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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A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

葬礼悼词是在证据确凿后为被告辩护的迟来的请求。

Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy.

有时候别人认为你疯了对你有利。

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.

许多人知道如何奉承,很少有人知道如何赞美。

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。

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

知足是最大的财富。

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

世界上没有十全十美的优点。

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

感恩是财富。抱怨是贫穷。