Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.

从祖先那里借来的赞美是非常遗憾的赞美。

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We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with us. If you could figure out how to turn those on, you could resurrect ancient characteristics from our ancestors.

我们所有人的基因都来自我们的祖先,而这些基因并没有被利用——它们没有被激活。所以我们实际上携带着古老的基因。如果你能弄明白如何开启它们,你就能从我们的祖先那里复活古老的特征。

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

我的祖先在旷野迷路了四十年,因为即使在圣经时代,人们也不会停下来问路。

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

一个真正的自然资源保护主义者知道这个世界不是他父亲给的,而是从他的孩子那里借来的。

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

我们倾向于喜欢赞美,但却不配。但如果我们想要得到它,我们必须更爱美德。

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

近年来(也许是由于我们的政治变化),艺术比以往任何时候都更多地借鉴历史。

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

我大声赞美。我轻轻地责备。