Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

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

礼貌是由微小的牺牲构成的。

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

丢在水里的火,怎样冷却熄灭,照样,对一个最纯洁、最圣洁的人的诬告,也照样沸腾起来,立刻消散,消失了,连天上和海上的威胁也消失了,而他自己却站在那里一动也不动。

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

牙痛,或者一种强烈的激情,并不一定会因为我们对其原因、性质、重要性或无关紧要的认识而减弱。