It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

众所周知,当幽默羞怯地推进时,美是不会以优雅的姿态出现的。

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Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

除了传授之外,很少有知识是可以保留的;这颗贵重珠宝的光彩在隐藏中消失了。

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

任何艺术家都应该感激一种天真无邪的优雅,这种优雅使他不需要精心推理。

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.

无论春夏之美,都没有我在一张秋色的脸上所见过的那种优雅。

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.

亲爱的欧洲啊,有一种生命的恩典仍然属于你。

Chess is not for timid souls.

象棋不适合胆小的人。