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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If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

如果有人问我成功的要素,我说一个是天赋,两个是固执或决心,第三个是纯粹的运气。你必须有三个中的两个。任何两个都可以。

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

雄辩,名词,口头说服傻瓜相信白色就是它看起来的颜色的艺术。它包括使任何颜色看起来都是白色的礼物。

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

每个人生来就是为了做一些独特的事情,如果他或她不做,就永远不会做。

We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less.

我们只是要求该机构作出合理和诚实的决定,公众理应得到同样的权利。

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

时间独自揭示正义的人;但你可能在一天之内就能认出一个坏人。

Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.

现在每年举行一次世界锦标赛是合理的。

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

记住,女人穿衣服是为了掩饰她的羞怯。

Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

再次强调,人才是进入这个行业的真正重要因素。

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

当你想要得到表扬时,谦虚是唯一可靠的诱饵。

It was an argument of rare power and eloquence.

这是一场极具说服力的辩论。