In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

  • -- Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕·林肯

在这个时代,在这个国家,民意决定一切。有了它,没有什么会失败;相反,没有什么能成功。塑造公众情绪的人比制定法律或宣布司法决定的人更有深度。

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I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view.

我认为你必须相信你的命运;你会成功,你会遇到很多拒绝,它并不总是一条笔直的道路,会有弯路——所以享受风景吧。

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.

当我发现故事书是由人写的,书并不是自然奇观,而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候,我感到既震惊又失望。

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

也许我天真地认为人们理解幽默是什么,它是人类发明的,用来应对生活中的黑暗、问题和恐惧。

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

国家分裂了,一半是爱国者,一半是叛徒,谁也分不清谁是爱国者,谁是叛徒。

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

爱国主义是一种即时的反应,当战争开始时,这种反应就会消失。

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

在过去,很少有女性尝试过,成功的更少。