Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

兴趣是人民的动力，但荣誉是伟大心灵的动力。发明是青年的才能，也是老年的判断力。

Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.

不容忍是每个时代和国家的祸根。

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

发明是青年的才能，正如判断是年龄的表现。

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

幸运的是，每个时代都有人有足够的个性和勇气来坚持自己的信念。

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grow torpid in old age.

如果一个人年老时头脑迟钝，那是他自己的过错，是由于没有用处。

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

遗憾的是，一个人逐渐获得了经验，却失去了青春。

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

莫扎特在我这个年纪时已经去世两年了，这是一个发人深省的想法。

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.

青春是一种幻觉，是那些失去青春的人的幻觉。

It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.

人老了，出家是容易的。

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

一个杰出的人想要逃避责难是愚蠢的，而受责难的影响是软弱的表现。古代所有的杰出人物，甚至世界上各个时代的人，都经历过这种激烈的迫害。

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.

你很难超越你的公众。如果他们对廉价的性能感到满意，你就不会轻易达到更好的效果。如果他们知道什么是好的，并且需要它。你会渴望并燃烧，直到你实现它。但在历史上，男人总是过早地出生整整一个时代。

It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science; while they are unable to read, for reading demands making judgments at every line. Conversation is almost dead, and soon so too will be those who knew how to speak.

孩子们应该在很小的时候就满怀热情地开始学习计算机科学的绝对知识，这不足为奇;当他们无法阅读时，因为阅读需要在每一行做出判断。谈话几乎是死气沉沉，那些会说话的人不久也会如此。

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

每一代人都有责任按现状偿还自己的债务。这一原则如果付诸实施，将拯救世界上一半的战争。

It is less painful to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age.

年轻时学习比年老时无知痛苦得少。

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

这是我的艺术。我比以前做得更好。我会尽我所能去做。当你到了一定的年龄，你就可以把不必要的事情抛诸脑后，集中精力去做它。为什么不呢?