Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people's failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.

  • -- Mohnish Pabrai 莫尼斯·帕波莱

错误是最好的老师。人不能从成功中学到东西。从别人的失败中学习是可取的,但当别人的失败成为你自己的失败时,你会更加深刻地体会到这一点。

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It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.

我们在海上如此强大是必要的,也是可取的,没有一个海上强国可以不冒风险地攻击我们,这样我们就可以自由地保护我们的海外利益,不受其他海上强国的影响和选择。

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

谎言最成功的时候,莫过于它用真理当鱼饵勾住自己的鱼钩;没有比那些有时是正确的手表更能有效地欺骗佩戴者的了。

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors,and the most patient of teachers.

书籍是最宁静、最恒久的朋友;它们是最易接近、最具智慧的顾问,也是最有耐心的老师。

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

我不知道它是否会成功,也不知道舞台会是什么样子,但我一直把自己视为一个终生的音乐家和作曲家。

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

过去从来没有,现在也不太可能很快就会出现一个哲学家的国家,我也不确定是否应该出现这样一个国家。

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

我有很多老师讨厌我。我在学校成绩不好。