Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

如果可能的话,优雅地获得地位和财富;如果没有,无论如何要获得财富和地位。

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It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I didn't know what the steps were, it never even dawned on me. It seemed so outside the realm of possibility.

这似乎根本不可能。我不知道人们是怎么得到那些工作的,我不知道步骤是什么,我甚至从来没有想过。这似乎是不可能的。

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

你知道,当你经历了恩典,你觉得自己被宽恕了,你就会更宽恕别人。你对别人更有礼貌。

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

谦卑是一种优雅,它在高尚的环境中闪耀光芒,但在卑微的环境中却无法同样闪耀光芒,因为一个人在卑微的环境中可能已经过于谦卑了。

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

青春,高大,精力充沛,充满爱——青春,充满优雅,力量,魅力。你知不知道,你的晚年也会以同样的优雅、力量和魅力降临?

At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.

在最好的情况下,写作的感觉是任何不值得的优雅。它是给你的,但前提是你去寻找它。

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

财富的物质存在于地球、海洋以及自然和独立的生产中。

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

要想欺骗或逃脱宙斯的思想是不可能的。

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

财富是充分体验生活的能力。