Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

  • -- Pierre Corneille 高乃依

在温柔不起作用的地方,武力是正当的。

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Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.

因此,无论多么大的力,也无法把一根绳子,无论多么细的力,拉成一条准确笔直的水平线:总是会有向下弯曲的。

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

我能忍受蛮力,但蛮力的理智是相当难以忍受的。它的使用有些不公平。它打击的是智力。

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

我想酿造出与食物相协调的葡萄酒——几乎能温柔地贴近你的舌头的葡萄酒。

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

温柔不能完成工作,除非你碰巧是一只下蛋的母鸡。