Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

罪有许多工具,但谎言是一把适合所有工具的柄。

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You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

你必须给他们赢得胜利的工具,如果他们成功了,他们就会相信你。如果你包里什么都没有,他们就不会相信。

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.

也许只有一个主要的罪:不耐烦。因为不耐烦、我们被赶出乐园。因为不耐烦、不能再来。

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

一个人因他的罪而害怕,又因他的罪而谦卑,这两者之间的差别是很大的。

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

我工作所需要的工具是纸、烟草、食物和一点威士忌。