The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

烈士不能受辱。每一鞭都是名誉的舌头;每座监狱都有一个更辉煌的住所。

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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

浪费比损失更糟糕。每一个自称有能力的人都会把浪费的问题不断地摆在面前,这一时刻即将来临。节俭的范围是无限的。

A slip of the foot may soon be recovered; but that of the tongue perhaps never.

脚底的滑伤可能很快就会痊愈;但舌头的声音也许永远不会。

I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.

我一直想要它,名声。当它来的时候,我不想让它走。

He who would close another man's mouth, should first tie up his own.

想要堵住别人的嘴,先管好自己的嘴。

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

头衔只是昵称,每个昵称都是一个头衔。

I am not a myth.

我不是神话。