It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

  • -- Francesco Petrarca 彼特拉克

升为宝座,比生在宝座上更尊贵。福兮福所倚,福兮福所倚。

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The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.

游戏的规则是永远不要假设任何人,无论多么光荣,都能在酷刑下站起来。如果知道我在哪里的X先生因为某种原因被抓住了,我就会搬家。

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

生活中最理智、最可靠、最慷慨的快乐之一,来自于对他人好运的快乐。

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.

我要自己判断事情;我认为,错误地判断比完全不判断更光荣。

It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of ups and downs.

这不是一个上层阶级和下层阶级的问题,而是一个起起落落的问题。