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I'm a rather decisive type.
我是个很果断的人。
I would rather clean than beg.
我宁愿打扫卫生也不愿乞讨。
I was rather a fat little boy.
我是一个相当胖的小男孩。
I'd rather make music than tour.
我宁愿做音乐也不愿去旅游。
I came from rather humble beginnings.
我出身卑微。
I'd rather buy clothes than buy a bed.
我宁愿买衣服也不愿买床。
I would rather be respected than elected.
我宁愿受人尊敬也不愿当选。
I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
我宁愿大错特错，也不愿勉强正确。
Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.
做思想的主人，而不是思想的主人。
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选择妻子要用耳朵，不要用眼睛。
I would rather just do the things I want to do.
我宁愿做我想做的事情。
I have always been adventurous and rather daring.
我一向喜欢冒险，而且相当大胆。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
它不需要多数人的支持就能获胜，而需要的是愤怒的、不知疲倦的少数人的支持，他们热衷于在人们的头脑中燃起熊熊烈火。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里，也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。
Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.
不要选择世界上最美的人。而是，选择那个让你的世界变得美丽的人。
All myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.
所有神话都不仅仅是幻想，而是随着时间的推移，由于人类经验的积累而获得而不是失去价值。
I would rather regret the things i have done than the things i have not.
我宁愿为我做过的事后悔，也不愿为我没有做过的事后悔。
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
我宁愿尝试做一些伟大而失败的事情，也不愿尝试什么都不做而成功。