One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

  • -- Carl Hiaasen 卡尔·希尔森

随着年龄的增长,耐心开始衰退。

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There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems.

对人类灵魂来说,没有什么比发现有古老而繁荣的文明社会更有益的了。不知何故,这些文明社会已经存在了好几个世纪,尽管在解决问题时没有得到旅行者的帮助,但它们仍然存在。

I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.'

我有一个问题,橱柜很乱,人们只是把东西塞进去,然后把门关上。我会躺在床上睡不着,因为我会对自己说:‘我想我在那个柜子里看到了不该在那里的东西。’

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.

现在很明显,了解每个人的风俗习惯是确保友好沟通的必要条件;这一点,加上耐心和善良,将很少会失败的土著内陆。

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

政治家需要勇气,政治家需要远见;但相信我,在六个月的经验之后,他想要的第一,第二,第三和所有的时间-耐心。