The Thorny Road of Honor
光榮的荊棘路
Every country has great and respectable people. They teach us about battle, glory and failure in life.
每個國家都有深受人們尊敬的偉人。他們讓我們看到人生中的戰爭、榮耀和失敗。
"Know yourself." Socrates, who we all know, was held in contempt by many people. But he wanted to know a lot of things. Even now, he is respected by people.
“認識你自己”,我們都知道蘇格拉底曾經被許多人藐視。但這無法阻擋他求知的腳步。即使到了現在,他仍然受到人們的尊敬。
"The future is in the dark." The prophet 'Homer' always worried about the future, so his hair all turned white. After a while, his eyes went blind. But he is always remembered as the greatest prophet of history. Great men have always been produced continuously.
“未來是隱藏在黑暗中的,”先知'荷馬'總是擔心明天的生活,頭發都愁白了。不僅如此,不久他的眼睛也失明了。但他成為了歷史上最偉大的先知。偉人總是在經受磨難之后重生的。
"Have mercy on me. Please give me a penny" The great poet Camoniz was a beggar when he was young. But he has a magnificent monument of his own. If no one had given him money, he would have died from hunger.
“可憐一下我吧。請施舍我一分錢吧!”著名的詩人Camoniz 年輕的時候是一名乞丐。但是人們為他建立了一座宏偉的紀念碑。如果當時沒有人給他錢,他便會死于饑餓。
There is another man to talk about. He stayed in prison for a long time. "I am not crazy!" He is the one who invented steam power, but he could not be recognized as a great man in his days. People said that he was crazy. The great inventor, Salomon Deco ended his life in a mental institution.
說道這里,還有一個人需要提一下。他久居鐵窗之內,高喊著“我不是瘋子!”他便是發明蒸汽動力的人,但在那個時代他是不被人們認可的。人們說他是個瘋子。這個偉大的發明家,所羅門·德科就這樣在精神病院結束了自己的生命。
"I have found a new continent." Famous Columbus found the new Continent, but he got arrested and died in chains.
“我發現了新大陸,”著名的哥倫布雖然發現了新大陸,但他卻遭逮捕,并且慘死于牢籠之中。
"Someday, you will find out about the new continent." He died in chains, but now he is very famous for his discovery of the American Continent.
“總有一天,你們會發現新大陸的。”雖然慘死于牢獄之中,但因為他是發現美洲大陸的第一人而為人們所熟知。
"The earth goes around the sun." Galileo knew the earth circles the sun, but he suffered from blindness and deafness.
“地球繞著太陽轉,”伽利略雖然知道地球是圍著太陽轉的,但他卻飽受失明和耳聾的痛苦折磨。
"Still, the earth goes around the sun." He told people the earth travels around the sun even though it got him in trouble. Everything has a painful thorny path. Tolerate and stand firm no matter what comes your way. The mere pain of the moment will turn into glory.
即使他的言論為他帶來了麻煩,但他還是告訴人們“地球是繞著太陽轉的”。萬事都要歷經一番痛苦的荊棘路。不管路上遇到再多的艱難險阻,只要你勇敢地堅持下去就會成功。片刻的痛苦將變成無上的榮耀。
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