One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

  • -- Henry Wheeler Shaw 亨利·惠勒·肖

你能胜过某人的最大的胜利之一就是礼貌地击败他。

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Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.

在所有的美之中,最能引起持久的赞美的美,最能赋予我们一言一行以魅力的美,最能使我们在人生的每一个阶段、每一种地位都显得和蔼可亲。

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

能够吸收最多的事实,并坚持这样做,一代又一代,通过所有的意见和细节的变化,是一个理论,必须统治所有的观察。

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

真正的礼貌在于使自己随和,使别人尽量随和。

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

当温文尔雅的礼貌,温和的偏执的热情,纠正“我相信”到“一个人确实感觉”。