Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

  • -- Samuel Lover 塞缪尔情人

环境是弱者的主宰;他们不过是聪明人的工具。

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The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.

因此,更加紧密的舰队将更容易地观察到信号,并以更大的便利使自己进入战斗状态,这在航行的每一个顺序中都应该被注意到。

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

我在战争中学到的一条绝对规则是,不知道你不需要知道的任何事情,因为一旦你被抓住,他们会把它从你身上揪出来。

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

如果我们所有的幸福都完全与我们的个人环境有关,我们很难不去要求生活给予更多。

I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.

作为一个母亲,我有无数的失败,但我总是遵守规则。