In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

  • -- Robert Herrick 罗伯特·赫里克

对事物保持适度;国王应该剪羊毛,而不是剥羊毛。

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You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal.

你知道,只要你做每件事都有节制,你就不会做得过火,你不会,你知道,把你的嘴唇变成孔夫子的嘴唇——我的意思是,稍微拉一下或拉一下,没什么大不了的。

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.

我们所需要的只是一位气象学家,他曾经全身湿透而没有任何不良影响。没有人能有意识地描写雨天弯腰走路的天气。

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

所以,学会克服你的恐惧。这是我们现在唯一必须掌握的艺术:无所畏惧地看待事物,无畏地做正确的事。

The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet.

房子的主要部分是深红色的,我有奶油糖果地毯。我还有一间带豹皮地板、墙纸和卫生间的浴室。

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

中庸与智慧是分不开的伴侣,但天才与之连点头之交都没有。

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

我有穿工作服的朋友,我不会用他们的友谊来换取世界各国国王的青睐。

The people who actually do things always suffer the slings and arrows of those who don't.

真正做事的人总是遭受那些不做事的人的冷箭伤人。

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

这个世界的王,不是蛮力,乃是劝导和信心。

It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its own fleece.

懒得连自己的羊毛都带不走的羊是坏羊。

A leap year is never a good sheep year.

闰年从来不是好羊年。