梭罗说，大多数人都生活在平静的绝望中。

Thoreau said, Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.

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梭罗说“大多数人都生活在平静的绝望中”。

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Thoreau) Don't.

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梭罗说，一个人即使身处同伴之中，如果不对他们敞开心扉，仍会感到孤独。

Thoreau says that loneliness can occur even amid companions if one's heart is not open to them.

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I mean Thoreau may have been a snob, he may have been smarmy, and he may have wanted you to think he was cool because he sold pencils.

我的意思是,梭罗也许个势利小人,他也许有点爱说奉承话,他也许觉得卖铅笔,会让你们认为他很酷

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