What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

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

阻止我们完全沉溺于一种恶习的原因,往往是我们有好几种恶习。

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And all my endeavours are unlucky explorers come back, abandoning the expedition; the specimens, the lilies of ambition still spring in their climate, still unpicked; but time, time is all I lacked to find them, as the great collectors before me.

我所有的努力都是不幸的探险者放弃探险回来;标本,野心的百合花还在生长,还没有采摘;但是,时间,时间是我所缺少的一切来找到他们,作为伟大的收藏家在我之前。

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

我们经历了人生的几个阶段,尽管年事已高,却常常发现自己毫无经验。

A study of history shows that civilizations that abandon the quest for knowledge are doomed to disintegration.

历史研究表明,放弃对知识的追求的文明注定要解体。

I'm not sure why I'm so often disgusting on stage. I don't always know where it comes from.

我不知道为什么我在舞台上总是那么恶心。我并不总是知道它是从哪里来的。

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

如果你想避免外来的碰撞,你最好放弃海洋。