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。

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

障碍的唯一用处是被克服。对勇敢的人来说,障碍所起的作用不是吓唬他们,而是挑战他们。

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。

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

教一个人如何学会独立成长,也许是一个人能为另一个人做的最大的贡献。

Thanks to his bodily form and thanks to his mind, man is a universal machine, capable of an infinite diversity of movement.

由于他的身体形态和思想,人类是一个宇宙机器,能够有无限的多样性的运动。

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

温顺的妻子不是我职业的一部分;我是你的朋友,但绝不是你的财产。

Even that fish may be caught that strives the hardest against it.

即使是最努力对付它的鱼也可能被抓住。

Good wives and good plantations are made by good husbands.

好妻子和好种植园是由好丈夫创造的。