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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The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion.

工业和农业的集中和相互作用共同促进生产力的增长,这种增长在几何上大于在算术上的比例。

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

没有什么比在这个冬天承诺明年夏天做点什么更容易的了;这就是毕业典礼演讲者被抓住的原因。

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。

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。