Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

不要贪图享乐,除非你知道它下面没有鱼钩。

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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

许多政治家习惯于把它作为一个不言自明的命题,即在人们能够充分利用他们的自由之前,没有人应该是自由的。这句格言就像古老故事里的傻瓜,他决定在学会游泳之前不下水。

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

有些人提高了他们所处的年龄,直到所有的人在那一生中都走在更高的地方。

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.

在这些电影中工作是如此的快乐,就好像它并没有真正发生一样。

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

在爱情中,正如在暴饮暴食中一样,快乐是一件极其精确的事情。

He was never more sinister than when he was most polite.

他最懂礼貌的时候,是最阴险的时候。

You cannot hook trout? Try digging clams.

你不会钓鳟鱼?试着挖蛤蜊。