We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

  • -- Gerald Brenan 杰拉尔德·布雷南

我们向别人承认自己的坏品质,因为我们害怕自己不知道这些坏品质而显得幼稚或可笑。

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Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

自从这场战争开始以来,我们同情所有被卷入战争的苦难人民。自两周前我在利默里克发表演讲以来,又有数亿人参与其中。

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

我们成功的企业,需要我们所拥有的积极的品质,但我们在那些也可以利用我们的缺点。

If women reject their feminine qualities cultivating only masculine qualities, the imbalance in the world will only become greater.

如果女性拒绝她们的女性特质而只培养男性特质,世界的不平衡只会变得更大。

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

当伟大的和解者死亡降临时,我们忏悔的绝不是我们的温柔,而是我们的严厉。