I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

我相信任何一个有共同理解的人,通过文化、关心、注意和劳动,都能使自己成为除伟大诗人之外他所喜欢的任何人。

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I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed.

我还提醒他们注意,大厅里没有任何通风的设备,因为我们已经呼吸了整整一个小时的空气,所以它一定失去了许多重要的功能,需要更新。

We want to shut down the day laborer site. This day laborer site undermines and violates federal immigration law, and it can't go forward.

我们想关闭日工网站。这个日工网站破坏并违反了联邦移民法,它不能继续发展下去。

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

要了解另一个人,你必须对他所处的环境有所了解。

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored that can speak to them.

在我们的文化中,有很多被忽视的美好事物,它们可以与我们对话。

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

在人类的事务中,总会有一个时刻,他必须抓住牛的尾巴,面对现实。

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

道德修养的最高阶段是我们认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

机会通常被伪装成努力工作,所以大多数人没有意识到它们。

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

被劳动征服的知识成为一种财产——一种完全属于我们自己的财产。

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

我们一直很不理解为什么右翼会这么做。

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

我比任何权利被我践踏的人都低人一等。