Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

  • -- William Ralph Inge 英格

祷告使人有机会认识一位素不相识的绅士。我说的不是造他的主,乃是他自己。

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The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

从你试图和他谈生意的那一刻起,他就采取了绅士和学者的态度,从你试图接近他的道德操守的那一刻起,他就开始谈生意了。

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

绘画艺术实际上已经消失了。几乎没有人真正拥有它。只要看看本世纪的画家就知道了。

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

当一个人必须强迫自己对他的爱忠诚时,这并不比不忠好多少。

A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.

当小偷因偷窃而变得富有时,他会被误认为是绅士。