Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

诚挚是理智所调和的热情。

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The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

官场的傲慢应该得到缓和和控制,对外国人的援助应该减少,以免罗马陷落。

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as achievable.

大多数人永远达不到目标的原因是他们没有给目标下定义,或者从来没有认真地认为它们是可以实现的。

He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

不讲道理的人是偏执狂;不会的人是傻瓜;不敢的人是奴隶。

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.

一切高尚的热情都要经过一个狂热的阶段,才会变得更加明智和宁静。

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

没有人比那些失去热情的人更老了。

Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.

你们要切慕死,就必得生。