Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 6
Actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depreciated in the market.
Na verdade, o homem que trabalha não tem lazer para uma verdadeira integridade dia após dia; ele não pode se dar ao luxo de manter as relações mais nobres com os homens; seu trabalho seria depreciado no mercado.
He has no time to be anything but a machine.
Ele não tem tempo para ser outra coisa senão uma máquina.
How can he remember well his ignorance—which his growth requires—who has so often to use his knowledge?
Como pode ele lembrar bem de sua ignorância — que seu crescimento requer — aquele que tão frequentemente precisa usar seu conhecimento?
We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him.
Deveríamos alimentá-lo e vesti-lo gratuitamente às vezes, e revigorá-lo com nossos cordiais, antes de julgá-lo.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.
As mais belas qualidades de nossa natureza, como o viço das frutas, só podem ser preservadas pelo manuseio mais delicado.
Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
No entanto, não nos tratamos a nós mesmos nem uns aos outros com tal ternura.
Some of you, we all know, are poor, find it hard to live, are sometimes, as it were, gasping for breath.
Alguns de vocês, todos sabemos, são pobres, acham difícil viver, estão às vezes, por assim dizer, ofegantes.
I have no doubt that some of you who read this book are unable to pay for all the dinners which you have actually eaten, or for the coats and shoes which are fast wearing or are already worn out, and have come to this page to spend borrowed or stolen time, robbing your creditors of an hour.
Não tenho dúvida de que alguns de vocês que leem este livro são incapazes de pagar por todos os jantares que realmente comeram, ou pelos casacos e sapatos que estão se gastando rapidamente ou já estão gastos, e chegaram a esta página para gastar um tempo emprestado ou roubado, furtando uma hora de seus credores.
Vocabulary
- verdade
- Truth; reality; what is factually correct
- homem
- Man; adult male human being
- trabalha
- Third-person singular present of 'trabalhar'; he/she works
- lazer
- Leisure; free time for relaxation and enjoyment
- verdadeira
- Feminine adjective meaning genuine, real, or authentic
- integridade
- Integrity; quality of being honest and morally upright
- após
- Preposition meaning 'after' indicating sequence or time
- luxo
- Luxury; something expensive or indulgent beyond necessity
- manter
- To maintain; to keep something in a certain state
- relações
- Relations; connections or dealings between people or groups
- nobres
- Noble; honorable, distinguished, or of high moral character
- homens
- Men; plural of 'homem'; adult male human beings
- trabalho
- Work; labor; one's occupation or tasks
- depreciado
- Depreciated; reduced in value or regarded as inferior
- mercado
- Market; place or system for buying and selling goods
- tempo
- Time; a measurable period or duration
- senão
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather' or 'except'
- máquina
- Machine; a mechanical device performing tasks
- lembrar
- To remember; to recall something from memory
- ignorância
- Ignorance; lack of knowledge or awareness about something
- crescimento
- Growth; process of increasing in size or development
- requer
- Requires; third-person singular of 'requerer'; demands
- aquele
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that one' (distant)
- frequentemente
- Frequently; often; happening many times regularly
- conhecimento
- Knowledge; information or understanding acquired through experience
- Deveríamos
- We should; conditional of 'dever'; obligation or suggestion
- alimentá-lo
- To feed him; to provide nourishment to a male person
- vesti-lo
- To dress him; to clothe a male person
- gratuitamente
- Free of charge; without cost or payment
- vezes
- Times; occasions; plural of 'vez'
- revigorá-lo
- To reinvigorate him; to restore someone's energy or strength
- cordiais
- Cordials; warm-hearted gestures or invigorating refreshments
- julgá-lo
- To judge him; to evaluate or form an opinion about someone
- belas
- Beautiful; feminine plural of 'belo'; attractive or lovely
- qualidades
- Qualities; characteristics or attributes of a person or thing
- natureza
- Nature; the inherent qualities or character of something
- viço
- Vigor; freshness or lush vitality of plants or fruit
- frutas
- Fruits; edible products of plants, often sweet
- preservadas
- Preserved; kept safe from damage or deterioration
- manuseio
- Handling; the act of touching or dealing with carefully
- delicado
- Delicate; requiring careful and gentle treatment
- entanto
- However; nevertheless; used to introduce a contrast
- tratamos
- We treat; first-person plural of 'tratar'; to handle or deal with
- nem
- Nor; not even; used in negative constructions
- tal
- Such; of that kind; used to indicate degree or similarity
- ternura
- Tenderness; gentle affection or warmth toward others
- Alguns
- Some; masculine plural of 'algum'; an unspecified number
- pobres
- Poor; lacking sufficient money or resources
- acham
- They find; third-person plural of 'achar'; to find or think
- difícil
- Difficult; hard to do, understand, or endure
- viver
- To live; to exist or sustain one's life
- assim
- Thus; so; in this or that way
- ofegantes
- Panting; breathless; gasping from exertion or hardship
- dúvida
- Doubt; uncertainty about something's truth or outcome
- alguns
- Some; an unspecified number of people or things
- leem
- They read; third-person plural of 'ler'
- livro
- Book; a written or printed work of text
- incapazes
- Incapable; unable to do or afford something
- pagar
- To pay; to give money in exchange for goods or services
- jantares
- Dinners; evening meals; plural of 'jantar'
- realmente
- Really; truly; in fact; used for emphasis
- comeram
- They ate; third-person plural past of 'comer'
- casacos
- Coats; outer garments worn for warmth
- sapatos
- Shoes; footwear worn to protect and cover the feet
- gastando
- Spending; present participle of 'gastar'; using up money
- rapidamente
- Quickly; rapidly; at a fast pace
- já
- Already; now; at this point in time
- gastos
- Spent; worn out; past participle of 'gastar'
- chegaram
- They arrived; third-person plural past of 'chegar'
- página
- Page; one side of a leaf in a book or document
- gastar
- To spend; to use money, time, or resources
- emprestado
- Borrowed; obtained temporarily with intention to return
- roubado
- Stolen; taken illegally from someone without permission
- furtando
- Stealing; present participle of 'furtar'; pilfering something
- hora
- Hour; a unit of time equal to sixty minutes
- credores
- Creditors; people to whom money is owed
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