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History is fables agreed upon.
历史是大家都同意的寓言。
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
历史是一套达成共识的谎言。
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
除了传说，历史还能是什么?
I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.
我从未见过你的脸，但我想起地狱之火。
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.
他也许胸前有毛，但是，妹妹，莱西也有。
Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.
那些最不拿自己开玩笑的人，会被别人的笑话逗乐。
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
所有的幸福或不幸都完全取决于我们所爱之物的性质。
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
不要惧怕伟大:有些人生来伟大，有些人成就伟大，有些人被强加于伟大之上。
He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.
一个理性的人不应该被认为是偶然遇到理性的人，而应该是一个知道理性、能够判断理性、并对理性有真正品味的人。
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
有一种提升并不取决于运气;这是一种使我们与众不同的气质，似乎注定了我们要成就大事;这是我们在不知不觉中给自己定的代价。