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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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

时间会消磨和减少一切,它会增加和增加善行,因为慷慨地给予一个通情达理的人的善行,会通过高尚的思想和记忆不断地增长。

After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why.

在这个世界上所有的黑人都经历过之后,他仍然可以达到最养尊处世的白人所无法企及的精神境界。也许他所经历的就是原因。

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。

Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.

科学,在最广泛的意义上,包括所有合理的关于我们自己和世界的知识的要求。

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

我们的责任是做一个有用的人,不是根据我们的愿望,而是根据我们的能力。

If you've got talent, stick with it... because talent wins out, without a doubt.

如果你有天赋,坚持下去……因为毫无疑问,人才是赢家。

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

重婚就是妻子过多。一夫一妻制也是一样。

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

这是一场极具说服力的辩论。

If you wish good advice, consult an old man.

如果你想要好的建议,就去请教老人。

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

谦虚是身体的良知。