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To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

要对一个著名人物的性格作出公正的评价，就必须以他所处时代的标准，而不是以我们这个时代的标准来判断。

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I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else. But I don't like the idea that he never accepted the blame for anything, always found someone else to blame for any mistake that was ever made, including blaming Prentiss for Shiloh.

我为格兰特着迷:他的性格、他的天性、他在战斗中的科学以及其他一切。但我不喜欢他从不接受任何指责，总是为自己犯下的任何错误找别人来承担责任，包括把希洛的过错归咎于普伦蒂斯。

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

丢在水里的火，怎样冷却熄灭，照样，对一个最纯洁、最圣洁的人的诬告，也照样沸腾起来，立刻消散，消失了，连天上和海上的威胁也消失了，而他自己却站在那里一动也不动。

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I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants.

我平生第一次买塑身用品，我吓坏了。它们很厚——就像穿着运动服一样，它们的一侧都有一条腿带，从裤子里露出来。

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Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

名誉如河流，发源地最狭，愈远愈宽广。

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At some point in time I will be honored if I would be mentioned as a coach.

在某一时刻，如果我被提名为教练，我会感到很荣幸。

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I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

我从来没有想过出名，因为出名是一种副产品。

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