It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

这是子孙后代的特权,使那些因追求伟大而分裂了整个时代的对手之间的事情变得正确。

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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

后代不太可能爱上我们,但也不是不可能尊重或同情我们;所以一个人宁愿留下他的精神画像,也不愿留下他的脸画像。

There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.

灌木丛中没有摇晃。如果有的话,恰恰相反。在打招呼之后,他说的下一句话是:我从来没有像现在这样确信我所做的决定是正确的。

It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly.

演员看着镜头是一种不可思议的特权。这就像直视电影的中心,你不能掉以轻心。

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

我擅长做一名医生;我的病人喜欢我。有时候人们会把他们不会告诉配偶的事情托付给你。这是一种真正的特权。

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

世俗的快乐,如来自伟大、财富、荣誉和感官上的满足,比没有任何快乐都糟糕得多。

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.

希望我们能建立竞争关系,我们能做很多这样的事情。留下一笔遗产,然后退役冠军。

Just because something isn't happening for you right now doesn't mean that it will never happen.

现在没有发生在你身上的事情并不意味着它永远不会发生。

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

一个国家的伟大可以从对待动物的方式来判断。

There is no rivalry between Google and traditional advertising.

谷歌和传统广告之间没有竞争。

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

后代的功能是照顾自己。