The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

一个有意挥霍财富的人的一生往往成为一种商业投机;他的朋友、他的乐趣、赞助人和熟人都是他的资本。

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Any child may go through periods during which they become less outspoken with their parents or teachers. But girls, like boys, live in many different worlds - they have their friends and their classroom and their parents - and within these different domains, they may have different levels of expressiveness.

任何一个孩子都可能会经历一段时期,在此期间他们对父母或老师变得不那么直言不讳。但是,女孩和男孩一样,生活在许多不同的世界里——她们有自己的朋友、教室和父母——在这些不同的领域里,她们可能有不同程度的表达能力。

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

使用书籍最成功的方法是像某些人做领主一样为他们服务;学习他们的头衔,然后吹嘘他们的熟人。

Acquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two - The friend I've wept and the maid I woo

相识的人很多,征服的人却很少,但出于好奇,我只认识两个——我哭泣的朋友和我追求的姑娘

To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.

总而言之,我们的政策是什么?我们在全世界寻找并找到了朋友。