The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it

  • -- Oliver Goldsmith 奥利弗·戈德史密斯

一位哲学家说,宇宙中最伟大的目标是与逆境抗争的好人;然而还有一位更大的,就是前来救他的那良善人

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

如果没有冬天,春天就不会如此怡人;如果我们不经历逆境,繁荣就不会如此受欢迎。

I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God.

我感谢上帝给我设置了障碍,因为通过这些障碍,我找到了自己,找到了工作,找到了上帝。

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

只要你的目标是履行你的职责,人类就会在你失败的地方给你荣誉。

To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.

生活在人类之中远比生活在一个名字之中重要。