Vic - Quotes of the Day 10

2011年8月15日

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
多嘴的人教會我沉默，偏狹的人教會我寬容，刻薄的人教會我仁慈；奇怪的是，我並不感激這些老師。
- Khalil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
野獸從不以殺生取樂。只有人類覺得生命受難與死亡，本身是好玩的事。
- James Anthony Froude, author and editor (1818-1894)

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
一如所有弱者，他過度強調不可改變想法。
- William Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965)