However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names.
不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。
不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。
You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hourss, even in a poor house.
甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。
甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。
The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.
夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮;在那门前,积雪同在早春融化。
夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮;在那门前,积雪同在早春融化。
I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts,
我只看到,一个从容的人,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。
我只看到,一个从容的人,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。
Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.
大多数人以为他们是超然的,不靠城镇来支援他们;可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,
大多数人以为他们是超然的,不靠城镇来支援他们;可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends, Turn the old,
不要找新的花样,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服,来麻烦你自己。找旧的,
不要找新的花样,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服,来麻烦你自己。找旧的,