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Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave.

  • -- Theodore Dreiser 西奥多·德莱塞

向一个人保证他有灵魂，然后用老妇人的故事吓唬他，告诉他以后他会怎么样，你就钓上了一条鱼，一个精神上的奴隶。

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So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually producing a replica of a flying insect, you'll catch fresh air.

所以，当我说“匹配舱门”时，如果鱼正在捕食若虫，而你正在制造一个飞行昆虫的复制品，你就会呼吸到新鲜的空气。

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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

重要的问题不是，什么能使人获得一些分散的快乐，而是什么能使他的生活总体上幸福。

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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.

你接受了所有让你害怕的东西，当你能让它们为你工作时，突然间人们都称你为成功者。

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I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

我演戏从来不是为了吓唬每个人。如果我想吓唬人，我可以加入中情局

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If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

如果一个人有良好的性格，还需要什么其他的美德?人若有名声，其馀的妆饰还有什么价值呢?

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A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.

泥鳅不能模仿金鱼。因为我的长相，公众对我们的支持率不会上升。

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Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

除非你有房子(和一堆火)让她住，否则永远不要娶妻。

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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

单身汉有良心，已婚男人有妻子。

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