Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

悼词。对一个人的赞扬,这个人要么拥有财富和权力的优势,要么认为自己已经死了。

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And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.

论到万国的财货,你们好像是买卖的,万国的财货乃是人的,并不是丝,棉,金的。

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

追求财富或权力而失败的人,既不能长久保持诚实,也不能长久保持勇气。

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

利用世界的模糊性。看着某样东西,想想它可能是什么。

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

心不喜褒贬,心不喜责备。

There is here, as in all countries, advantages and disadvantages.

和所有国家一样,这里也有优点和缺点。

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

悼词是好的,但是人们却不能从中学到任何东西。

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

一个人应该用赞美来认识自己不是什么。