It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

  • -- Ulysses S. Grant 格兰特

没有受过任何政治训练就被任命为行政长官,这是我的幸运,也是我的不幸。

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Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it's a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation.

弹劾不是对个人错误的补救;这是一种罢免那些继续执政会给国家带来严重危险的人的方法。

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

并不是每一件困难和危险的事情都适合训练,而是只有那些有助于成功实现我们努力目标的事情才适合训练。

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

一个人的幸福不在于外在的和看得见的财富的祝福,而在于内心的和看不见的完美和精神的财富。

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

愿意这样吧。接受已经发生的一切是克服任何不幸后果的第一步。

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

我们把不幸和幸福都夸大了。我们从来没有像自己说的那么穷,也从来没有像自己说的那么幸福。

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.

教育不是学习事实,而是训练思维。

Poor Darrell Hammond. What's he going to do when I leave office?

可怜的达雷尔•哈蒙德。我离任后他打算做什么?

Fortune is beastly it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.

财富是兽性的,它只适合牛和商人。