It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

一个人所要求的并不是财富,而是足以维护他的尊严、不受束缚地工作、慷慨、坦率和独立。

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We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that our cry for freedom may be heard.

我们需要国际支持,使我们的人民过上正常、有尊严、自由和自由的生活。我希望我们争取自由的呼声能够被听到。

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

诗人的想象力支配现实的程度,说到底,正是衡量他的重要性和尊严的准确尺度。

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

赢得权杖后,很少有人会如此慷慨地蔑视统治的乐趣。

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

我们都很慷慨,但在时间、金钱、才能等方面却不尽相同——批评。