The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

富足的人之所以适度,是因为他们的好运气使他们心平气和、沉着冷静。

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You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal.

你知道,只要你做每件事都有节制,你就不会做得过火,你不会,你知道,把你的嘴唇变成孔夫子的嘴唇——我的意思是,稍微拉一下或拉一下,没什么大不了的。

Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace.

让我们休息一下。让我们让投资者有机会在市场平静时期重新审视发生了什么,并在市场中部署新的策略。

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

真理就像罂粟花的汁液,只要少量,就能使人平静;在更大的范围内,它们会被加热和刺激,并伴有过量的致命后果。

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。