A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

  • -- Rudyard Kipling 鲁迪亚德·吉卜林

一个人的思想习惯告诉他的比七个坐在塔里的看守人还要多。

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A man, indeed, is not genteel when he gets drunk; but most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend’s wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly.

的确,一个人喝醉了酒是不文雅的;但是,大多数恶习都可以很有礼貌地犯下:一个男人可以很有礼貌地使他朋友的妻子堕落;他可以很有礼貌地玩牌。

For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done.

在你的前半生,人们会告诉你应该做什么;在下半场,他们会告诉你应该怎么做。

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going to tell me she is a dead lump?

月亮!阿耳特弥斯!人类辉煌过去的伟大女神!你要告诉我她是个死疙瘩吗?

She had in mind a different kind of looking person, because his appearance is not at all like mine.

她心里想的是另一种模样的人,因为他的样子一点也不像我。

When I am alone for too long, my mind starts to wander and my heart gets into trouble.

当我独处太久,我的思想开始漫游,我的心陷入麻烦。

A man in the house is worth two in the street.

一个人在家里抵得上两个在街上。