We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

除非我们停止思考做事的方式,否则我们永远不会把事情做好。

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We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

我们害怕这一刻将会结束,我们将得不到我们需要的,我们将失去我们所爱的,或者我们将不再安全。通常,我们最大的恐惧是知道有一天我们的身体会停止运作。所以即使我们被幸福的所有条件所包围,我们的快乐也不是完全的。

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。

When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other.

当一个系统处于两种不同的状态时,两种状态之间的体积或任何其他性质的差异只取决于这些状态本身,而不取决于系统从一种状态传递到另一种状态的方式。

In the days when corporate downsizing was all the rage, Wall Street took a lot of flak for judging companies too harshly and setting the bar for corporate performance so high that executives felt their only option was to slash payrolls.

在企业裁员风行一时的时代,华尔街受到了很多批评,因为它对企业的评价过于苛刻,并为企业业绩设定了过高的标准,以至于高管们觉得他们唯一的选择就是裁员。

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

当我在冰上,在灯光下,伴随着音乐和动作,有一种特定的调情,给我的表演带来了巨大的能量和表现力。

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

不完美总是缠着一个人,如果他们等着被彻底刷掉,他们就会永远在轴上旋转,不会前进。

The rat knows full well that, if the cat is old and feeble, its claws are not.

老鼠很清楚,如果猫又老又虚弱,它的爪子却不是。

And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.

一旦你不再是一个真实的人,你就不再是一个好演员。

Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

移民应按比例和人道的方式执行。

Beware of one with a honeyed tongue and a sword in the belly.

要提防舌甜肚剑的人。