We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

我们认为,在文明时代产生的一首伟大的诗,是对天才最出色的证明。

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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

好人花了多少时间与魔鬼作斗争真是太好了。如果他们花同样的精力去爱他们的同胞,魔鬼就会死在他自己的无聊的道路上。

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.

跳舞对女孩子来说是一种很好的训练,这是你学会在男人做之前猜测他要做什么的第一种方法。

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

在敌人面前,你需要很大的勇气,但在朋友面前,你需要更大的勇气。

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

当国会开会的时候,这个国家就会有同样的感觉,就像婴儿拿起锤子一样。

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

白发是智慧的标志,如果你不说话,说话,他们只是头发,就像在年轻的时候。

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

自我不仅与社会交织在一起;从最字面的意义上说,它的存在归功于社会。

I have loved badly, loved the great too soon, withdrawn my words too late.

我爱得太深,爱得太快,收回我的话太迟。

I'm living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.

我就是活生生的例子,不管你来自哪里,你都能出类拔萃。

The most valuable antiques are old friends.

最有价值的古董是老朋友。

Mistakes are proof that you are trying.

错误是你努力的证明。