The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

今天的偶像把昨天的英雄从我们的记忆中推开;反过来,他也将被明天的继任者所取代。

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Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts.

让我们选择今天,通过承认我们生活中已经存在的美好,来满足我们对他人所过的美好生活的渴望。然后,我们可以向宇宙献上我们感恩的心。

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

在回忆了那么多伟大的恩惠和祝福之后,我现在怀着高度的感激之情,冒昧地向万能的上帝、造物主和保护者表达我诚挚的感谢。

True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius.

真正的教育导致不平等;个性的不平等,成功的不平等,才华的不平等,天才的不平等。

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

当我想知道今天发生了什么,或者想决定明天会发生什么时,我会回头看。

Nurture your minds with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

用伟大的思想滋养你的头脑,因为你永远不会走得比你想象的更高。

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

我不需要继任者,只愿意亲手接过新一代的火炬。

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

英雄是懂得自由所带来的责任的人。

Today, when I hire, I look for people who want to be trained and molded.

今天,当我招聘的时候,我寻找的是那些愿意接受培训和塑造的人。

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

我主要的记忆是为了吃饭我不得不做的工作。

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

没有什么比一个过时的偶像更不快乐的了。

It's hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.

很难推测明天会发生什么。

Failure is unfortunately as common as success.

不幸的是,失败和成功一样常见。

A maker of idols is never an idolater.

造偶像的,决不是拜偶像的。