Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

  • -- William Gilmore Simms 威廉·吉尔默·西姆斯

机智是首要的精神美德之一,缺乏机智对最优秀的人才是致命的。

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Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.

音乐是你自己的天赋,也是一个重要的工具。即使你不想成为榜样,也要做好进入公众视野的准备。能量就在那里,你必须利用它。

My wife is one of the best wimin on this Continent, altho' she isn't always gentle as a lamb with mint sauce.

我妻子是这个大陆上最好的温文人之一,尽管她并不总是像薄荷酱羊肉那样温柔。

Neither talent without instruction, nor instruction without talent can produce the perfect craftsman.

有才能而无才能,有才能而无才能,都不能造就完美的工匠。

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

不合时宜的表扬,或者不得体的给予,都会让人的心像责备一样冰冷。

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.

好吧,好吧,最好的术语将会过时:该死的家伙已经有他们的时代了。