A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

-- H. L. Mencken 门肯

教堂是从未去过天堂的绅士们向从未去过天堂的人夸耀的地方。

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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。

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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.

人们去教堂的原因和去酒馆的原因是一样的:让自己麻木，忘记痛苦，想象自己，哪怕只有几分钟，自由而快乐。

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I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

我带孩子们去教堂和主日学校。他们喜欢它。我真的认为让孩子感觉到有比你的生活更重要的事情是很重要的。

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Gentlemen never wear brown in London.

伦敦的绅士从不穿棕色衣服。

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