Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

感激之情不过是希望得到进一步的恩惠。

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It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.

最后,从三种不同的意义上讲,一个词是不合时宜的,把它当作自己的宝贝是不会赢得任何人好感的;一个人宁愿冒险发现自己置身于所有人的阵营之外……美是我们的第一语言。

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

没有什么是不可能的;有很多方法可以通向一切,如果我们有足够的意志,我们就应该有足够的手段。我们说事情是不可能的,往往只是为了找个借口。

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

我们的朋友通常愿意为我们做任何事情,除了我们希望他们做的事情。

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

有些人认为他们只是在担心时才会集中注意力。