A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

  • -- Frederick Douglass 弗雷德里克·道格拉斯

一场输了或赢了的战争很容易描述、理解和欣赏,但一个伟大国家的道德成长需要反思和观察,才能欣赏它。

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Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation.

我们不知道塞内加的祷告是否得到了应允;但是,由于我们没有再听到马可的消息,他很可能比他的父亲先死,塞内加的家族,和许多伟人的家族一样,在第二代就绝迹了。

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.

我是一个遥远小国的儿子,其他获奖者都来自世界各地的不同国家,我们在这里都受到了同样的欢迎,表现出了同情。

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

如果丈夫和妻子清楚地认识到他们是站在同一条战线上的,许多婚姻都会变得更好。

I've never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally.

我一直不明白婚姻对我个人的好处是什么。

That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.

这就是我所做的很棒的地方,从一份工作换到另一份工作。

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

通过啃穿堤坝,即使是一只老鼠也可能淹死一个国家。