A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

  • -- George Ade 乔治·艾迪

至亲至爱的朋友迟早会像亲戚一样无用。

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Over the long run, the price of gold approximates the total amount of money in circulation divided by the size of the gold stock. If the market price of gold moves a long way from this level, it may indicate a buying or selling opportunity.

从长期来看,黄金价格近似于流通中的货币总量除以黄金存量的大小。如果黄金的市场价格从这一水平大幅波动,它可能预示着一个买进或卖出的机会。

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.

如果我们不能越过分隔我们和我们自己的深渊,那么驶向月球又有什么好处呢?这是所有发现之旅中最重要的一次,没有它,其他所有的航行不仅毫无用处,而且是灾难性的。

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?

当然,相对引用频率并不能衡量相对重要性。谁没有想过要写一篇如此基础的论文,以至于很快大家都知道了,却没有人引用它呢?

The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn't afford anything better?

然而,最重要的是钱。对我们来说,拥有一个强大的体育场,但一支无用的球队有什么用呢?因为我们买不起更好的东西。

The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood.

村子附近有一个磨坊,坐落在一条小溪上,可以做出很好的面粉。人口由文明的印第安人组成,但很多是混血儿。

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.

我们都在敦刻尔克附近的海岸上飞来飞去寻找敌机,而敌机似乎也在毫无凝聚力的情况下乱转。

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

我的歌基本上就是我的日记。我的一些最好的歌曲创作来自于我经历了一场个人噩梦的时候。

A true friend will dance with you in the middle of the streets to no music and think it's completely normal.

一个真正的朋友会在没有音乐的情况下和你在大街上跳舞,并认为这是完全正常的。

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

如果你每天跌倒七十次,你要站起来七十次,然后回到神那里,这样你就不会经常跌倒。

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.

工人们从这场战争中得不到任何好处,但他们会失去他们所珍视的一切。

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

我们需要利用现在的机会,创造一个愿景,变得伟大。

Friend is the worst word you can hear when professing your love to someone.

当你向某人表达你的爱时,朋友是你能听到的最糟糕的词。

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

烟管和平,埋葬战斧,成为一个国家。

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

机会,我亲爱的,是生育的至高主宰。

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

人们可能听到你的话,但他们能感觉到你的态度。

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

政治和权力是一个相对有影响力的领域。