The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

  • -- C. S. Lewis C.S.刘易斯

漫长、沉闷、单调的中年顺境或中年逆境是魔鬼活动的好天气。

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The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it

一位哲学家说,宇宙中最伟大的目标是与逆境抗争的好人;然而还有一位更大的,就是前来救他的那良善人

London is like no other city I know in its ability to become beautiful. You can suddenly turn a corner and there are odd moments - of light, of weather.

伦敦是我所知道的最美丽的城市。你可以突然拐过一个弯,有一些奇怪的时刻——光,天气。

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

为别人的富裕而高兴,就是满足于自己的命运;减轻别人的悲伤就是减轻或驱散自己的悲伤。

Snailie, snailie, shoot out yer horn, and tell us if it'll be a bonny day the morn.

蜗牛,蜗牛,把你的角射出来,告诉我们明天早上天气会不会很好。

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

上帝和魔鬼是分工和分工之后的一种努力。

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

一个人只有尝过苦难之后,才会体会到成功的滋味。

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

不可预测性也会变得单调。

If you want to prosper, prosper God.

你若要亨通,就当亨通神。

Everyone gets the devil he deserves.

每个人都是罪有应得。