Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give 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来安慰自己,因为他们不能举出不好的例子。

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He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man’s goods than his own.

如果一个人能正确地衡量他的慈善,那么他宁愿放弃他的慈善事业,也不愿放弃他自己的慈善事业。

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

想为别人谋福利的人,已经为自己谋福利了。

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

永不放弃。在任何情况下都不要面对事实。

Despair gives courage to a coward.

绝望给懦夫勇气。