To paraphrase ecclesiastes , better to be a scarred and living dog than to be a dead lion .

套用传道书的说法，做一个伤痕累累但活着的狗要好过变成一只死去的狮子。

As the bible puts it in that same verse from ecclesiastes : " time and chance happeneth to them all . "

正如《圣经》在传道书的同一诗句里所言：“所临到众人的，是在乎当时的机会。”

The bible says , " if you wait for perfect conditions , you will never get anything done " ( ecclesiastes 11:4 nlt ) .

圣经上说，“你要是等待一个完美的时机才做事，你就做不成任何事。”传道书11:4

As the bible puts it in that same verse from ecclesiastes : " time and chance happeneth to them all . " Or , in runyon 's computation of the odds governing human endeavour , " all life is six to five against . "

正如《圣经》在传道书的诗句里所言：“所临到众人的，是在在乎当时的机会”，或者，如鲁尼恩对决定人类努力的可能性的计算“胜败乃生活常事。”

Ecclesiastes 9:9 says , " enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which he has given to you under the sun ; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun . "

传道书9:9说，“你的前生，在阳光下辛苦劳作，所以今生，和你心爱的妻尽享阳光下的飞扬时光吧，那是上帝赐予的！”