Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.

  • -- Simon Raven 西蒙·雷文

绅士们现在只能在明显是人为的或不真实的情况下这样做,或这样被容忍。

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I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.

我很遗憾地说,有时候,一件无关紧要的事情会浪费大量宝贵的时间,因为有些先生们即使在国会里也不会完全摆脱律师的纠缠,他们不断地发表长篇累牍的演说,耍花招。

It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.

成为一个人是一件伟大的事情。这是一件了不起的事情。突然间,我意识到自己体内有无数种嗡嗡作响的感觉,就像蜂房里的蜜蜂。先生们,这是一件伟大的事情。