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Post by 特斯拉 on Oct 21, 2021 19:10:04 GMT -5
维基:马克·吐温Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". " The most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." "The first important day i.e. the day of birth is important because without birth the story of the individual will not begin. However, many individuals simply get born and vanish one day after living like any other living creature including insects. It is important to know as to why we are born. What is the purpose of our human life? In case we are not able to know the purpose of our life, then our life is as good as the life of an animal. "The second important day is day when we know why we are born, what life is and its purpose. The day we acquire knowledge of the truth of life we are said to be born twice. That is called dwija (the second birth) . Everyone is born with ignorance which is said to be a status of Sudra. When one acquires knowledge of truth (Brahma) one is as if born twice to become a Brahmana. It means we all are born Sudra with possibility in everyone to become Brahmana. These are not names of two castes but two status of all human beings , one is of ignorance and the other of knowledge.
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Post by 特斯拉 on Oct 22, 2021 19:41:08 GMT -5
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything".
"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."
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Post by 溪山 on Oct 22, 2021 21:53:03 GMT -5
Seems you are a big fan of Mark Twain. I suppose you have read his autobiography? A good read. His life was full of adventures. "An adventure is something that while it's happening you wish it wasn't." --- Mark Twain
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Post by 边 草 on Oct 23, 2021 3:28:00 GMT -5
因为他的 《竞选州长》,马克·吐温在中国非常著名,可是大多数中国人不知道他的另外一句名言:“if you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed”!(一个人不看报就没有信息来源,看报往往被误导!) 根据以上两个现象,我们可以这样延伸开去:在中国,一个人如果不接受基础教育则是文盲,如果光读政府控制的各种读物(如今包括网络、手机平台)就不具有公正、客观看世界的视角和眼光。
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Post by 溪山 on Oct 23, 2021 17:18:45 GMT -5
"the story was taught to Chinese schoolchildren as a model of the false democracy of capitalism" -- Yeah, I remember reading it in middle school.
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Post by 特斯拉 on Oct 23, 2021 19:37:29 GMT -5
Seems you are a big fan of Mark Twain. ............ A few days ago, I was on a business trip to Hartford, Connecticut where the Mark Twain House is nearby. I visited it while I was there. Indeed, he is less known figure in US compared to how well we are familiar with him. lol. "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and man."
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Post by 特斯拉 on Oct 25, 2021 19:41:31 GMT -5
The kindness is a language which the deaf hear and the blind can see. The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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Post by 特斯拉 on Oct 25, 2021 19:49:56 GMT -5
A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. The lack of money is the root of all evil.
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Post by 特斯拉 on Oct 25, 2021 19:51:30 GMT -5
Be careful about reading health book. You may die of a misprint. When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
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Post by 溪山 on Oct 25, 2021 22:37:10 GMT -5
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. "No such thing as forever" -- let it be forever young, forever 21, forever beautiful, or forever ......
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