It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.

似乎一个天才的时代之后必须有一个努力的时代;用清洁和辛勤的劳动来放纵和奢侈。

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.

似乎当你到了一定的年龄，你几乎允许自己行为不端，说出自己的想法。老年人允许这样做。

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

在我看来，那些曾经很好的歌曲，我与它们的创作没有多大关系。这些话刚刚从我的袖子里爬了出来。

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . in short, the period was so far like the present period . . . .

这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代，这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代……这是希望的春天，这是绝望的冬天……简而言之，这段时期与现在的时期如此相似……

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

直到上了私人课，学了低音线之后，我才注意到我在那个年纪听的音乐中有低音。我的耳朵被风吹得大大的。

It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

令人惊讶的是，在一个不相信的时代，正如一个聪明人所说，甚至没有更多的欺诈。毕竟，没有上帝，就没有人会追究你的责任，如果你能侥幸逃脱，也就没有人会追究你的责任。

It's sad for a girl to reach the age Where men consider her charmless, But it's worse for a man to attain the age Where the girls consider him harmless.

一个女孩到了男人认为她没有魅力的年龄是令人难过的，而一个男人到了女孩认为他没有魅力的年龄是更糟糕的。

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

它是中年生活的安全阀，是老年生活的慰藉。

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

对我来说，蜜蜂有这种简单而古老的活动真是太棒了。

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

爵士乐是机器时代的民间音乐。

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine.

耶稣死得太早了。如果他活到我这个年纪，他就会抛弃他的学说。

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth.

正处在少年和青年之间，思想就是语言，语言就是真理。

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

只要记住，一旦你过了山，你就开始加速。

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

保持勇气。无论你做什么，都不要为自己感到难过。你将在一个充满机遇的时代获胜。

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

婚前睁大眼睛，婚后半闭眼睛。