I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

  • -- Everett McKinley Dirksen 德克森

我是一个有固定不变的原则的人,第一个原则是任何时候都要灵活。

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Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

诗歌的优点是能够在一半的时间里说两倍于散文的话,缺点是,如果你没有把全部的注意力放在诗歌上,那么你似乎在两倍的时间里说了一半的话。

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

这是一件奇怪的事情……每一种信仰都承诺有一个天堂,绝对不适合任何有文明品味的人居住。

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

不忠实地履行约会是明显的不诚实行为。你可以借一个人的时间,也可以借他的钱。

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

始终致力于思想、言语和行为的完全和谐。时刻致力于净化你的思想,一切都会好起来的。

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

猫似乎遵循着这样的原则:你想要什么就说什么,这从来没有害处。

To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.

向前看而不是回头, 往外看而不是往里看,还有 伸出援助之手。

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

遵守原则而不受其约束。

There are no creeds in mathematics.

数学中没有信条。