This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.

  • -- Abraham Cowley 亚伯拉罕·考利

这只会使我的收入太低,不会引起嫉妒,不会引起轻蔑。

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For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.

因为我们必须为我们每天的食物祷告,如果他赐给我们食物,那也只是通过我们的劳动、技能和准备。

Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.

不要蔑视你的父母。毕竟,你是他们的儿子,你有可能继承他们的衣食。

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

答应你的命令,然后命令你想要的。

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

治疗轻蔑的唯一方法是反轻蔑。