Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

没有什么比一句格言更没用的了。

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There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

有些人有一种快乐的性情,一种强烈的荣誉感和自尊感,他们对正义和美德的热爱与一般人对财富和荣誉的热爱是一样的……但这些人的数目是如此之少,我提到他们只是为了向人类表示敬意。

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

只要有人爱我们,我想说,我们几乎是不可或缺的;只要有朋友,没有人是无用的。

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

我一般不上网。我让别人替我做这件事,因为我觉得它很缓慢。

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

至亲至爱的朋友迟早会像亲戚一样无用。