A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
女人
Woman
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
我向你们声明,女人不能依靠男人的保护,而必须学会保护自己,我在这里表明我的立场。
If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.
如果我能成为我母亲的三分之一,拥有她三分之一的力量,那么我这一生就会做得很好。
To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!
许多有价值的女人被那种虚假的、不顾别人的想法出卖了,认为一个改过自新的浪子是最好的丈夫,这是多么糟糕的选择啊!
You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
你是个女人,你永远不能说出你的想法;你的言语必须与你的思想相矛盾,但你的行动可能与你的言语相矛盾。
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
依赖于一个男人或女人的无助的道德没有多少可取之处。道德植根于我们内心的纯洁。
I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.
我喜欢看起来女性化,我喜欢做一个榜样。我喜欢做一个女人。这一切都归结于对自己有信心。
Do you not yet understand what has made woman what she is? Then see what the sickly taste and perverted judgment of man now admires in woman.
难道你还不明白是什么造就了女人?然后看看现在男人病态的品味和变态的判断力是如何欣赏女人的。
Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.
有些人认为拥有丰满的胸部会让女人变得愚蠢。事实上,恰恰相反:女人的胸部越大,男人就越笨。
A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.
坚强的女人知道她有足够的力量去旅行,但坚强的女人知道她会在旅途中变得坚强。
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
没有虚荣心,没有卖弄风情,没有好奇心,一句话,没有堕落,女人就不会是女人。她的优雅主要在于她的脆弱。
Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.
社会被男人编纂成法典,规定女人低人一等;只有摧毁男性的优势,她才能消除这种劣势。
The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.
女人的大胆蔑视是她的耻辱的必然标志,一旦她不再脸红,那是因为她要脸红的东西太多了。
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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.
大自然造出了一颗卵石和一颗母卵石。宝石造钻石,情人造女人。
A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
美女是你注意到的女人;迷人的人是注意到你的人。
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
没有女人会爱上一个男人,除非她对他有比他应得的更好的看法。
His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.
比尔的生活虽然不长,却从不枯燥乏味:他的生活充满了女人、美酒和歌声。
Well, if fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
好吧,如果幸运女神是个女人,她是这个装备的好姑娘。
My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
我妈妈是一个了不起的女人。她不仅管理了整个家庭,还注意到她的每个孩子身上都有一份礼物,让我们所有人都有信心,这份礼物会带我们去任何我们想去的地方。