These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day.
我窗下的玫瑰,不拿自己与昔日的玫瑰或更好的玫瑰相比;它们就是它们自己,今天与上帝一同存在。
— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays · Self-Reliance —
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day.
我窗下的玫瑰,不拿自己与昔日的玫瑰或更好的玫瑰相比;它们就是它们自己,今天与上帝一同存在。