When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

  • -- Otto von Bismarck 奥托·冯·俾斯麦

当你说你原则上同意一件事的时候,你的意思是你根本没有打算把它付诸实践。

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There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

作为一个角色演员,压力更小。这通常意味着你的一生都在行动,这是我的意图。我不想成为一个有钱有名的人,那样会很无聊。

Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It to the soil and the seasons whether He or any other gather they fruit

良好的意图至少是良好行为的种子;各人也要撒种,或是自己收,或是别人收,都要留在地和节令里

Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

贪婪似乎已渗透到我们的各项重要原则之中,以致于与除和平与富裕之外的一切补救希望作斗争。

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

真正艺术的原则不是描绘,而是唤起。