No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

没有人会成为一个有本事把自己关进监狱的水手;因为在船上就是在监狱里,有可能被淹死……一个人在监狱里有更多的空间,更好的食物,通常有更好的同伴。

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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

随着知识的每一次增长,以及每一种新工具的发明,人类的劳动就会减少。

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

如果一个人为自己的财富感到骄傲,那么在人们知道他如何使用财富之前,不应该表扬他。

I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!

我认为男人就是男人,男人的胸部有毛,就这样吧!