《尽你所能》
即使你不能按你希冀的那样安排生活，
至少要尽量做到
你力所能及：别让它卑贱，
别过多地搅进这世界、
别参加太多活动和闲聊。
别让它卑贱，拖着它到处显摆，
在社交网和聚会上
日常胡扯中展示，
直到它变成你随身携带的负担。
As Much As You Can
And if you cannot make your life as you wish,
Try to do this at least,
as much as you can: don’t cheapen it
with too much contact with the world,
with too much activity and chatter.
Don’t cheapen your life, dragging it here and there,
exposing it to the daily nonsense
of social network and gatherings
until it becomes a dead weight that you can carry around.
《温泉关》
那些在一生中定义和守护
一个温泉关的人值得致敬。
认准何为正义，就绝不背叛，
所作所为，始终公正如一，
但又不缺乏同情与悲悯；
富裕时慷慨，困顿时
仍以微薄的方式展现大方，
仍然尽己所能帮助他人；
从来不说假话谎话，
而对撒谎的人并无憎恨。
他们预见到（许多人预见得到）
叛徒埃菲阿尔特斯终会出现，
波斯军队最终会突破，因此，
他们更应该获得更大的荣誉。
Thermopylae
Honour to those who in their life
define and guard a Thermopylae.
Not betraying what is right,
consistent and just in all they do
but showing pity also, and compassion;
generous when rich, and when poor
still generous in small ways,
still helping others as much as they can;
always speaking the truth,
yet without hatred for those who lie.
And even greater honour is due to them
when they foresee (as many do foresee)
that Ephialtes the traitor will appear in the end,
and the Persians will break through after all.
塞莫皮莱，希腊东部一个多岩石的平原。这个村庄四周有热涌泉，因而得到温泉关（Thermopylae）这个名字。西方历史上的重要战役温泉关战役发生地。斯巴达国王列奥尼达一世率领精兵298人和一些底比斯人与部分希腊城邦联军在温泉关抵抗数目上远远超过他们的波斯军队，争取了时间，为希腊最终胜利立下大功，但因寡不敌众，斯巴达战士全部阵亡，无一被俘或投降。
