I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.

  • -- William Whipple 威廉惠普尔

我很遗憾地说,有时候,一件无关紧要的事情会浪费大量宝贵的时间,因为有些先生们即使在国会里也不会完全摆脱律师的纠缠,他们不断地发表长篇累牍的演说,耍花招。

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The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time. We must have order, allocating to each thing it's proper place and giving to each thing is due according to it's nature.

从物质到功能再到创造性工作的漫长道路只有一个目标:从我们这个时代绝望的混乱中创造秩序。我们必须有秩序,按部就班,按部就班,按部就班。

Because it is less structured than work, leisure time leaves workaholics at a loss for what to do. Workaholics practically climb the wall when they can't work.

因为它没有工作那么有条理,所以业余时间让工作狂无所适从。工作狂在不能工作的时候简直是翻墙。

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

教堂是从未去过天堂的绅士们向从未去过天堂的人夸耀的地方。

A gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.

一个漂亮的绅士,躺在床上,直到他的马裤补好。