Love Your Life

Love Your Life（热爱你的生活）
Henry David Thoreau/亨利.大卫.梭罗
However mean your life is,meet it and love it;do not shun
不论你的生活如何卑贱， 你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，
it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks
更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有
poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults
的时候，倒是看似最穷。 爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能
in paradise. Love your life,poor as it is. You may perhaps have
找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫
some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hours,even in a poor-house,
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
夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；
alms-house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode;the snow
melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but
在那门前，积雪同在早春融化 我只看到，一
a quite mind may live as contentedly there,and have as
个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快
cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town’s poor seem to me
的思想。 城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往
often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are
往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很
simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think
伟大，所以受之无愧。大多数人以为
that they are above being supported by the town;but it often
他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；可是事实上
happens that they are not above supporting themselves by
他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，
dishonest means.Which should be more disreputable.Cultivate
他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是体面的。视贫穷如
prverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble youself
园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！不要找新的花样，
much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the
无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，
old,return to them.Things do not change;we change .Sell your
回到那里去。万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣
clothes and keep your thoughts.
服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。

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Love Your Life（热爱你的生活）
Henry David Thoreau/亨利.大卫.梭罗
However mean your life is,meet it and love it;do not shun
不论你的生活如何卑贱， 你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，
it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks
更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有
poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults
的时候，倒是看似最穷。 爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能
in paradise. Love your life,poor as it is. You may perhaps have
找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫
some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hours,even in a poor-house,
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
夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；
alms-house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode;the snow
melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but
在那门前，积雪同在早春融化 我只看到，一
a quite mind may live as contentedly there,and have as
个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快
cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town’s poor seem to me
的思想。 城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往
often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are
往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很
simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think
伟大，所以受之无愧。大多数人以为
that they are above being supported by the town;but it often
他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；可是事实上
happens that they are not above supporting themselves by
他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，
dishonest means.Which should be more disreputable.Cultivate
他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是体面的。视贫穷如
prverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble youself
园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！不要找新的花样，
much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the
无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，
old,return to them.Things do not change;we change .Sell your
回到那里去。万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣
clothes and keep your thoughts.
服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。

不

Love Your Life（热爱你的生活）
Henry David Thoreau/亨利.大卫.梭罗
However mean your life is,meet it and love it;do not shun
不论你的生活如何卑贱， 你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，
it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks
更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有
poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults
的时候，倒是看似最穷。 爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能
in paradise. Love your life,poor as it is. You may perhaps have
找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫
some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hours,even in a poor-house,
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
夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；
alms-house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode;the snow
melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but
在那门前，积雪同在早春融化 我只看到，一
a quite mind may live as contentedly there,and have as
个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快
cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town’s poor seem to me
的思想。 城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往
often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are
往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很
simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think
伟大，所以受之无愧。大多数人以为
that they are above being supported by the town;but it often
他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；可是事实上
happens that they are not above supporting themselves by
他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，
dishonest means.Which should be more disreputable.Cultivate
他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是体面的。视贫穷如
prverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble youself
园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！不要找新的花样，
much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the
无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，
old,return to them.Things do not change;we change .Sell your
回到那里去。万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣
clothes and keep your thoughts.
服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。

不