Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.

  • -- William Davenant 戴夫南特

灾难是一面完美的镜子,在那里我们能真实地看见和认识自己。

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

在暴风雨面前弯下腰的柳树,往往比抵抗暴风雨的橡树逃得快;因此,在重大灾难中,有时轻浮轻浮的人比高尚的人更容易恢复他们的弹性和镇定。

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.

我研究结构,但我跳出框框,赋予它我自己的旋转。我热爱创造真正现代服装的挑战——在这里,女性的个性和时尚感得以体现。

Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.

往往需要一些灾难才能让我们活在当下。然后我们突然醒来,看到我们犯的所有错误。

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

真正的文明人的标志是对求知欲所产生的力量和安全的信心。

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

虽然我的父亲是挪威人,但他总是用完美的英语写日记。

Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect.

如果你想看历史频道的文字和历史完美。