I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

  • -- David Ricardo 大卫·里卡多

我相信物质的东西可以使一个人的生活愉快,但基本上,如果你没有很好的朋友和亲戚谁对你很重要,生活将是真正的空虚和悲伤,物质的东西不再重要。

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One of the most fundamental questions people have about defense attorneys is, 'How can you do that? How can you go to bat everyday for a person that you may not know is guilty but you have a pretty good idea that he's not so innocent?' It's a question that defense attorneys answer for themselves by not addressing.

人们对辩护律师最基本的问题之一是,你怎么能做到这一点?你怎么能每天都去为一个你可能不知道是有罪的但你很清楚他不是无辜的人去击球呢?这是一个辩护律师没有回答的问题。

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

我们称失去父亲的人为孤儿;一个失去妻子的鳏夫。但是,这个人知道失去朋友的巨大痛苦,我们用什么名字称呼他呢?在这里,每一种语言都是沉默的,在无能为力中保持着平静。

There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.

做好事没有任何好处。你可以把世界上所有修道院的活动都写在一张邮票的背面,这样你就有多余的空间了。

Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.

投资于基础设施不仅能提供很好的建筑工作,在项目结束时,你还能得到一些东西。

They look good. They're a team that has a chance (if) they get any kind of pitching.

他们看起来很好。他们是一支有机会(如果)得到任何投球机会的球队。

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

朋友是了解你的一切,仍然爱你的人。

You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog.

你在这个行业学到:如果你想要一个朋友,养一条狗。

My best friend and I love to make fish faces.

我和我最好的朋友喜欢做鱼的脸。