Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

  • -- Herodotus 希罗多德

人的命运是在一个轮子上,轮子在转动时,受苦的不是同一个人,而是永远兴旺发达的人。

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You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

你找不到一个人愿意离开伦敦,哪怕是一个有知识的人。不,先生,当一个人厌倦了伦敦,他就厌倦了生活;因为伦敦有生活所能负担的一切。

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.

等级、特权和好运所赋予的责任可以……变得非常繁重。

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

每一种动物都会留下它的痕迹;人类独自留下了他所创造的痕迹。

Fortune is made of glass.

财富是玻璃做的。