If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.

  • -- Sinclair Lewis 辛克莱·刘易斯

如果崇高的死亡是美德的最主要部分,那么我们比所有人都更幸运,我们带着自由的皇冠为希腊而奋斗,我们死了,在无尽的荣耀中安息。

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A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

一个愿意工作而又找不到工作的人,也许是这个世界上命运的不平等所表现出来的最悲哀的景象。

Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite. Each will fade.

死亡和出生一样是偶然的,也常常是出人意料的。悲伤和快乐一样难以定义。都是有限的。每个会褪色。

True nobility isn't about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be.

真正的高贵不是比别人更好。而是要比过去做得更好。

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

以荣誉行使权力的领导人将从内而外工作,从他自己开始。

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

对人来说,没有什么比突然变故更危险的了。

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

历史所能赋予和平缔造者的最大荣誉。

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

美德这个词对个人利益和罪恶一样有用。

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

对高尚品格的信任胜过对誓言的信任。

Who never caused others to die Seldom rates a statue.

从来没有造成他人死亡的人,很少会去评价一座雕像。

Great necessities call out great virtues.

伟大的需要造就伟大的美德。