The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals.

  • -- Ellsworth Huntington 埃尔斯沃思·亨廷顿

印第安人不能在平原上进行广泛的耕作,不仅因为他们缺少铁制工具,而且因为他们没有役畜。

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In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

最后,衡量你的不是你承担了多少,而是你最终完成了什么。

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

我唯一喜欢熨衣服的时候是我不小心把杜松子酒放进蒸汽熨斗里的那一天。

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

有了胆识,一个人可以做任何事,但不能做任何事。

Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

铁磨铁,磨学者,学者。