普月·起看清冰的笔记(80)
Empire of Pain (1)
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吗啡命名的由来：Morpheus，the God of Dreams
The opium poppy is a slender, seductive plant, a small bud atop a long stem, swaying gently in the breeze. It flowers beautifully, deep red or pale pink, and looks mellow and maddeningly indifferen...
Plato (1)
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Socrates' Usual Irony
笑出声的一节 苏格拉底式反讽=惊吓过度楚楚可怜 While we were speaking, Thrasymachus had tried many times to take over the discussion but was restrained by those sitting near him, who wanted to hear o...
In Cold Blood (1)
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A Life Reader
"I really liked Andy. He was a nut—not a real nut, like they kept hollering; but, you know, just goofy. He was always talking about breaking out of here and making his living as a hired gun. He li...
Pindar (1)
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A Recompense for One's Labors in Poetry's Famous Songs
If a man succeeds in an exploit, he casts a honey-minded cause into the Muses' streams, for great deeds of valor remain in deep darkness when they lack hymns. We know of a mirror for noble deeds in...
The Expedition of Cyrus (2)
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That Pursuit Makes Even Cowards Confident
如果说之前望见大海的那一刻，众人喜极而泣，因为看见自由、希望、家的灯火点亮了归途，是一种绝处逢生的境遇；那么面对横亘于眼下的山堑险阻，照见现实，这段演说确实太鼓舞人心了。两种情况，心境早已不同。是... -
'The Sea! The Sea!'
这就是纵贯西方文化史，被引述过无数次的名场面。权作这个庚子除夕的落幅吧。 The next leg was a four-day journey of twenty parasangs that brought them to a large and prosperous inhabited city called Gy...