A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

  • -- Ellen Glasgow 格拉斯哥

人生具有悲剧性的讽刺意味的是,我们常常在追求成功或经济独立的主要原因过去之后才获得成功或经济独立。

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And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

如果你是一位家长,把你的孩子介绍给他们附近的图书馆。拥有自己的借书证,享受借书的乐趣,会给他们一种真正的独立感。

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

我坚信,重要的不仅仅是你说了什么,还有你怎么说——你的论点的成功在很大程度上取决于你陈述它的方式。

Science is triumphant with far-ranging success, but its triumph is somehow clouded by growing difficulties in providing for the simple necessities of human life on earth.

科学已经取得了广泛的成功,但它的成功却被地球上人类生活中越来越多的简单必需品的困难所笼罩。

There's every financial incentive in the world to stay in the conservative movement forever.

世界上有各种经济上的动机让我们永远留在保守主义运动中。

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

金钱总比贫穷好,哪怕只是出于经济上的原因。

Injustice in the end produces independence.

不公正最终会产生独立。