A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自己
Himself
He conquers who conquers himself.
只有战胜自己的人才能战胜自己。
Man is a universe within himself.
人的内心是一个宇宙。
Man has no greater enemy than himself.
人最大的敌人莫过于自己。
At the king's court every one for himself.
在王宫里,每个人都为自己而战。
A learned man has always riches in himself.
有学问的人总是富有的。
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
谁能忍受自己被人遗忘呢?
It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself.
取笑自己是件很有趣的事。
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
愤怒的父亲对自己最残酷。
No one is free who does not lord over himself.
不作主的,就没有自由。
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
人就是他所塑造的自己。
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
一个人只有在独处的时候才能做他自己。
He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.
买了自己不需要的东西的人,是在偷自己的东西。
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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
愚人自以为聪明,但聪明人知道自己是愚人。
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.
努力使自己适合所有人的人很快就会瘦下来。
People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.
人们出来看球员。你什么时候见经理?当他在场上和裁判争论,出丑,你知道你赢不了的时候,当他拿出阵容牌的时候。
Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.
每个艺术家都是天生的。这比上次要难得多,时间也更长。
A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
一个人可以让自己放下即将发生的事情,即使它看起来是令人作呕的胡言乱语;明天,其中的一些可能看起来根本就不是无稽之谈。
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.
人们被要求把自己塑造成应该成为什么样的人,以完成自己的使命。