Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

  • -- Wendell Phillips 温德尔·菲利浦斯

除了传授之外,很少有知识是可以保留的;这颗贵重珠宝的光彩在隐藏中消失了。

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Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

任何让我们放慢脚步、迫使我们保持耐心的事情,任何让我们重新回到大自然的慢循环中的事情,都是有帮助的。园艺是优雅的工具。

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

当一个女人的意志和想要统治她的男人一样坚强时,她的一半力量必须是隐藏。

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.

无论春夏之美,都没有我在一张秋色的脸上所见过的那种优雅。

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

我们必须从中间来治理,否则我们根本无法治理。

If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.

如果必须要做,那就必须优雅地做。