Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 13
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well nigh incurable form of disease.
La incesante ansiedad y tensión de algunos es una forma de enfermedad casi incurable.
We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do; and yet how much is not done by us!
Estamos hechos para exagerar la importancia del trabajo que hacemos; ¡y sin embargo, cuánto no es hecho por nosotros!
or, what if we had been taken sick?
¿o qué habría pasado si hubiéramos caído enfermos?
How vigilant we are!
¡Qué vigilantes somos!
determined not to live by faith if we can avoid it; all the day long on the alert, at night we unwillingly say our prayers and commit ourselves to uncertainties.
decididos a no vivir por fe si podemos evitarlo; todo el día en alerta, por la noche decimos de mala gana nuestras oraciones y nos encomendamos a las incertidumbres.
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change.
De manera tan absoluta y sincera nos vemos obligados a vivir, reverenciando nuestra vida y negando la posibilidad del cambio.
This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre.
Este es el único camino, decimos; pero hay tantos caminos como radios pueden trazarse desde un centro.
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.
Todo cambio es un milagro digno de contemplar; pero es un milagro que tiene lugar a cada instante.
Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
Confucio dijo: «Saber que sabemos lo que sabemos, y que no sabemos lo que no sabemos, eso es el verdadero conocimiento».
When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact to his understanding, I foresee that all men at length establish their lives on that basis.
Cuando un hombre ha reducido un hecho de la imaginación a un hecho de su entendimiento, preveo que todos los hombres acabarán por establecer sus vidas sobre esa base.
Let us consider for a moment what most of the trouble and anxiety which I have referred to is about, and how much it is necessary that we be troubled, or, at least, careful.
Consideremos por un momento en qué consiste la mayor parte de los problemas y la ansiedad a los que me he referido, y cuánto es necesario que nos preocupemos, o al menos, que seamos cuidadosos.
Vocabulary
- incesante
- Unceasing, constant, never stopping
- ansiedad
- Anxiety, a state of worry or nervousness
- tensión
- Tension, stress, or mental strain
- algunos
- Some, referring to an unspecified number of people
- forma
- Form, shape, or way of doing something
- enfermedad
- Illness, disease, or sickness
- casi
- Almost, nearly, not quite
- incurable
- Incurable, unable to be healed or fixed
- hechos
- Made or built; past participle of 'hacer'
- exagerar
- To exaggerate, overstate, or blow out of proportion
- importancia
- Importance, significance, or relevance of something
- trabajo
- Work, job, or labor
- sin
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- embargo
- Used in 'sin embargo' meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- cuánto
- How much; expresses quantity or degree
- hecho
- Done or made; past participle of 'hacer'
- habría
- Would have; conditional form of 'haber'
- pasado
- Happened or passed; past participle of 'pasar'
- hubiéramos
- We had; past subjunctive of 'haber'
- caído
- Fallen; past participle of 'caer'
- enfermos
- Sick or ill; plural adjective describing people unwell
- vigilantes
- Watchful, alert, or on guard
- decididos
- Determined, resolved, decided on a course of action
- vivir
- To live; to be alive or to reside
- fe
- Faith, trust, or religious belief
- evitarlo
- To avoid it; infinitive with attached pronoun
- todo
- All, every, or everything
- día
- Day, a 24-hour period
- alerta
- Alert, watchful, on standby for danger
- noche
- Night, the period of darkness after sunset
- mala
- Bad, poor quality, or unpleasant; feminine form
- gana
- Desire or willingness; used in 'de mala gana'
- oraciones
- Prayers or sentences; plural of 'oración'
- encomendamos
- We entrust or commend ourselves to something
- incertidumbres
- Uncertainties, doubts, or unknown outcomes
- manera
- Manner, way, or method of doing something
- tan
- So, as, such; used in comparisons or emphasis
- absoluta
- Absolute, total, complete; feminine adjective
- sincera
- Sincere, genuine, honest; feminine adjective
- obligados
- Obligated, forced, or compelled to do something
- reverenciando
- Revering, showing deep respect or veneration
- vida
- Life, existence, or way of living
- negando
- Denying, refusing to accept or acknowledge something
- posibilidad
- Possibility, chance, or likelihood of something occurring
- cambio
- Change, transformation, or exchange
- único
- Unique, only, or sole; standing apart from others
- camino
- Path, road, or way to a destination
- hay
- There is or there are; impersonal form of 'haber'
- tantos
- So many, as many; masculine plural quantifier
- caminos
- Paths, roads, or ways; plural of 'camino'
- radios
- Radii or spokes; lines from center to circumference
- trazarse
- To be drawn or traced; reflexive infinitive of 'trazar'
- desde
- From, since; indicating a starting point
- centro
- Center, middle, or focal point of something
- Todo
- Every, all, everything; universal quantifier
- milagro
- Miracle, a wonderful or supernatural event
- digno
- Worthy, deserving, or dignified
- contemplar
- To contemplate, observe, or meditate on something
- lugar
- Place, location; also used in 'tener lugar' meaning 'to occur'
- cada
- Each, every; distributive adjective
- instante
- Instant, moment, a very brief period of time
- dijo
- Said; third person singular preterite of 'decir'
- Saber
- To know; also knowledge or wisdom as a noun
- eso
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- verdadero
- True, real, genuine; masculine adjective
- conocimiento
- Knowledge, understanding, or awareness of something
- Cuando
- When; temporal conjunction or adverb
- hombre
- Man, human being, or mankind
- reducido
- Reduced, diminished, or limited; past participle of 'reducir'
- imaginación
- Imagination, the ability to form mental images
- entendimiento
- Understanding, comprehension, or intellect
- preveo
- I foresee; first person singular of 'prever'
- todos
- All, everyone; masculine plural of 'todo'
- hombres
- Men or people; plural of 'hombre'
- acabarán
- They will end up; future tense of 'acabar'
- establecer
- To establish, set up, or found something
- vidas
- Lives; plural of 'vida'
- sobre
- On, over, about; preposition indicating position or topic
- base
- Base, foundation, or basis of something
- Consideremos
- Let us consider; first person plural subjunctive of 'considerar'
- momento
- Moment, instant, or brief period of time
- consiste
- Consists; third person singular of 'consistir'
- mayor
- Greater, larger, or older; comparative adjective
- parte
- Part, portion, or section of a whole
- problemas
- Problems, issues, or difficulties; plural noun
- referido
- Referred to; past participle of 'referir'
- necesario
- Necessary, required, or essential
- preocupemos
- Let us worry; subjunctive form of 'preocuparse'
- menos
- Less, fewer, or at least; comparative adverb
- seamos
- Let us be; first person plural subjunctive of 'ser'
- cuidadosos
- Careful, cautious, attentive; masculine plural adjective
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