If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

  • -- Virtue 德性

如果一个人有良好的性格,还需要什么其他的美德?人若有名声,其馀的妆饰还有什么价值呢?

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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

在性格上,黑人是快乐的,灵活的,懒惰的;虽然构成这个种族的许多国家具有独特的智力特征,其中最极端的是人类的最低等级。

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

二十岁时是孔雀,三十岁时是狮子,四十岁时是骆驼,五十岁时是蛇,六十岁时是狗,七十岁时是猿,八十岁时什么都不是。

My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.

我的发明,(电影摄影机),可以被利用…但除此之外,它没有任何商业价值。

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.

只有非常奇怪的人才能享有名声,以及随之而来的所有副产品。这并不一定是一种刺激。

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

我看到了一切的可能性。每一件被拿走的东西,都被赋予了更大的价值。

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

财富、美貌和名望都是转瞬即逝的。当这些都没有了,就只剩下有用的东西了。

No matter how good the idea, there’s always an advocate extreme enough to deter people.

不管这个想法有多好,总会有一个极端的倡导者,足以让人们望而却步。

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

你必须相信别人,否则生活将变得不可能。

I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.

我从来没有恨到把钻石还给他的程度。

A gentle disposition is like an unruffled stream.

温柔的性情就像平静的溪流。