We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

我们的承诺与我们的希望成正比,我们的承诺与我们的恐惧成正比。

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Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree.

我们对孩子们的承诺应该是:如果你在学校表现好,我们会为你支付大学学位。

A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.

婚姻生活之所以苦不堪忍,很大程度上是由于疏忽了一些小事。

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

在议程任何项目上花费的时间将与所涉及的总数成反比。

Don't respect someone for making a promise. Respect them for keeping it.

不要因为别人的承诺而尊重他。尊重他们的保留。