Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

  • -- Ira Gershwin 艾拉·格什温

老年增加了人们对美德的尊敬,却丝毫没有减少人们对罪恶的蔑视;它只会使头发变白。

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It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the next, and pretty soon, we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say.

这是一个漫长的过程,我的离婚。这一天变得不像第二天那么特别了,很快,我们停止了所有的谈话。当你无话可说的时候,这是一个悲伤的日子。

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.

没有什么比一个职业说谎者把自己的话当作江湖郎中使用自己的药方更卑鄙的了。

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

那天发生的事情激励我成为一名律师。

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me.

就像我说的,当我还是个孩子的时候,他们激励了我。