It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

在争论中得分最高的并不是那些在争论中得到确切分数的人,而是那些表现出较好的脾气的人。

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I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like I have to be myself. I feel like I have to be true to myself, but I don't have to show an exact picture of who I am.

我想我总是在扮演一个角色。这就是我对流行音乐的看法。我不觉得我必须做我自己。我觉得我必须做真实的自己,但我不需要展示我是谁的确切画面。

One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different perspective on the present.

一个人在写过去的时候得到了双重好处,想象事情可能是怎样的,同时对现在有了不同的看法。

In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.

在社会上,一个人不说真话,一个人说的恰恰相反。

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

把有用的和愉快的结合起来的人会得到每个人的赞同。