I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

  • -- Gerrit Smith 赫里特·史密斯

我是个平实的人,比较不关心也不太懂修辞。

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For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

一个作家边写边写,就像他犯了相反的错误一样,应该受到谴责;因为这给他所说的话带来了一种迂腐的效果,同时也使他的话难以理解。

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

雄辩不能很好地代替行动,我们只相信雄辩。如果我们真的想成为一个伟大的国家,我们不能光说不练;我们必须行动起来。

And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened.

我和我的医生谈过,我必须承认,你知道,我有时很有名的我的爆发,我只是非常沮丧,也许有点害怕。

It's incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.

令人难以置信的是,大自然是如何安排女性来照顾人类的,然而对她们来说,照顾好自己却很棘手。

It's sad when you realize those who you cared so much about could care less about you.

当你意识到那些你很在乎的人可能并不在乎你时,你会感到很难过。

I not only get recognized - I get recognized from behind.

我不仅得到认可——我还得到了背后的认可。