Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.

  • -- Robert A. Dahl 达尔

这个城邦虽然曾经辉煌一时,但已经过时了。

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Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.

婚姻是一种风险;我认为这是一个伟大而光荣的冒险,只要你以同样的精神开始冒险。

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

作王,又戴冠冕,这在看见的人看为荣耀,在承受的人看为甘美。

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

幸福已经过时:不经济。