Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 10
Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.
A idade não é melhor, mal é tão bem qualificada para ser instrutora quanto a juventude, pois não lucrou tanto quanto perdeu.
One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned any thing of absolute value by living.
Quase se pode duvidar se o homem mais sábio aprendeu alguma coisa de valor absoluto ao viver.
Practically, the old have no very important advice to give the young, their own experience has been so partial, and their lives have been such miserable failures, for private reasons, as they must believe; and it may be that they have some faith left which belies that experience, and they are only less young than they were.
Na prática, os velhos não têm conselhos muito importantes a dar aos jovens, sua própria experiência foi tão parcial, e suas vidas foram fracassos tão miseráveis, por razões particulares, como devem acreditar; e pode ser que ainda lhes reste alguma fé que contradiz essa experiência, e eles são apenas menos jovens do que eram.
I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
Vivi cerca de trinta anos neste planeta, e ainda estou para ouvir a primeira sílaba de um conselho valioso ou mesmo sincero de meus mais velhos.
They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me any thing to the purpose.
Não me disseram nada, e provavelmente não podem me dizer nada que seja pertinente.
Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it.
Eis a vida, um experimento em grande medida ainda não tentado por mim; mas não me aproveita que eles o tenham tentado.
If I have any experience which I think valuable, I am sure to reflect that this my Mentors said nothing about.
Se tenho alguma experiência que considero valiosa, é certo que ao refletir sobre ela percebo que meus Mentores nada disseram a respeito.
One farmer says to me, "You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make bones with;" and so he religiously devotes a part of his day to supplying his system with the raw material of bones; walking all the while he talks behind his oxen, which, with vegetable-made bones, jerk him and his lumbering plough along in spite of every obstacle.
Um fazendeiro me diz: "Você não pode viver somente de alimentos vegetais, pois eles não fornecem nada para formar ossos;" e assim ele devotamente dedica uma parte do seu dia a suprir seu organismo com a matéria-prima dos ossos; caminhando o tempo todo atrás de seus bois enquanto fala, os quais, com ossos feitos de vegetais, o arrastam junto com seu pesado arado apesar de todos os obstáculos.
Vocabulary
- idade
- The length of time that a person has lived.
- não
- Negation; used to express disagreement or refusal.
- melhor
- Superior in quality, more advantageous or preferable.
- mal
- Badly, poorly, or in a negative manner.
- tão
- So, to such a degree or extent.
- bem
- Well, in a good or satisfactory manner.
- qualificada
- Having suitable skills or qualifications for something.
- para
- For; indicating purpose, direction, or destination.
- ser
- To be; fundamental verb expressing existence or state.
- instrutora
- A female instructor or teacher who provides instruction.
- quanto
- How much, how many, or as much as.
- juventude
- Youth; the period of being young or youthful.
- pois
- Because, for; used to provide reason or explanation.
- lucrou
- Profited or gained advantage from something.
- tanto
- So much, so many, or as much.
- perdeu
- Lost or ceased to have something.
- Quase
- Almost, nearly, or approximately.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun oneself; conditional if.
- pode
- Can, is able to, or is possible.
- duvidar
- To doubt or question the truth of something.
- homem
- Man; adult male human being.
- mais
- More; greater in quantity or degree.
- sábio
- Wise; having or showing great wisdom and knowledge.
- aprendeu
- Learned or acquired knowledge or a skill.
- alguma
- Some; any or at least one thing.
- coisa
- Thing; object or matter of any kind.
- de
- Of; indicates possession, origin, or composition.
- valor
- Value, worth, or importance of something.
- absoluto
- Absolute; complete, total, or unconditional.
- ao
- To the; contraction of a + o.
- viver
- To live; to exist or have life.
- Na
- In the; contraction of em + a.
- prática
- Practice; actual application or performance of something.
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- velhos
- Old people or elderly; aged persons.
- têm
- Have; possess or own something.
- conselhos
- Advice or guidance given to someone.
- muito
- Very, much, or a large amount.
- importantes
- Important; significant or having great value.
- dar
- To give; to provide or present something.
- aos
- To the; contraction of a + os.
- jovens
- Young people or youth in plural form.
- sua
- His, her, its; possessive pronoun feminine.
- própria
- Own; belonging to oneself or itself.
- experiência
- Experience; knowledge gained through living and doing.
- foi
- Was; past tense of to be.
- parcial
- Partial; biased or not complete.
- suas
- Their, his, her; possessive plural feminine.
- vidas
- Lives; plural of vida or existence.
- foram
- Were; plural past tense of to be.
- fracassos
- Failures; lack of success or defeat.
- miseráveis
- Miserable; wretched or in poor condition.
- por
- By, for; indicates agency or reason.
- razões
- Reasons; causes or explanations for something.
- particulares
- Particular; specific or individual rather than general.
- como
- How, as, or in what manner.
- devem
- Should, must, or ought to do.
- acreditar
- To believe or accept as true.
- que
- That, which; relative and subordinate conjunction.
- ainda
- Still, yet, or continuing in the present.
- lhes
- Them; indirect object pronoun.
- reste
- Remains or is left of something.
- fé
- Faith; belief in or trust in something.
- contradiz
- Contradicts; denies or opposes in speech.
- essa
- That; feminine singular demonstrative pronoun.
- eles
- They; masculine plural personal pronoun.
- são
- Are; third person plural of to be.
- apenas
- Only, merely, or just; merely.
- menos
- Less, fewer, or to a smaller extent.
- Vivi
- I lived; past tense of viver.
- cerca
- About, approximately, or near.
- trinta
- Thirty; the number between twenty-nine and thirty-one.
- anos
- Years; plural of year or annual periods.
- neste
- In this; contraction of em + este.
- planeta
- Planet; celestial body orbiting a star.
- estou
- I am; first person singular of estar.
- ouvir
- To hear or listen to something.
- primeira
- First; coming before all others in order.
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