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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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When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity?

当我第一次当选时，我很困惑为什么他们要为我这个大一新生举办这样的活动。我问自己，为什么一个联邦实体会如此积极地参与政治活动?

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War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

战争本身就使人类所有的精力达到最高紧张状态，并给有勇气进行战争的人民打上高贵的烙印。

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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

有一种真正的光荣，也有一种真正的光荣:完成职责的光荣——原则完整的光荣。

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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

高贵是文明秩序的优雅点缀。它是科林斯文明社会的首都。

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We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

我们遇见霍尔博士时，他沉浸在深深的悲痛之中，不是他的母亲，就是他的妻子，或者他自己一定已经去世了。

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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

这么多人来参加他的葬礼，是因为他们想确认他已经死了。

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It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman.

像流氓一样获得财富远比像绅士一样挥霍财富容易得多。

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Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

谁不知道什么是不幸，谁就不知道什么是自己，什么是自己的美德。

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Virtue is not left to stand alone.

美德不是孤立的。

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It's O.K. to accept good fortune.

接受好运是可以的。

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