盼望着
盼望着
千禧年的钟声
已经敲响
在新的一个世纪的
伊始之际
你做好准备了吗？
星斗转换
时间它不曾停留
且看前人如何论断---

　　　　　　 Time

　　The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it; as is that of the other, because he distinguishes[1] every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts, or in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and he other always enjoying it.
　　How different is the view of past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom, from that of him who is grown in ignorance and folly? The latter is like the owner of a barren country, that fills his eye with the prospect[2] of naked hills and plains, which produce nothing either profitable or ornamental[3]; the other beholds[4] a beautiful and spacious landscape, divided into delightful gardens, green meadows, fruitful fields, and can scare cast his eye upon[5] a single spot of his possessions, that is not covered with some beautiful plant or flower.

－－Joseph Addison: On the Idea of Time

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　光阴

　　聪明人的时辰得以延长在于有思想，如同蠢人的时辰得以延长在于有激情。蠢人的光阴是漫长的，因为他不知如何打发时光；聪明人的光阴也是漫长的，因为他用有益或有趣的想法来突出每寸光阴，或者换言之，因为蠢人总是希望消磨时光，而聪明人总是在享受时光。
　　聪明人在知识和智慧中年龄渐长，蠢人在无知和愚蠢中年龄渐长，二者对于过去生活的看法有何差异？后者犹如拥有一片不毛之地，满目是光秃秃的丘陵平原，不论有利的还是装饰性的东西都生长不出来；前者则看到一派美丽广阔的田野，目光投向任何一处，拥有的一切处处总有美丽的芳草或鲜花，所以可谓美不胜收。

－－约瑟夫.艾迪生：《论时间观念》