The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

  • -- Rudyard Kipling 鲁迪亚德·吉卜林

了解一个外国的第一个条件是闻一闻。

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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

忏悔有三个必要的条件:悔悟,即对罪恶的悲伤,以及修正的目的;无遗漏的认罪;并藉着善行得满足。

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

谦卑是一种优雅,它在高尚的环境中闪耀光芒,但在卑微的环境中却无法同样闪耀光芒,因为一个人在卑微的环境中可能已经过于谦卑了。

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

当一个民族诞生了一个能产生伟大思想的人,另一个民族也诞生了一个能理解和欣赏伟大思想的人

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.

我们积累意见的年龄是我们的理解力最薄弱的时候。