动和工作一样乏味。

If food were free, why work?

如果食物是免费的，为什么还要工作?

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

如果努力工作是一件如此美妙的事情，那么富人肯定会把它藏在心里。

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

如果在日常生活中我们能微笑，如果我们能和平快乐，不仅是我们，而且每个人都会从中受益。这是最基本的和平工作。

If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.

如果这确实是上帝的杰作……这是一场危机，要求教会做最好的自己，不要担心为了正确的事情而冒险。

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

如果你在演戏的时候看起来像是在工作，那么你就做错了。

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

如果人类不学会尊重海洋和雨林，人类将会灭绝。

If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.

如果我的孩子不会画画，我会确保我的厨房磁铁不起作用。

If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, that's fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldn't! They shouldn't read my work!

如果人们选择以一种不去面对他们经历中更麻烦的方面的方式生活，如果这种方式对他们有效，那也没什么。但如果他们遇到像我这样的人，可能会感到不舒服。所以他们不应该这么做!他们不应该读我的作品!

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

如果人们对你的工作有不同的看法，我认为这是一种恭维。我宁愿让他们对此有所感觉，而不是置之不理。