A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

  • -- Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特·哈伯德

记忆力也许是一件好事,但是忘记的能力才是伟大的真正标志。

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When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

当一切都发生在你年轻的时候,你很幸运,但同样的道理,你再也不会有同样的感觉了。任何事情发生在你身上的第一次——你的初恋,你的第一次成功——第二次是不一样的。

And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

出于同样的原因,我欣赏数学,因为我不会做数学。如果我要看地图或算出餐馆账单上的小费,我可能会开始流泪。

If i could give you one thing in life, i would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Only then would you realize how special you are to me.

如果我能给你生命中的一件事,我会给你通过我的眼睛看到自己的能力。只有这样,你才会意识到你对我来说是多么的特别。

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

为人父母的一件事就是无私的能力:为了他人的利益而放弃你想要和需要的东西。

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.

这是子孙后代的特权,使那些因追求伟大而分裂了整个时代的对手之间的事情变得正确。

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

在你年轻的时候,你希望自己的伟大被认为是理所当然的;当你发现这是理所当然的,你就会感到不安。