If I had been helping the Almighty when he created man, I would have had him begin at the other end, and start human beings with old age.

如果全能的上帝创造人的时候，我在帮助他，我就会让他从另一端开始，从老年开始创造人类。

If age imparted wisdom, there wouldn't be any old fools.

如果岁月赋予智慧，就不会有老傻瓜。

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

如果文明已经从石器时代崛起，那么它也可以从废纸时代再次崛起。

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

如果一个时代相信得太多，另一个时代相信得太少是很自然的。

If our boys and girls are not so good as they were when you were a child their age, it may be that they had a much better mother and dad than your child has.

如果我们的男孩和女孩没有你小时候那么好，那可能是因为他们有比你的孩子更好的父母。

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era? This time...is a very good one..

如果有一个人想要出生的时代，那不是革命的时代吗?当旧的和新的并肩而立…什么时候旧的辉煌可以被新时代的丰富可能性所弥补?这一次……是一个很好的例子。

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

如果你做了你的本职工作，你一定会得到你应得的报酬——不管是表扬还是布丁，无论哪一种碰巧适合你的口味。

If you have the skill, then you can move as you age.

如果你有这种技能，那么你就可以随着年龄的增长而移动。

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

如果你能活到一百岁，你就成功了。很少有人在那个年龄之后死去。

If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.

如果青年而有知识，老年而有力量。

If youth but knew and age but could do.

青年而知，老年而能。

If youth knew what age would crave, It would both get and save.

如果年轻人知道自己的年龄会渴望什么，那么他们就会得到，也会攒钱。

If youth knew; if age could.

如果青年知道;如果年龄。

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

想象力是通过锻炼而增长的，与人们普遍认为的相反，它在成年人身上比在年轻人身上更有力量。

Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live.

想象一下，如果一所学校里的孩子会读会写，而老师却不会，那么你就对我们所处的信息时代有了一个隐喻。