Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

没有什么比在任何情况下都保持冷静沉着更能给一个人带来优势了。

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As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

作为个体,人天生善良。我对群体的看法有些悲观。当我看到我们国家发生的事情时,我仍然非常担心,我们的国家在很多方面是世界上最幸运的地方。我们似乎对为我们的孩子把我们的国家变成一个更美好的地方并不感到兴奋。

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

环境使我们这样做。在评判别人的行为之前,我们应该永远记住这一点。我从第二次世界大战开始就意识到了这一点。

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

从现在开始。远方的田野总是绿油油的,但机会就在你身边。利用每一个服务的机会。

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

自吹自擂的好处是可以把它说得很厚,而且恰到好处。

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

如果我们更强大,环境对我们的不利就会减弱,这一点始终是正确的。

People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.

人们希望改变一切,同时又希望一切保持不变。

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

一个无聊的人是一个张开嘴,把他的专长放进去的人。

He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

他模仿我惟妙惟肖,我再也受不了了。