A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
男人
Men
A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
一个人要想有所成就,就必须有一定程度的聪明无知。
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
人最可怜的是把自己的梦想变成金银财宝的人。
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
女人想要平庸的男人,而男人则努力让自己尽可能平庸。
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
当礼仪被压抑时,自由的人唯一的尊严就是畅所欲言。
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
男人,即使是独自一人,也会用歌声来减轻他们的劳动,不管歌声多么粗鲁。
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
如果有一种品质是所有伟人共有的,那就是虚荣。
Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
人们生活在幽默和激情的支配下,有时是理性的。
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
一个天才要出现,必须先有许多天才出现。
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
一类人的恐惧不能衡量另一类人的权利。
To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo.
把一个人叫做动物就是奉承他;他是个机器,一个会走路的假阳具。
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.
人,他们的权利,仅此而已;妇女,她们的权利,仅此而已。
Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.
平庸的人工作效率最高;追求卓越的人努力做得更好。
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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
即使在文学和艺术领域,也没有人为原创而烦恼的人永远不会是原创的。相反,如果你只是想说真话(不在乎别人告诉你多少次),十有八九你会在没有注意到的情况下变得原创。
Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
男人最不同的地方是天堂和人间,而女人最坏的地方和最好的地方是天堂和地狱。
Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.
在成为律师、医生、商人或制造商之前,人就是人;如果你让他们成为有能力、有见识的人,他们也会成为有能力、有见识的律师或医生。
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.
没有目标的人比没有才能的人更容易失败。
If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
如果男人习惯在任何地方玩脏话,我们还能指望他们在酒吧或教堂里严肃、严格地说脏话吗?
Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
在所有人的想法都一样的地方,没有人想得太多。