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Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emperson

Thrust yourself. These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character. If you maintain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible Society, vote with a great party either for the Government or against it, spread your table like base housekeepers, under all these screens I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are. And of course so much force is withdrawn from your proper life. But do your thing, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

For nonconformity, the world whips you with its displeasure. When the indignation of the people is added, when the ignorant and the poor are aroused, when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow, it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment.

自立

相信你自己。我们独处时会听到这样的声音，但踏入喧嚣尘世后这声音就微弱的几不可闻。社会中处处都是阴谋，阻碍置身其中的人走向成熟。社会好比一家股份公司，成员们为了牢牢保住股东的那份面包，同意牺牲吃面包者的自由和文明。顺从的美德备受推崇，自立为其所厌弃。它钟爱的不是现实和创造者，而是虚名和陋俗。

我必须去做我所关心的事，而非人们所想的事。这一规则在现实生命和智慧生命中同样艰难，而这正是高贵和鄙俗的全部差别。他的困难之处在于总有人自以为他比你更明了你的职责为何。顺从世俗的观念而活是容易的，在寂然独处时随心而活也不难；而伟人之所以为伟人，是因为即使置身芸芸众生之中也还能保持遗世独立的德馨。

我反对那些对你而言僵硬死板的惯例，因为他们会分散你的力量。他们浪费你时间，模糊你的人格。如果你供奉一座死气沉沉的教堂，向僵化的圣经公会纳贡，盲从某一大政党投票支持或反对政府，像蠢笨的主妇一样摆放餐桌，在这一切遮蔽之下，我很难看到真正的

你。但是做你想做的事，我就能了解你。做你自己的事，你将变得更强。

世俗对那些特立独行的人愤怒不已，大加挞伐。如果再加上人民的愤怒，煽动起那些无知者和贫苦者，社会底层的蛮愚力量咆哮嘶吼，那就需要如上帝一般，以宽宏的胸怀和宗教信仰来化戾气为祥和。

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美丽的微笑 A Smile is A Gift That Anyone Can Give It costs nothing, but saves much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich that he can get along without it; none so poor that he is not enriched by it. It creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friends. It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sick, and nature's best antidote for trouble. It cannot be bought, borrowed, or stolen, for it is no earthly good to anyone until it is given away. If you meet someone too burdened with grief or worry to smile, just give him one of yours. For nobody needs a smile so much as he who has none left to give. 微笑不需要花费你一分钱，但却能带来很多。它使那些得到它的人富有，却不会使付出它的人贫穷。它发生在一瞬间，但它的记忆有时却是永恒的。如果人们可以没有微笑，那么，无论拥有什么都会觉得贫穷。如果人们无法因此而丰富，那么就没有什么比这更贫穷了。微笑为家庭到来欢笑，为工作增添善意，是友谊的象征。它是缓解疲劳的良药，是征服气馁的日光，是治疗疾病的阳光，是自然界中战胜困难的灵丹妙药。它不能买，不能借，也不能偷，因为在它被给予他人之前是毫无用处的。如果你遇见某人被悲伤和焦虑压得喘不过气来，只要给他一个微笑就行。因为当一个人无法再给予微笑的时候，他比任何时候都需要微笑！ 青春 Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite for what's next in the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope,

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Sunshine(阳光) Sunshine is not only from the sun but also from our hearts. 阳光不止来自太阳，也来自我们的心。 Having sunshine in heart we can see the bright side of the world. 心里有阳光，我们可以看到世界美好的一面。 Having sunshine in heart we will treat each other heart to heart. 心里有阳光，我们将以诚相待。 The heart of sunshine, even in a sad day, will remain the warmth and enthusiasm. 心里有阳光，即使在悲伤的日子，也会保留温暖和热情。 Only with a heart of sunshine can we improve the quality of our lives. 只有心有阳光我们才能提升生命的品质。 Be self-confident, tolerant and grateful; let the heart of sunshine light every little things of life. 自信、宽容、感恩吧！让心里的阳光照亮生活中的点点滴滴！ The heart of sunshine makes the life of sunshine. 阳光的心造就阳光的人生！ sunshine ['s?n?a?n] 阳光 bright [bra?t] 美好的

enthusiasm. [?n'θju?z??z(?)m] 热情 quality['kw?l?t?] 质量 When You Are Old(当你老了) When you are old and grey and full of sleep, 当你老了，白发苍苍，睡意昏沉， And nodding by the fire, take down this book, 在炉火旁打盹，请取下这本部诗歌， And slowly read, and dream of the soft look, 慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和 Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; 回想它们曾经浓重的阴影； How many loved your moments of glad grace, 多少人曾爱你年轻欢畅的时候 And loved your beauty with love false or true, 出于假意或真心，爱慕你的美丽， But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, 只有一个人爱你那虔诚的灵魂 And loved the sorrows of your changing face; 爱你苍老脸上的痛苦 And bending down beside the glowing bars, 俯身在火光闪耀的炉火旁 Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled, 凄然的低语，爱如何消逝 And paced upon the mountains overhead, 爱已踱步登上头顶的山峦 And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. 将他的脸盘隐没群星之中 shadow ['??d??] 阴影 murmur['m??m?]低语

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