The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

从你试图和他谈生意的那一刻起,他就采取了绅士和学者的态度,从你试图接近他的道德操守的那一刻起,他就开始谈生意了。

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I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

我从来没听我爸爸说过任何人的坏话。他总是控制自己的情绪,是个真正的绅士。我被教导说,失去它是一种放纵,一种自私的行为。

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

在关键时刻,一些身居高位的平庸之辈的随意性决定会影响事件的进程达一百年之久。

Make someone smile whenever you can, you never know how much of a difference you could be making in their life at that moment.

无论何时,只要你能让别人微笑,你就永远不知道那一刻你能为他们的生活带来多大的改变。

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

这是对一个绅士的最后考验:他对那些对他毫无用处的人的尊重。