The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

  • -- Taylor Caldwell 泰勒·卡德威尔

官场的傲慢应该得到缓和和控制,对外国人的援助应该减少,以免罗马陷落。

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You've got to know what your 'thing' is, and you've got to call it a 'thing,' whether it's meanness, nastiness, un-forgiveness, arrogance, ego, resistance, rebelliousness or defiance. Everybody's got a 'thing,' and once you call your 'thing' a 'thing,' we can give it a place to be or dismiss it.

你必须知道你的“东西”是什么,你必须把它叫做“东西”,不管是卑鄙、肮脏、不宽恕、傲慢、自我、反抗、反叛还是反抗。每个人都有一个“东西”,一旦你把你的“东西”叫做一个“东西”,我们就可以给它一个地方,或者把它扔掉。

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.

我最讨厌的是一些人的傲慢。他们甚至不听我们的音乐,他们事先就决定不喜欢。

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

诚挚是理智所调和的热情。