If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

我若自夸过于得体,我的借口是,我自夸是为人性,不是为自己。

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When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

当我曾经作为一名法学教授教授民事诉讼时,我会在一开始就告诉我的学生,民事诉讼是仪式化战斗的礼仪。这句话并非出自我之口,它抓住了一个要点,即和平、发达的社会通过法律而不是武力解决争端。

I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.

我宁愿和我的孩子们在一起,也不愿和任何人在一起。