A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
伟大
Great
The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
心虽小，但求大事。风筝的晚餐是不够的，但整个世界都不够。
I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.
我是学艺术长大的。我父亲认为我在艺术方面很有天赋，所以送我去了艺术学校。但他不想让我成为一名摄影师。
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.
我种了很多树。我非常相信为子孙后代种植东西。我讨厌你只为今天而活的当下文化。
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.
我们这些伟大的演员都来自演员兼经理的剧院。他们不仅建立了一个团队，他们是和士兵一起工作的将军。
I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.
我是正在寻找下一份工作的伟大失业者之一。我在等待合适的工作机会。像任何人一样，我想要一些能让我内心兴奋的东西。
They are a great tradition...gliding in and out of the corridors of power with the opulent calm of angelfish swimming through an aquarian castle.
他们是一个伟大的传统…在权力的走廊里来回穿梭，就像神仙鱼在宝瓶座的城堡里游来游去。
Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is.
人类学从来没有一个明确的主题，因为它没有一个真正的方法，所以人们对它到底是什么有很大的焦虑。
It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.
努力追求伟大的东西并不是最有效的;它是做一些小事情，共同的责任，一点一点的好。
It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.
使人反目成仇的安慰太大了。在生活最不严酷的时代和阶级中，人们最容易放弃生活。
Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.
有些人想积累大量的财富，做一个漂亮的讣告。我死的时候带的钱比离开我儿子的时候还多。
We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.
我们知道，一个人可以在晚上读歌德或里尔克的作品，可以演奏巴赫和舒伯特的作品，可以在早上去奥斯维辛工作。
Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.
伟大的设计师很少能成为伟大的广告人，因为他们被画面的美所征服，忘记了商品必须被销售。
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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。
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 man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
大人者，不失其赤子之心者也。
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
我总觉得友谊的最大的特权、宽慰和安慰是无需解释。
Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.
胜利的条件已经成熟。我们会赢。我们将在这里行使巨大的权力。
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.
在敌人面前，你需要很大的勇气，但在朋友面前，你需要更大的勇气。