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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And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and inside, they cannot exist except in a certain kind of natural environment.

虽然我们的身体和皮肤是有界限的,我们可以区分外部和内部,但它们只能存在于特定的自然环境中。

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

我看见他们高贵的额上有耶和华的印记,因为他们生来就是世上的君王,比那些买了地就得为业的人真实得多。

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.

有时候你做了某件事,然后你就完蛋了。有时候是你没做的事情,你被搞砸了。

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。

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

一旦拔剑,人的感情就会变得没有节制。

All kings are blind. The good ones see this and use more than their eyes to lead.

国王都是瞎子。优秀的人能看到这一点,并能比他们的眼睛更善于引导。

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。

The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.

羊在狼的嘴里别无选择。

I bite the skin on the side of my fingernails.

我咬指甲的一边皮肤。

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

快乐不存在于事物之中;它在我们体内。