A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

父亲可能背弃他的孩子,兄弟姐妹可能成为根深蒂固的敌人,丈夫可能抛弃妻子,妻子可能抛弃丈夫。惟有母亲的慈爱,能看透一切。

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My brother's an aerospace engineer who works for Boeing, and I started thinking, 'Well, my brother works nine hours a day at his job... What if I worked nine hours a day at being an actor?'

我哥哥是波音公司的航空工程师,我开始想,‘我哥哥每天工作九个小时……要是我每天工作九个小时当演员呢?”

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

我根据他们的美貌选择朋友,根据他们的人品选择熟人,根据他们的智慧选择敌人。一个人在选择敌人时再谨慎也不为过。

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

亚当认识夏娃,夏娃就怀孕了。遗憾的是,对于他们的妻子来说,这似乎仍然是一些男人唯一了解的东西。

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

让大多数丈夫做某件事的最好方法就是暗示他们可能太老了,做不到。

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

尽你所能大声宣布人类的平等,愚蠢的人会为他的兄弟服务。

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

除非你有房子(和一堆火)让她住,否则永远不要娶妻。

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.

我可以成为另一个妻子丈夫的好妻子。

Who's a hero? He who turns his enemy into his friend.

一个英雄是谁?化敌为友者。