It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

  • -- Richard Whately 理查德·怀特利

指望人们尽其合理的期望去做所有的事是愚蠢的。

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I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.

我想那只是一场歌剧。现在,你去看歌剧,你希望看到和听到歌剧是什么。所以,这是鲶鱼排。这是歌手。不可思议的声音。它们是什么颜色都没有关系。

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.

成年人可以向很小的孩子学习,因为小孩子的心是纯洁的。因此,伟大的精神可能会向他们展示许多老年人错过的东西。

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

一个漂亮的女人必须对她的步态负责,而不是一个不漂亮的女人。

Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men can't remedy.

每个傻瓜都能发现许多聪明人无法弥补的错误。