A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
伟大
Great
Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.
思想是一切财富、一切成功、一切物质所得、一切伟大发现和发明以及一切成就的源泉。
The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
作为一个女人,最大的、几乎唯一的安慰是,一个人总是可以假装比自己更笨,没有人会感到惊讶。
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
在我看来,过去的大多数伟人只是为了啤酒而来——财富、声望和权力带来的荣耀。
It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best.
做一个榜样感觉很好,我对我所做的事情非常小心。我并不完美,我确实犯了很多错误,但我已经尽力了。
I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.
我是个十足的戏剧迷——不管我是在舞台上工作还是坐在座位上。我一直在寻找一个伟大的剧本和一个伟大的角色去做。
But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon.
但是,我知道黑梳子和惠斯勒应该很适合滑雪。所以我期待着不久的将来能去那里。
The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
杜松子酒和苦艾酒的完美结合是一种伟大而突然的荣耀;这是世界上最幸福的婚姻之一,也是寿命最短的婚姻之一。
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
在阅读伟人的生平时,我发现他们赢得的第一个胜利就是战胜了自己。自律是第一位的。
Scientists are human, they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.
科学家是人,他们和其他群体一样有偏见。但它们确实有一个很大的优势,那就是科学是一个自我修正的过程。
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
容器里的水闪闪发光;海里的水是黑的。小真理有清晰的文字;伟大的真理有伟大的沉默。
I mean, I can look back with great pleasure on what has happened in Sudan, and our commitment to people who are persecuted in that kind of way.
我的意思是,我可以非常高兴地回顾在苏丹发生的事情,以及我们对以这种方式受到迫害的人民所作的承诺。
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.
投票站的连接是一个伟大的水平;所有的邻居——富人、穷人、老人、年轻人、老朽和精力充沛的人——都在一天之内出现了。
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
伟大的舞者不是因为他们的技巧而伟大,而是因为他们的激情而伟大。
Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
食物的数量比质量更值得重视。饱餐一顿对学习和工作都是一大敌人。
There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.
在我们的头骨后面有很多宝藏,这对我们所有人来说都是真的。这个小宝贝有非常非常大的力量,我想说,我们只学到了它所能做的非常非常小的一部分。
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
伟大的灵魂有意志;弱者只有愿望。
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
人类的伟大成就来自于思想和热情的传播。
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
没有一个伟人是白活的。世界历史不过是伟人的传记。