Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.

  • -- Andreas Capellanus 卡佩拉努斯

即使整个大地和大海都变成金子,也无法满足一个女人的贪婪……用指甲刮钻石比用人类的聪明才智让一个女人同意捐出她的积蓄要容易得多。

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My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change.

我的腰围越来越小,用裁缝的话来说,甚至连我自己的朋友,或我尊敬的医学顾问,都难以想象,直到我穿上以前的衣服,穿上现在的衣服,这是一个彻底令人信服的证据,证明我发生了显著的变化。

The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people.

钻石切割得越多,就越闪亮;在那看似艰难的事上,神除了成全他的百姓之外,没有别的目的。

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

我们所寻求的是法治,其基础是被统治的人民的同意,并由人类有组织的舆论予以支持。

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

我失去了很多最好的朋友……我现在要让自己满意,而不是批评,甚至不是我的朋友。

Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits.

几乎没有一代人想要得到上一代人的全部,他们只想得到最好的部分。

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

有些人用一半的聪明才智陷入债务,另一半用来逃避偿还。

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

谚语是心灵的钻石,是心灵的宝石。

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.

由共同同意制定的法律绝不能被个人践踏。

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

天堂里完美的欢乐不能满足自然的渴望。

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

野心不过是戴着面具的高跷上的贪婪。

He who feels himself scabby, let him scratch.

觉得自己长了疥疮的,就让他搔吧。

San Diego walked away with just a scratch.

圣地亚哥只受了点伤就离开了。

Avarice is never satisfied.

贪婪永远不会满足。