Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

  • -- Carl Hubbell 卡尔·哈贝尔

接连淘汰露丝和格里格实在是太过分了。

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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

记忆在很大程度上取决于我们思维的敏锐性、规律性和秩序。许多人抱怨缺乏记忆,当缺陷是在判断;而另一些人,什么也抓不住,什么也抓不住。

First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated.

首先,我们必须认识到,尽管存在种种问题,而且在某些情况下还出现了失败,但这一制度比人们预期的要成功得多,更有韧性。

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

我们可能在一份低于自身价值的工作中表现出色,但在一份对我们来说太大的工作中,我们往往显得微不足道。

People want to see big, escapist fare. They don't want to be challenged to think.

人们想看到大的,逃避现实的票价。他们不想被挑战去思考。

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

一个人不可能成功地实践许多艺术。

Order is heaven's first law.

秩序是天理。