Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

  • -- Thomas Gray 格雷

他太穷,不能贿赂,又太骄傲,不能强求,因此他没有发财的办法。

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I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

我不为自己感到骄傲,也不为自己感到兴奋,但我发现我就是我,像大多数其他人一样,我发出一些小信号;我告诉其他人从我的位置看每件事的样子。

When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd sell my house and live on the street to play a tramp.

当我在演戏的时候,就好像我就是那个角色——没有人能和我说话。可是,我可不愿意卖掉我的房子,到街上去当一个流浪汉。

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.

模仿是最高形式的奉承,但克隆有点搞错了,因为我们提倡个性,为做自己而自豪。

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

现代诗人反对商业,可怜的东西,但我们都为钱写作。新手要接受市场的考验。

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

升为宝座,比生在宝座上更尊贵。福兮福所倚,福兮福所倚。

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

我想,基本上我对人们追随我的工作或者像我一样工作不感兴趣。

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

如果你想到感恩节晚餐,它真的很像做一只大鸡。

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

当一个人的胃是饱的时候,他是富有还是贫穷都没有区别。

Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to leap.

如果一个人不懒于跳跃,幸运就会带他跨过小溪。

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

他把侯爵的风度和卫理公会教徒的道德结合起来。