When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say -- and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.

  • -- Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕·林肯

当我准备和一个男人讲道理时,我会花三分之一的时间思考我自己和我要说什么,三分之二的时间思考他和他要说什么。

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Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes.

有些作家很难理解,为了忠实于书的精神,几乎永远不可能忠实于文本。你必须做出改变。

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?

大学是你一生中最美好的时光。还有什么时候,你的父母会每年花几千美元,只为了让你每天晚上去一个陌生的城市喝得酩酊大醉?

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

如果你相信这是一个法治的世界,那么这个世界就会出现足够多的问题;不要相信这是一个充满奇迹的世界。

There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

我们的许多论点都被事件所证实,从中得不到任何满足。

After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.

在争吵之后,沉默可能意味着接受或通过其他方式继续抵抗。

Today i caught myself smiling for no reason.. Then i realized i was thinking about you.

今天我发现自己无缘无故地笑了。然后我意识到我在想你。