It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

我们期待我们的晚餐不是来自屠夫、酿酒师或面包师的仁慈,而是来自他们对自己利益的关心。

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Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

光有仁不能成才,光有学也不能成才。教学的天赋是一种特殊的才能,它暗示着教师自身的一种需要和渴望。

You have a wine tasting of different years, and we're sort of doing that with our music, giving them a taste of what Journey used to be like.

你可以品尝不同年份的葡萄酒,我们用音乐来做这件事,让他们体验一下过去的旅程。

Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

现在回想我的第一次世界杯经历,我不知道发生了什么。我是个新手,不知道该期待什么。

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

让你的孩子参与到回馈社会中来,永远不会太早。而且实践经验越多越好。

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

爱可以是无私的,在仁慈和慷慨的意义上,没有无私。

You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.

你不能指望在半小时内拍出一张确定的照片。这需要几天,甚至几年的时间。

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

我们知道在一个流派的人群中有一种对鲸鱼的兴趣。

It is good to lend to God and to the soil--they pay good interest.

借给神和地原是好的,因为他们的利息本是好的。