We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

我们获得了抵制诱惑的力量。

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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

任何人都没有权利成为体育锻炼方面的业余爱好者。一个人老了,却没有看到他的身体所具有的美丽和力量,这是一种耻辱。

Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

没有什么比公共开支更容易的了。它似乎不属于任何人。把它送给别人的诱惑是压倒性的。

I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I'm not a novelist, I'm a writer.

当有人叫我小说家时,我总是抗拒:这暗示了小说固有的某种优越性。我不是小说家,我是作家。

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

在我所有的困惑和痛苦中,圣经从来没有不给我光明和力量。

To create is to resist; to resist is to create.

创造就是反抗;抗拒就是创造。

Temptation to behave is terrible.

行为的诱惑是可怕的。