Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

手段的完美和目的的混乱似乎是我们这个时代的特征。

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego.

也许中年是，或者应该是，一个蜕壳的时期;野心的外壳，物质积累和财产的外壳，自我的外壳。

Photography suits the temper of this age -- of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

摄影适合这个时代——活跃的身体和思想。它是一个完美的媒介，为一个人的头脑充满了想法，意象，为一个多产的工人谁将放缓绘画或雕塑，为一个人谁看得快，果断，准确。

Praise the young and they will flourish.

赞美少年人，他们就发旺。

Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age.

可能是我们这个时代最危险最有权势的实业家。

Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as in a looking glass.

谚语经久不衰，想做得好的人可以从谚语中看到自己，就像照镜子一样。

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

轻率属于青春;谨慎对待老年。

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

过了一定的年龄，阅读会使人的思想过分偏离其创造性的追求。读书太多而用脑太少的人会养成懒惰的思维习惯。

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

理智是年龄的拐杖，但青春足够坚强，可以独自行走。

Rebecca was a busy liar in her distinguished old age, reinventing her past for gullible biographers.

丽贝卡在她杰出的晚年是个忙碌的说谎者，为容易上当受骗的传记作家重新创造了她的过去。

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

拒绝平庸。让你的心尽情地飞翔。

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright.

要尊敬年幼的，惩治年老的。是时候让世界恢复正常了。

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

学习的责任属于学生，不分年龄。

Reverence is the chief joy and power of life - reverence for that which is pure and bright in youth; for what is true and tried in age; for all that is gracious among the living, great among the dead, - and marvelous in the powers that cannot die.

敬畏是人生最大的快乐和力量——敬畏年轻时纯洁明亮的事物;因为那是真实的，经过岁月的考验;因为凡在活人中有恩慈的，在死人中为大的，在不死的能力上为大的。

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

骑上一万昼夜，直到岁月在你身上留下雪白的头发。