喬治·吉辛
英國小說家，散文家
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
做好一件事的回報就是已經(jīng)完成了它。
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
世界上充滿了這樣的人，他們對滿意未來的概念實際上是對理想化過去的回歸。
The spirit of a man is the most valuable thing in the world.
人的精神是世界上最寶貴的東西。
There are three things I have always loved and never understood—art, music, and women.
有三樣東西我一直熱愛卻從未理解——藝術、音樂和女人。
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.
過去是唯一聞起來香甜的已逝之物。
The money came between us like a ghost, and I could not touch her hand without feeling that chill.
金錢像幽靈一樣橫亙在我們之間，我無法觸摸她的手而不感到那種寒意。
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go.
生活的藝術在于知道何時堅持，何時放手。
There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.
世界上沒有像大城市那樣的孤獨。
The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
世界上充滿了愿意的人；一些人愿意工作，其余的人愿意讓他們工作。
The money-god has no place in the temples of literature.
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