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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
因为儿子很少与父亲相似:大多数比父亲差,少数比父亲好。
— Homer 荷马
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更多好句 ↗A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
一个人的性格可以从他在谈话中习惯使用的形容词中学到。
Mark Twain
马克·吐温
The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.
全地最卑微的国民,若披著公义的兵器,比一切犯罪的军兵更强。
William Jennings Bryan
威廉·詹宁斯·布莱恩
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.
一个不自私的制度或改革运动,必须起源于对某些罪恶的认识,这些罪恶增加了人类的痛苦,或减少了人类的幸福。
Clara Barton
克拉拉·巴顿
The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them, not make them worse.
建筑的任务是改善人与人之间的关系:建筑必须让人放松,而不是让人变得更糟。
Ralph Erskine
厄斯金
Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking and remembering.
道德就像语言一样,是一种被发明出来的维持和沟通秩序的结构。道德就像语言一样,是通过模仿和记忆习得的。
Jane Rule
简·鲁尔
If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.
如果我们对自己完全诚实,每个人的性格都有阴暗的一面。
Isabella Rossellini
伊莎贝拉·罗塞利尼