As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

尽管我与圣人和英雄交谈得很多,但他们很少有我的爱和钦佩。我渴望乡村和家庭的景色,渴望鸟鸣和孩子们的闲聊。

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Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.

在所有的美之中,最能引起持久的赞美的美,最能赋予我们一言一行以魅力的美,最能使我们在人生的每一个阶段、每一种地位都显得和蔼可亲。

What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the political spectrum, sort of left-right terms we used to describe people don't really hold here exactly.

我发现人们对这些问题有着极大的兴趣,跨越政治领域,我们用来描述人们的左右两派的术语在这里并不完全适用。

The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.

没有回来的士兵是英雄。这是掷骰子的结果。如果子弹上有你的名字,你就是英雄。如果你听到一颗子弹飞过,你就是幸存者。

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.

我不认为选民们会对他们的政治顾问的性格大惊小怪,除非他们的性格反映在候选人身上。

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

我心目中的英雄是那些从错误中幸存下来的人,他们犯了错误,但又从错误中恢复过来。

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

有些魅力只是为了遥远的赞美而产生的。