In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

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

对大多数人来说,感激之情不过是一种获得进一步恩惠的隐秘希望。

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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

一个想成为伟人的男孩,不应该仅仅下定决心去克服一千个障碍,而应该下定决心去战胜一千个挫折和失败。

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived.

记忆,经历和再经历,对一个人的个人生活有如此大的影响,以至于一个人仅仅是活着。

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

没有朋友的。没有什么好给的。贫困的财富。沉溺于讲真话和常识。

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

我们的朋友通常愿意为我们做任何事情,除了我们希望他们做的事情。