The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

每一个民族的最大光荣来自它的作者。

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We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world.

我们是世界上最强大的国家,但我们不是世界上唯一的国家。我们不是世界上唯一的民族。我们是一个重要的民族,最富有、最强大,而且在很大程度上慷慨大方。但我们是世界的一部分。

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.

不管有一百万人告诉你你不能做什么,还是有一千万人告诉你不能做什么。如果你从神那里得到一个“是”,那就是你所需要的。

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

雄心勃勃地追求真正的荣誉、真正的光荣和我们本性的完美,是美德的根本原则和激励。

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

这就是艺术家,生命的饥饿者,永恒的饕餮者,美丽的守财奴,荣耀的奴隶。