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

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

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。

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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。

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

一个人的知识只局限于书本,而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中,当需要知识或财富时,他既不能使用知识,也不能使用财富。

Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?

玫瑰花岂可说、“我要把我的香气给那好闻我的人、却要阻止那恶闻我的人呢。”

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

做得比报酬多的人,很快就会得到比他做得多的报酬。

Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.

把你所有的东西都给我,然后尽快投球。

The highest form of development is to govern one's self.

发展的最高形式是管理自己。

Govern yourself and you can govern the world.

管好你自己,你就能管好这个世界。

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

女人的优雅比美丽更有效果。