We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

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

我们平时不称赞别人,而是为了被别人表扬自己。

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The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

拍拍后背,搂着肩膀,对正确的事情表示赞赏,对错误的事情表示同情的点头,这些都是高尔夫的一部分,就像生活本身一样。

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

在争论中,当我们感到愤怒的时候,我们已经停止了为真理而奋斗,而开始为自己而奋斗。

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

诗人失去了他们本应得到的赞美的一半,如果知道他们小心翼翼地涂抹了什么的话。

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

神的旨意不只是要我们快乐,而是要我们使自己快乐。