Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.

  • -- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward 伊丽莎白·斯图尔特·菲尔普斯病房

毫无疑问,这是穿衣品味的最简单法则之一,那就是它不会引起穿者对穿者的过分关注。

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If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

如果我们对动物创造的经济只给予很少的关注,我们就会发现明显的预谋、毅力、决心和完善技巧的例子,以便达到它们的目的。

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

司仪与演说者的关系应与扇子与扇子舞者的关系相同。它应该引起人们对这个问题的注意,而不应作出任何特别的努力来加以报道。

The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.

当错误养成的习惯被时间固定下来时,最简单的原则在实践中就会变得困难;当偏见扭曲了人们的思想时,最简单的真理就会变得难以接受。

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

我们可以勇敢面对人类的法则,但我们无法抗拒自然法则。

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

我是立法者,但我真的不喜欢法律。