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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

  • -- T. S. Eliot T.S.艾略特

最后一个诱惑是最大的背叛:以错误的理由做正确的事。

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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

忙碌并不总是意味着真正的工作。所有工作的目标都是生产或成就，而要达到其中任何一个目标，都必须有先见之明、系统、计划、智慧、诚实的目标，以及勤奋。表面上做，实际上没有做。

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I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'

我想我的目的就是出去唱歌。我喜欢唱歌。我甚至不是为了——你知道，奖品。我说，‘嘿，伙计，我要唱歌了。’

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Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.

科技是上帝的礼物。在生命的恩赐之后，这也许是神最大的恩赐。它是文明、艺术和科学之母。

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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

虽然我对很多人怀有深深的感激之情，但我还是放弃了给他们命名的诱惑，因为我担心自己会漏掉一些名字。

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The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

我们在舞台上戴太阳镜的唯一原因是我们无法忍受观众的目光。

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The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

有情感的人忙于谈论自己的感受，无暇去做善事。

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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.

我不喝酒的一个原因是我想知道我什么时候玩得开心。

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

没有恶习是好的，但没有诱惑就不好了。

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The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

世界上最伟大的教育是观察大师们的工作。

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Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn incense.

宁可离家近行善事，不愿到远方去烧香。

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