Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being any longer able to set bad examples.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

老年人喜欢给出好的建议,以安慰自己不再能树立坏榜样。

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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

没有人不求告神,救恩的门是向众人敞开的。除了我们自己的不信,再没有别的拦阻我们不进去的。

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

劳动不辱没人;不幸的是,你偶尔会发现一些人不喜欢劳动。

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

我们的缔造者推翻乔治三世并不是为了让我们加冕理查一世。

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

为了得到尊重,权威必须是受人尊敬的。