Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

明智的是谁?向每个人学习的人。强大的是谁?控制自己激情的人。谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。

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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.

你从说中学会说,从学中学会学,从跑中学会跑,从工作中学会工作;就这样,你通过爱来学会爱。凡想用别的方法学习的人都是在欺骗自己。

I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.

我呆呆地坐着,呆呆地望着,呆呆地望着,茫然不知所措,我在学习一门新的语言,或者更确切地说,是一门用不同方言讲的同一种语言。我坐着的那片大树林依然如此,声音可能还没有诞生。

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

我在大学里没有即兴表演,我从来没有表演过,我也没有演过戏剧。我在学生会,我是历史专业的。

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

我们的感情就像火和水一样,是好仆人,却是坏主人。

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

我总是随身携带一些兴奋剂,以防我看到蛇,我也随身携带。

If you want to feel rich, count all the gifts you have that money can't buy.

如果你想变得富有,数一数你所有的钱买不到的礼物。

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.

如今,富有仅仅意味着拥有大量的贫穷物品。

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

最重要的政治职务是普通公民的职务。

Music is my biggest passion aside from anything else.

除了其他事情,音乐是我最大的爱好。

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

荣誉不是赢得的;它一定不能丢失。