It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

众所周知,当幽默羞怯地推进时,美是不会以优雅的姿态出现的。

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Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary.

现在,由于受到这样的恩宠,我学会了一些几何学的知识,用其他的东西来理解数学的艺术,我使他高兴,所以我说的话他不会反对。

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。

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

如果可能的话,优雅地获得地位和财富;如果没有,无论如何要获得财富和地位。

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。

Chess is not for timid souls.

象棋不适合胆小的人。