There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.

  • -- Ellen Terry 爱伦·泰瑞

一个已经学会遵守公认规则的人背离这些规则,或者由于缺乏训练、技能或理解而忽视这些规则,这两者之间有着天壤之别。在你变得古怪之前,你必须知道圆在哪里。

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I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a year I was sacked; then I went into teacher training.

我是一个非常糟糕的会计;我不在乎钱、高尔夫球或发现欺诈。大约一年后,我被解雇了;然后我进入了教师培训。

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

没有受过任何政治训练就被任命为行政长官,这是我的幸运,也是我的不幸。

Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

是的,我将把女性的理解带到法庭上,但我怀疑仅凭这一点就会影响我的决定。

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.

毫无疑问,非自愿地返回出发地点是所有旅行中最令人不安的。

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

当想象力不得不与理解分开时,它是一件可怜的事情。

The only certain freedom's in departure.

唯一确定的自由是离开。