We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

我们宁可说自己的坏话,也不愿完全不谈论自己。

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When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child.

当我们的主说,我们必须悔改,成为小孩子的时候,我想他的意思也是,我们必须意识到我们的软弱,相对来说,就像小孩子一样。

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

正确的纪律不在于外在的强迫,而在于能自发地导致可取而非不可取的行为的心理习惯。

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

我们没有真正地继承什么,但是我们的行为使我们值得继承什么。

I'd rather buy clothes than buy a bed.

我宁愿买衣服也不愿买床。