True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

真正的礼貌在于使自己随和,使别人尽量随和。

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There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude, as rude as you have to be to stop such pollution of young minds in its tracks with a quick, unignorable shock.

有礼貌的时候,也有不得不粗鲁的时候,粗鲁得像你必须做的那样,用一种迅速的、不可忽视的震惊来阻止这种对年轻人思想的污染。

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

政治的艺术在于精确地知道什么时候有必要打对手的要害。

There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

有很多关于复杂主题的真实陈述,它们太长了,不适合放在幻灯片上。

A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels.

我听说猫有九条命。如果这是真的,我知道猫的感受。

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

人道主义就是决不为某种目的而牺牲一个人。

Politeness is organized indifference.

礼貌是有组织的冷漠。