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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There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.

上帝每天都在为我做一些事情,这让我陷入了思维的困境,因为我知道在我的内心深处,我不配得到这样的恩典。我不应该得到那样的休息。

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

没有虚荣心,没有卖弄风情,没有好奇心,一句话,没有堕落,女人就不会是女人。她的优雅主要在于她的脆弱。

It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

不诚实人的计谋,是献上不需要的祭物,或是献上不可能的祭物,免得献上所需要的。

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

我认为琼的建议是:永远比别人知道得多,尽可能地谨慎。永远不要在工作时哭泣。

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

书籍是世界上宝贵的财富,是世代相传的财富。

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.

亲爱的欧洲啊,有一种生命的恩典仍然属于你。

Govern a horse with a bit, and a shrew with a stick.

用一点治马,用一根棍子治泼妇。

Wealth flows from energy and ideas.

财富来自能量和思想。