The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

  • -- Calvin Trillin 卡尔文·特里林

我母亲最了不起的一点是,三十年来,她为这个家庭所做的只是残羹剩饭。原来的那顿饭一直没有找到。

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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

我能为我的朋友做的最多的就是做他的朋友。我没有钱给他。如果他知道我爱他是幸福的,他就不要别的报酬了。难道友谊不是神圣的吗?

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction.

即使在我们看来是最荒谬和最愚蠢的几个世纪里,对美的永恒的欲望总是能得到满足。

Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

当我们下定决心勇敢地走过大多数障碍时,它们就会消失。

I have found two Roman sites in the area that I live in.

我在我居住的地区发现了两个罗马遗址。