Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

没有什么比常识和朴实无欺更使人吃惊的了。

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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

说我讨厌一切是不准确的。我强烈赞成常识、诚实和正派。这使我永远没有资格担任公职。

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

能力平庸的人有时会取得非凡的成功,因为他们不知道什么时候该放弃。大多数人成功是因为他们有决心。

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

写魔法比写间谍更难,因为你面对的是一些并不存在的东西。

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

我们面对的是历史上受教育程度最高的一代。但他们的大脑却无处可去。

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse.

我们不能假定,只要他们同意,衡平法就会遵循普通法,反之亦然。

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

并非所有人生来平等,而是应该像对待法律一样对待他们。