It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

  • -- Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔

有能力给予比有能力接受更令人愉快。

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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

有一种啤酒,不掺水的时候味道很浓,但喝惯了的人都喜欢喝。他们看见大麦浮在其上,就拿著苇子,从盛酒的器皿里拿出来喝。

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

连续的口才的疲倦。要欣赏伟大,就必须抛弃它。任何事情的连续性都是令人不快的。冷是适宜的,这样我们就可以暖和起来。

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

我以打高尔夫球为生。你还能要求什么呢?——做你喜欢的事还能得到报酬。

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

天上不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。