Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

与其说人是环境的产物,不如说人是环境的建筑师

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No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad.

在谈话中,凡是想说好听的话的人,是不会有出彩的。要使人高兴,就得说许多无关紧要的话,说许多极坏的话。

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

环境是弱者的主宰;他们不过是聪明人的工具。

Without saying word to anybody, cover thy face.

不要对任何人说话,把你的脸遮起来。

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

造就人的不是环境,而是品格。