Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

老年人乐于给出好的建议,因为他们再也不能树立坏榜样了。

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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

给予使我们从自己需求的熟悉领域中解放出来,打开我们的心灵,进入被他人需求占据的无法解释的世界。

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

很多男人……和平的气氛似乎比令人振奋的战争气氛更令人窒息。

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

当我们在别人身上赞美自己的时候,我们就会天真地认为自己尊重美德。

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

回报包括一定程度的放弃。