Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. [And] if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.
男人不为国旗、国家、海军陆战队、荣誉或其他抽象概念而战。他们为彼此而战。如果你经历了这场磨难，你就会有尊严地老去。
Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
人们不会因为变老而停止玩耍;他们变老是因为他们不再玩了。
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
上了年纪的人反对得太多，商量得太久，冒险得太少，后悔得太早，很少把生意做得称心如意，而满足于平庸的成功。
Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.
我这个年龄的人生活在不断绝望的状态中。
Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.
评判一个人，不应该看他的肤色、他所侍奉的神、他喝的酒的年份，也不应该看他打架、恋爱或犯罪的方式，而应该看他思考的品质。
Men that age aren't known for their superior judgment.
那个年龄的男人并不以他们出众的判断力而闻名。
Middle Age - When you want to see how long your car will last instead of how fast it will go.
中年——当你想看你的车能开多久，而不是它能开多快。
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?"
中年是生命中令人困惑的时刻吗?我们听到两个声音在呼唤我们，一个说:“为什么不呢?”另一个说:“为什么呢?”
Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.
中年结束，衰老开始，这一天你的子孙超过你的朋友。
Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to the time we have left to us. Our children are gaining life, and our parents are losing it.
中年是双面人。当我们回顾我们所取得的成就和我们在实现我们想要的东西上的失败时，我们会展望我们剩下的时间。我们的孩子正在获得生命，而我们的父母正在失去生命。
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
中年时期，男人总是在想，一两周后他会感觉和以前一样好。
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
中年时期，男人总是出于经济原因而不是浪漫的原因而关灯。
Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.
中年的时候，工作不再那么有趣，而有趣的工作更多。
Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.
中年时，你选择谷类食物是为了获得纤维，而不是为了得到玩具。
Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.
中年是你仍然相信你会在早上感觉更好的时候。