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For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn.

  • -- William Banting 威廉·班廷

为了论证和说明，我假定某些日常饮食习惯，无论在青年时期多么有益，在老年时期却有害无益，就像豆子对马一样，马的日常饮食就是干草和玉米。

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First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.

首先，也最重要的是，你必须记住，餐馆是企业，它们必须继续经营下去。虽然每个人都认为他们想要草饲牛肉，但大多数人实际上更喜欢玉米饲牛肉的味道——它没有草饲牛肉那么干，大理石更多，也没有那么甘美，更不用说比草饲牛肉便宜得多。

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When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say -- and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.

当我准备和一个男人讲道理时，我会花三分之一的时间思考我自己和我要说什么，三分之二的时间思考他和他要说什么。

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I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission.

我曾多次写信给元首，请求允许我以普通士兵的身份加入国防军。他拒绝给我这个许可。

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Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.

每个人都有权表达自己的政治信仰。我不敢告诉任何人该投谁的票。我很乐意告诉别人我的观点。

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As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.

因为我们在进入这生活时没有任何意愿，所以我们在离开这生活时也不应该假定任何意愿，而应该清醒地学习他的意愿。

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He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

先下手为强的人承认他输了这场辩论。

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Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

政治不是豆袋。这是很严肃，很艰难的事情。

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I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

我不假装是一个普通的家庭主妇。

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Good corn is not reaped from a bad field.

好玉米不是从坏地里收割来的。

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Every bean hath its black.

人皆有缺点。

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