It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

这不是一片几英亩的土地,而是我们正在捍卫的事业,无论我们是在一场战斗中击败敌人,还是一步步地击败敌人,结果都是一样的。

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It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

即使是最成功的人,也难免会遭遇失败。人类的精神永远不会在被打败时结束……当它投降时,它就完成了。

You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.

你不可能一边播种苹果种子,一边指望得到一棵鳄梨树。你生活的结果撒在你所做的和你的行为上。

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

女人的机智容易产生不好的后果;它像一把没有鞘的剑,刺伤佩带者,并激怒攻击者。

I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet.

我很幸运,我有很好的抛光皮肤,没有皱纹,所以我可能还会活几年。

I have met a few Casanovas I like and a few I have not liked - and I hope to meet a few more.

我见过一些我喜欢的卡萨诺瓦,也见过一些我不喜欢的——我希望能再见到一些。

It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.

只有地面活动才能激发黑人的选票。

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

随着年龄的增长,内在的美悄然而至。