Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious.

  • -- Robert Blair 罗伯特·布莱尔

矫揉造作是一定的畸形;年轻人以荒诞的方式塑造自己,一开始是可笑的,最后往往是邪恶的。

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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.

从句或句子中最强调的地方是结尾。这是高潮;在随后的短暂停顿中,那最后一个字似乎继续在读者的脑海中回荡。事实上,它是最后一个词。

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.

一个受过教育的人是这样的人:他知道,事实往往是,信息至多是不完整的,而且往往是错误的、误导人的、虚构的、虚假的——完全是错误的。

A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen.

一个好的家是必须建造的,而不是买来的。最后,并不是轨道照明或阳光房将光线带入厨房。

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

每个年轻人都应该牢记,所有成功的事业都是建立在道德基础上的。

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

你只能年轻一次。但你可能总是不够成熟。

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

外表的判断常常失败,内心的判断永远不会。