APAD: Marching to a different drummer

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7grizzly
楼主 (文学城)

Meaning: To follow your own path and to live/behave in an individualistic way.

 

Background:

 

This expression traces to a passage in Henry David Thoreau's 1854 work, Walden:

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears

a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured

or far away."

 

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I heard about Thoreau but haven't read Walden.

I really should and wonder if it's still modern.

His mom did his laundry, some once claimed to see,

And the guy was not the stoic he was made out to be.

Maybe I'd be better off studying Cook, Langdon.

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waterfowl
我行我素
方外居士
走自己的路,让別人去说吧!
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7grizzly
Not recommended in collective, hierarchical societies.
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7grizzly
Who gave that advice? Some famous poet, right?
方外居士
据说是但丁。但有人考证说有异议!
盈盈一笑间
占位点赞,晚上来看。:)
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7grizzly
I thought it was a Chinese poet, in exile. Not sure.
方外居士
绝对不是中文诗。我看到的争议说但丁的原话并不是这样的。
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7grizzly
I can believe you. Just read sth about Dante recently.
盈盈一笑间
Henry David Thoreau's 1854 work, Walden!!!
盈盈一笑间
暑假去了梭罗的瓦尔登湖。还是挺有感触的。
盈盈一笑间
在线阅读版本。这是中文的,英文的也有在线

https://www.zhonghuadiancang.com/waiguomingzhu/9340/

 

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7grizzly
具体点。什么感触?这样儿的还敢处?
卫宁
还是中庸一下 As a compromise,
卫宁
sometimes follow others, sometimes follow yourself :))
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7grizzly
No problem. 想干嘛干嘛,爱咋地咋地 :-)
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7grizzly
想起来了:走自己的路,让别人无路可走 :-)))
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7grizzly
这肯定是中国诗人说的!
暖冬cool夏
Great poem at the end! I googled Cook and then remember
暖冬cool夏
Mushrooms grown at Seattle that you once mentioned:))
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Oona
being able to afford that is very lucky :--))
方外居士
这是中国人编的,但不是中国诗人写的。
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7grizzly
Thanks. I learned 'nurse log' from Langdon Cook :-)
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7grizzly
and his name came up in that little limerick.
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7grizzly
Yes and it's often more than luck :-)
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7grizzly
比但丁编的好!