I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

  • -- Charlie Chaplin 查理卓别林

我宁愿被称为成功的骗子,也不愿被称为贫穷的君主。

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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

香槟,如果你在寻找真相,比测谎仪更好。它鼓励男人大胆,甚至鲁莽,而测谎仪只是成功说谎的一个挑战。

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

人要求称赞,是要叫他心里踏实,叫他不再怀疑自己;当他对成功有信心时,他对掌声漠不关心。

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.

我唯一遗憾的是我的过去太长了。如果再让我活一次,我也会犯同样的错误——只是更快。

The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

写第二部小说的难度似乎与第一部小说的成功程度成正比。

Stop waiting and start executing. Each day that passes you decrease your chances of success.

停止等待,开始执行。每过一天,你成功的机会就会减少。

Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.

中年——比你想象的要晚,比你预期的要早。