Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

字典就像手表,最坏的总比没有好,最好的也不能指望完全正确。

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We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary.

我们正变得如此习惯于数以百万计的美元,以至于“数以千计”几乎从字典中消失。

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

用最好的法律来改善我们的物质条件是困难的,但用坏的法律来破坏它却很容易。

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

永远记住,奋斗和奋斗先于成功,即使是在字典里。

The world's a better place since I chose music.

自从我选择了音乐,世界变得更美好。