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章節報錯
of course somebody has to pay the taxes; but I do not find them exciting。 I am fascinated by the men; few enough in all conscience; who take life in their own hands and seem to mould it to their own liking。 It maybe that we have no such thing as free will; but at all events; we have the illusion of it。 At a cross road it does seem to us that we might go either to the right or the left and; the choice once made; it is difficult to see that the whole course of the world’s history obliged3 us to take the turning we did。
人生苦短
佚名
你們有些人聽任一些不幸的誤會年復一年地繼續存在,打算將來有一天再去澄清;你們有些人聽任一些可憐的爭執繼續為害,因為你們不能現在就下定決心犧牲自己的自尊,消除那些爭執;你們有些人在大街上遇見某些人的時候,由於某種愚蠢的怨恨,故意不同他們講話,但是你們自己心裡也知道,如果在明天早晨聽說其中的某個人離開了人世,自己的心中一定會充滿羞愧和悔恨之情;你們有些人吝惜一句感激或同情的話,因而使朋友在痛苦中等待——只要你們突然間知道、看到或感覺到“人生苦短”,那你們的心胸就會豁然開朗,不再沉迷於那些無謂的計較,你會馬上去做一些如果現在不做以後也許就永遠沒有機會去做的事情。
… 心靈小語
人生苦短,不要因為一些無謂的爭執、誤會而浪費我們的人生。在這有限的時間裡,去做一些我們也許永遠沒有機會去做的事情,不要給自己留下遺憾。
The Time Is Short
Anonymous
You who are letting miserable1 misunderstandings run on from year to year; meaning to clear them up some day; you who are keeping wretched quarrels alive because you cannot quite make up your mind that now is the day to sacrifice2 your pride and kill them; you who are passing men sullenly upon the street; not speaking to them out of some silly spite; and yet knowing that it would fill you with shame and remorse3 if you heard that one of those men were dead tomorrow morning; you who are letting your friend’s heart ache for