Fame is a jealous mistress and will brook no rival.

  • -- Thiruvalluvar 泰鲁瓦卢瓦

名声是嫉妒的情妇,容不得对手。

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Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.

诗歌的优点是能够在一半的时间里说两倍于散文的话,缺点是,如果你没有把全部的注意力放在诗歌上,那么你似乎在两倍的时间里说了一半的话。

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

在婚姻中,你要明智:宁可为人而不顾金钱,宁愿美德而不顾美貌,宁愿思想而不顾身体;那么你就有了妻子、朋友、伴侣和第二个自我。