She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

  • -- Louisa May Alcott 路易莎·梅·阿尔科特

她有一种女性的本能,认为衣服对许多人的影响比性格的价值或风度的魅力更大。

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Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty; there is in us a superfluity of soul, which it is sweet to consecrate to the beautiful when the good has been accomplished.

毫无疑问,良心足以引导最冷酷的人走上美德之路;热情之于良知,犹如荣誉之于责任;我们身上有一种多余的灵魂,当美好的事物完成后,把它奉献给美丽的事物是很甜蜜的。

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

在很大程度上,男人和女人必须受他们所生活的社会的意见和态度的教育。

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

预测者的羊群本能让羊看起来像是独立的思考者。

Women without men, I realized then, are totally different creatures.

那时我意识到,没有男人的女人是完全不同的生物。

Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.

礼貌只是你如何待人的一种正式表达。

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

有两件事控制着人的天性,本能和经验。

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

只有在法庭上见过一个女人,你才会了解她。

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.

在书外,我们避免使用色彩鲜艳的人物。