A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
伟大
Great
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
没有不带点疯狂的伟大天才。
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
我们只认识几个人，有许多外套和马裤。
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
我从来不想出名。我只想变得伟大。
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
伟大的美与伟大的美德很少共存。
A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.
一个被伟大思想占据的灵魂履行着渺小的职责。
I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.
我被西部广阔的田野所吸引。
I have a really, really great girl in my life right now.
我现在的生活中有一个非常非常棒的女孩。
So if you want great sports, Michigan's the place to be.
所以，如果你想做伟大的运动，密歇根是你的理想之地。
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
大人者，不失其赤子之心者也。
The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.
人生最大的安慰是说出自己的想法。
I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.
我不喜欢经典的恐怖或廉价的刺激。
There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.
公众对政客很反感。
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Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
不是所有人都能做伟大的事情。但我们可以用伟大的爱做小事。
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
“我旅行不是为了去任何地方，而是为了去。我旅行是为了旅行。最重要的是搬家。”
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
财富不在于拥有大量的财产，而在于拥有很少的欲望。
If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善;如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.
如果没有战争，就不会有伟大的将军;如果没有伟大的时刻，你就不会有伟大的政治家;如果林肯生活在和平时期，没有人会知道他的名字。
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.
智慧是治疗人类痛苦、犯罪和所有其他不幸的唯一良药。教一个人读书写字，你就把智慧宝盒的大钥匙交给了他。但打开盒子是另一回事。