Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

  • -- Tacitus 塔西托斯

坦率和慷慨,除非经过适当的节制,否则会导致毁灭。

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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

让你的生活有意义的方法是全身心地去爱别人,全身心地投入到你周围的社区,全身心地去创造一些能给你目标和意义的东西。

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

生时的慷慨与死时的慷慨是两码事;一个来自真正的慷慨和仁慈,另一个来自骄傲或恐惧。

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

适度一点是好的。当然,我的生活并不完全是适度的。

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.

不幸的是,我的饮食总是很糟糕。我不知道节制。