Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

  • -- Sydney J. Harris 悉尼J.哈里斯

几乎没有人愚蠢到认为自己在任何领域都理所当然地应该获得巨大成功;然而,几乎所有人都认为,他理所当然地应该在婚姻中获得成功。

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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

多年来,我的结婚戒指一直发挥着它的作用。它没有使我陷入诱惑。它在聚会上多次提醒我丈夫该回家了。这对晚餐同伴来说是一种解脱。它已经成为产科病房的身份象征。

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

为什么一个女人花了十年时间去改变一个男人的习惯,然后又抱怨他不是她嫁的那个男人?

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.

成功没有秘诀。它是筹备,苦干以及在失败中汲取教训的结果。

I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.

我相信,自然历史已经失去了很多模糊的普遍处理,这是如此普遍。

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

赞扬那些批评你的人,因为他们没有达到标准。

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

成功人士就是那些有成功习惯的人。

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

自己甘愿受辱的人,受侮辱也是活该。

It is not as bad to believe a lie as to tell one.

相信谎言并不比说谎更糟糕。