A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
伟大
Great
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.
我越来越尊重事实，越来越不尊重理论。在我看来，事实是一件伟大的事情;一个句子，如果不是上帝印的，那么至少是魔鬼印的。
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
我在你们面前宣布，我的整个一生，无论长或短，都将致力于为你们服务，为我们大家都属于的伟大的皇族服务。
General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.
谢尔曼将军把记者看作是司令部和战场上的累赘和危险，并在他伟大的战争生涯中对他们采取了相应的行动。
And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the weight. And she went and did it, and look at her now!
我直截了当地告诉她，你有活下去的理由。你真有天赋。你唱得真好，减肥吧。她就去做了，现在看看她!
Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.
年龄给你很大的比例感。当你年轻的时候，你可能对自己很苛刻，但现在我想，‘每个人都很疯狂，我做得很好’。
We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study.
我们并没有在教育中给予科学太大的地位，但是我们犯了一个危险的错误，在方法上给了科学在其他学科中太大的优势。
A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes.
当我工作时，一种巨大的自由的快乐涌上心头。随着紧张的斜杠和几次推挤，美丽的白色田野收到了它们的颜色，几分钟内就完成了工作。
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
快乐需要极大的智慧、兴趣和精力。追求幸福是一项伟大的活动。一个人必须是开放的，充满活力的。这是人类必须完成的最伟大的壮举。
I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.
我很高兴能得到国外的认可。人民是如此热情，热情和感激，我感到很荣幸看到这么多国家和一些最伟大的纪念碑。
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
在人类每一次伟大进步的开始，都有一种精神、一种需要和一个人。所有这些都必须符合那个特定的历史时刻，否则什么也不会发生。
I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
我只是试着做我自己，不管那是什么。我不认为我会被记住。我只是想在很长一段时间内保持一致。这就是伟大的球员所做的。
I usually write when I'm in a great place. When I'm depressed, I don't usually write. So I take all of when I'm depressed and throw it into when I'm feeling good. Weird, I guess.
我通常在心情好的时候写作。当我沮丧的时候，我通常不写作。所以当我感到沮丧的时候，我会把所有的钱投入到我感觉良好的时候。奇怪,我猜。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
如果你住在一个小国家，越野滑雪是很棒的。
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。
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
我不认为一个领导者能在很大程度上控制自己的命运。如果历史的力量向另一个方向发展，他很少能介入并改变局势。
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
人生是一幅大画布，你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩的画面。
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。
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。