Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

许多人以为他是在买快乐,其实他是在把自己卖给快乐。

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We are each other's seventh largest trading partner, we are the fifth largest investor there and likewise, we have a lot of exchanges between political leaders, businessmen, tourists and school children too.

我们互为第七大贸易伙伴,互为第五大投资者,政治领导人、商人、游客和学生之间也有很多交流。

A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels by an iliction is called a rayformer an' remains at large.

一个人如果一年内被赶去捕龙虾,他就被称为疯子;但是,如果一个人认为人可以通过魔法变成天使,那他就被称为“射线制造者”,他仍然逍遥法外。

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

我们从帮忙中获得的快乐部分来自于它给我们的感觉,我们并非一无是处。这对我们来说是一个惊喜。

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

一个年轻人要想出人头地,就要尽其所能地提高自己,不要怀疑有人想要妨碍他。

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

一个人,不管是绅士还是女士,如果对一本好的小说不感兴趣,那他一定是愚蠢得令人无法忍受。

My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out.

我的信心来自于每天的苦差事——日复一日地训练我的屁股。

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

最严厉的法律有时会变成最严重的不公正。

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

年轻人从不认为自己会死。