Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

良好的教养与良好的教养的区别,如果有区别的话,也只是因为它优雅地记住了别人的权利,而不是优雅地坚持自己的权利。

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You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength.

你没有出生的权利;因为你没有利用生命。作为一个理性的人,你不是为自己而活,为自己而活,为自己而活,为自己而活,你只是想把你的软弱依附在别人的力量上。

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

浪漫主义所谓的天才、才能或灵感,无非是凭经验找到正确的道路,跟着鼻子走,走捷径。

All the movies used to be 'colossal'. Now they're all 'frank'. I think I liked 'colossal' better.

所有的电影都曾经是“巨大的”。现在他们都是“弗兰克”。我想我更喜欢“巨大”。

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.

我不打算优雅地变老。我打算做面部拉皮手术,直到我的耳朵合拢为止。

I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

我甚至不记得我第一次唱歌是什么时候。

I don't understand why people don't remember my name.

我不明白为什么人们不记得我的名字。

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

我们几乎拥有菲律宾的一切。

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

我是我自己的实验。我是我自己的艺术品。

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

变化是快乐的灵魂。

I've elected to age gracefully.

我选择优雅地老去。