A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

  • -- Quintilian 昆提利亚语

笑,如果以牺牲礼节为代价,代价太大。

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I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

我至少是个绅士。我花了好几年才成为其中一员,但我终于有了一种得体的感觉。

With lab courses, we may be able to simulate a lot of that and reduce costs.

有了实验室课程,我们就可以模拟很多这样的过程,从而降低成本。

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

重要的不是你付给一个人多少钱,而是他让你付出了什么。