His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

  • -- Robert Burns 罗伯特·伯恩斯

他那上了锁、上了字的黄铜硬领,显出他是一位绅士和学者。

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Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.

很少有人会离开学者安全的隐居生活,远离文坛和学术界的宁静,而成为不友善和敌对思想的批判对象。

Nothing like trapping the gentlemen where they couldn't get away.

没有什么比把绅士们困在他们逃不掉的地方更好的了。

A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.

当小偷因偷窃而变得富有时,他会被误认为是绅士。

Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

铁磨铁,磨学者,学者。