A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

公正合理的谦虚不仅能使人能言善辩,而且能激发人的一切才能。

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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

当美德和谦虚照亮她的魅力时,一个美丽女人的光彩就比天上的星星还要明亮,抵抗她的力量的影响是徒劳的。

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

连续的口才的疲倦。要欣赏伟大,就必须抛弃它。任何事情的连续性都是令人不快的。冷是适宜的,这样我们就可以暖和起来。

Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished.

被太阳晒白的骨头与蓝色的对比是最美妙的——蓝色将永远存在,就像现在人类毁灭之后的样子。

Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

理性的人适应周围的世界;不讲理的人使世界适应他们。不讲道理的人改变了世界。

I know of no society in recorded history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable.

据我所知,在有记载的历史上,没有一个社会曾因其人民变得过于理性而遭受苦难。

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

好的品味是谦虚的心;这就是为什么它既不能被模仿也不能被获得。

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.

十五岁的时候,美貌和才华都不存在;未来的女人只有希望。

Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence.

演讲时谨慎比雄辩更重要。

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

神在每个人里面,这是最高的启示。

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

我只是不想让我的脸成为我的天赋。