Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

风俗习惯使年轻人有时需要跳舞;所以你们学习的时候,要谨慎。这样,就可以学好了。

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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

无论我们多么不信任与我们交谈的人的真诚,但我们仍然认为他们告诉我们的真相比告诉其他人的要多。

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

父母会让我们不信任自己。对他们来说,我们似乎总是在进行中。

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

最好的肖像画是那些略带讽刺意味的肖像画。

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

音乐是我们生活中非常重要的一部分。收音机开了一整天。

We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless.

我们很少听到内心的音乐,但我们都随着它起舞。

A slight suspicion may destroy a good repute.

轻微的怀疑可能会毁掉良好的声誉。