A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

名言是聪明人手指上的钻石,愚人手中的鹅卵石。

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Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.

即使整个大地和大海都变成金子,也无法满足一个女人的贪婪……用指甲刮钻石比用人类的聪明才智让一个女人同意捐出她的积蓄要容易得多。

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To do what other men have done. They follow in the beaten track, and out and in, and forth and back, and still their devious course pursue, to keep the path that others do.

因为人们很容易盲目地沿着头脑的幼兽之路去做别人已经做过的事。他们循着老路,进进出出,来来回回地走着,仍然走着弯路,走着别人走的路。

The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people.

钻石切割得越多,就越闪亮;在那看似艰难的事上,神除了成全他的百姓之外,没有别的目的。

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations.

智者的智慧和时代的经验可以通过引用来保存。