The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

从你试图和他谈生意的那一刻起,他就采取了绅士和学者的态度,从你试图接近他的道德操守的那一刻起,他就开始谈生意了。

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Love alleviates you the moment you become too sick with it. Live to love, even if you don’t outlive the experience.

当你对爱感到厌烦的时候,爱会减轻你的痛苦。为爱而活,即使你不能活得比爱更久。

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

这是对一个绅士的最后考验:他对那些对他毫无用处的人的尊重。

Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain.

活在当下,因为其他一切都是不确定的。

Gentlemen, start your egos.

先生们,开始你们的自我吧。