Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 11
Some things are really necessaries of life in some circles, the most helpless and diseased, which in others are luxuries merely, and in others still are entirely unknown.
Algunas cosas son verdaderas necesidades de la vida en ciertos círculos, los más desamparados y enfermos, que en otros son apenas lujos, y en otros aún son completamente desconocidas.
The whole ground of human life seems to some to have been gone over by their predecessors, both the heights and the valleys, and all things to have been cared for.
El terreno completo de la vida humana parece a algunos haber sido recorrido ya por sus predecesores, tanto las cumbres como los valles, y todas las cosas haber sido atendidas.
According to Evelyn, "the wise Solomon prescribed ordinances for the very distances of trees; and the Roman prætors have decided how often you may go into your neighbor's land to gather the acorns which fall on it without trespass, and what share belongs to that neighbor."
Según Evelyn, «el sabio Salomón prescribió ordenanzas incluso para las distancias entre los árboles; y los pretores romanos han decidido con qué frecuencia se puede entrar en el terreno del vecino para recoger las bellotas que caen en él sin cometer allanamiento, y qué parte le corresponde a dicho vecino».
Hippocrates has even left directions how we should cut our nails; that is, even with the ends of the fingers, neither shorter nor longer.
Hipócrates incluso ha dejado instrucciones sobre cómo debemos cortarnos las uñas; es decir, a la misma altura que las yemas de los dedos, ni más cortas ni más largas.
Undoubtedly the very tedium and ennui which presume to have exhausted the variety and the joys of life are as old as Adam.
Sin duda, el mismo tedio y hastío que presumen de haber agotado la variedad y los placeres de la vida son tan antiguos como Adán.
But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little has been tried.
Pero las capacidades del hombre nunca han sido medidas; ni debemos juzgar lo que puede hacer por precedente alguno, pues tan poco se ha intentado.
Whatever have been thy failures hitherto, "be not afflicted, my child, for who shall assign to thee what thou hast left undone?"
Cualesquiera que hayan sido tus fracasos hasta ahora, «no te aflijas, hijo mío, pues ¿quién te reprochará lo que has dejado sin hacer?»
We might try our lives by a thousand simple tests; as, for instance, that the same sun which ripens my beans illumines at once a system of earths like ours.
Podríamos poner nuestras vidas a prueba mediante mil sencillas comprobaciones; como, por ejemplo, que el mismo sol que madura mis judías ilumina a la vez un sistema de tierras como la nuestra.
If I had remembered this it would have prevented some mistakes.
Si hubiera recordado esto, me habría evitado algunos errores.
Vocabulary
- Algunas
- Some; a few (feminine plural)
- cosas
- Things; matters or objects
- son
- Are; third person plural of ser
- verdaderas
- True; genuine or authentic (feminine plural)
- necesidades
- Needs; requirements or necessities
- de
- Of; from or belonging to
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- vida
- Life; existence or way of living
- en
- In; within or inside of
- ciertos
- Certain; specific or particular (masculine plural)
- círculos
- Circles; groups or social networks
- los
- The (masculine plural article)
- más
- More; most or greater amount
- desamparados
- Helpless; abandoned or destitute (masculine plural)
- enfermos
- Sick; ill or afflicted persons
- que
- That; which or who (relative pronoun)
- otros
- Others; different people or things
- apenas
- Barely; scarcely or hardly at all
- lujos
- Luxuries; expensive comforts or extravagances
- aún
- Yet; still or even now
- completamente
- Completely; totally or entirely
- desconocidas
- Unknown; unfamiliar or unrecognized (feminine plural)
- El
- The (masculine singular article)
- terreno
- Ground; terrain or field of land
- completo
- Complete; whole or entire
- humana
- Human; relating to mankind (feminine)
- parece
- Seems; appears or looks like
- algunos
- Some; a few (masculine plural)
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb for perfect tenses
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- recorrido
- Traveled; traversed or gone through
- ya
- Already; by now or previously
- por
- By; for or through
- sus
- Their; his or her (possessive)
- tanto
- So much; as much or equally
- las
- The (feminine plural article)
- cumbres
- Peaks; summits or mountain tops
- como
- Like; as or such as
- valles
- Valleys; low areas between mountains
- todas
- All; every one (feminine plural)
- atendidas
- Attended; cared for or dealt with
- Según
- According; as stated by or per
- el
- The; the (masculine singular article)
- sabio
- Wise; sage or learned person
- prescribió
- Prescribed; ordered or established by rule
- incluso
- Even; including or as well as
- para
- For; in order to or toward
- distancias
- Distances; spaces between two points
- entre
- Between; among or in the midst
- árboles
- Trees; woody plants with trunk
- romanos
- Roman; relating to ancient Rome
- han
- Have; auxiliary verb (third person plural)
- decidido
- Decided; determined or resolved
- con
- With; accompanied by or using
- qué
- What; which thing or question
- frecuencia
- Frequency; how often something occurs
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun
- puede
- Can; is able or permitted to
- entrar
- Enter; to go into or come in
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction)
- vecino
- Neighbor; adjacent person or property owner
- recoger
- Gather; collect or pick up
- caen
- Fall; drop down or descend
- él
- He; him (masculine pronoun)
- sin
- Without; lacking or minus
- cometer
- Commit; perpetrate or do wrongly
- parte
- Part; portion or section
- le
- Him; to him (indirect object)
- corresponde
- Corresponds; belongs or is owed to
- dicho
- Said; mentioned or aforesaid
- ha
- Has; auxiliary verb (third person singular)
- dejado
- Left; allowed or abandoned
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