When the oak-tree is fallen, the whole forest echoes with it; but a hundred acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze.

When the oak-tree is fallen, the whole forest echoes with it; but a hundred acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze.

橡树倒下时，整个森林都与之呼应;但是，一百颗橡子却被微风悄悄地种下。

-- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔