To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

以正确的方式让我们感到渺小是艺术的一种功能;男人只会让我们以错误的方式感到渺小。

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In the new code of laws, which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.

在新的法典中,我想这是你必须制定的,我希望你记住女士们,对她们比你的祖先更慷慨,更仁慈。不可将这无限的权柄交在丈夫手里。记住,如果可能的话,所有的人都会成为暴君。

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

我们既看见领航员驾驶我们所驾驶的航船,即使在沉船的时候,他也不让我们灭亡,我们的心就没有理由被恐惧所压倒,被疲惫所压倒。

The Federal Reserve's job is to do the right thing, to take the long-run interest of the economy to heart, and that sometimes means being unpopular. But we have to do the right thing.

美联储的工作是做正确的事情,把经济的长期利益放在心上,这有时意味着不受欢迎。但我们必须做正确的事。

Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God.

你要对一切大小人常说,他们若遵行你一切诫命,不违背神,是应当尽速乐意,毫无怨言,毫无争竞。

Providing tax relief and reducing regulations leads to job creation and new economic opportunities for our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy.

为我们的小企业提供减税和减少税收的规定会创造就业机会和新的经济机会,而小企业是我们经济的支柱。

The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.

智力的作用是提供一种方法来改变我们对生活环境的反应,使我们能够获得快乐,这是幸福的征兆。

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

怀疑远比对错重要;往往不公正多于公正。美德不是朋友,幸福永远是敌人。

There's nothing particularly physical that I find attractive in a man. It's men with a passion for something that I find attractive.

我觉得男人身上没有什么特别吸引人的地方。而是对我觉得有吸引力的东西充满激情的男人。

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

我们所有的追求,从童年到成年,只不过是一些大小不一的琐事,与我们的年龄和观点成正比。

Make someone smile whenever you can, you never know how much of a difference you could be making in their life at that moment.

无论何时,只要你能让别人微笑,你就永远不知道那一刻你能为他们的生活带来多大的改变。

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.

如果我和你约好了时间,我就应该准时,如果我自己来,我就没有权利浪费你的时间。

People who ask the wrong questions get more answers than the ones who don't ask any.

问错问题的人比不问问题的人得到更多的答案。

I'm not a guy that's going to brag or feel like I'm better than the group.

我不是那种会吹嘘或感觉自己比团队更优秀的人。

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

对功能的认识总是先于对存在的认识。

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

一个人可以改变世界,每个人都应该去尝试。

Raise your glass if you are wrong, in all the right ways!

如果你错了,请用正确的方式举杯!

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

爱与被爱,就是感受来自双方的阳光。

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

为什么我是现在的我?我以前不一样。

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

意识到自己的力量使我们谦虚。

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

优雅是唯一永不褪色的美。