A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
慷慨
Generosity
Gifts have ribbons, not strings.
礼物有丝带,没有绳子。
Forbearance is a form of generosity.
忍耐是一种慷慨。
What bread men break is broken to them again.
人所擘开的饼,他们又擘开了。
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
不要把给予看作是一种责任,而是一种特权。
A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer.
棉袄即使在夏天也是可以接受的礼物。
The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
给予的习惯只会增强给予的欲望。
True generosity is the ability to accept ingratitude.
真正的慷慨是接受忘恩负义的能力。
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
关注是最稀有和最纯粹的慷慨。
Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
每次我们相爱,每次我们付出,都是圣诞节。
The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief.
微笑的罗柏偷了小偷的东西。
I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.
我不想我的下半生(余生)都用来做演讲。
I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
我要感谢学院的勇气和慷慨。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
幸福与其说是拥有不如说是分享。我们靠得到的东西生活,但我们靠给予的东西生活。
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
用爱使愤怒的人沉默。仁慈地让这个坏脾气的人闭嘴。慷慨地让守财奴闭嘴。用真理堵住说谎者的嘴。
But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.
但是当你去商店买东西的时候,这是一个冷冰冰、毫无生气的行业,它并不代表你的生命和才华,而是一个金匠的。
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.
我以圣人的希望为指导:在关键的事情上,团结一致;在重要的事情上,多样性;凡事慷慨。
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing
许多人能做一件聪明的事,更能做一件狡猾的事,但很少有人能做一件慷慨大方的事
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
坦率和慷慨,除非经过适当的节制,否则会导致毁灭。