Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

  • -- Charles Simmons 查尔斯·西蒙斯

迅速不仅是一种责任,也是良好礼貌的一部分;它有利于财富、声誉、影响和用途;稍加注意和精力就会养成习惯,使之变得轻松愉快。

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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.

乙醇是一种主要的高性能燃料。它具有巨大的环境效益,是我国能源独立的重要组成部分。

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

不幸的是,你的名声往往不是建立在你说到做到的能力上,而是建立在你做别人期望的能力上。

If one has a good reputation and trusted, the rules can be bent to accommodate.

如果一个人拥有良好的声誉和信任,这些规则可以被变通以适应。

Hysteria takes too much energy to be maintained forever.

歇斯底里需要太多的能量才能永远保持下去。