It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

  • -- Robert South 罗伯特南方

扩大乃是想象的工作,缩小乃是判断的工作。因此,这一点必须远远高于另一方面,因为判断是一种比想象或想象更伟大、更高贵的能力。

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

勇敢地去做伟大的事情,去赢得光荣的胜利,即使会受到失败的挫折……而不是与那些既不享受也不太受苦的可怜的人为伍,因为他们生活在一个既不知道胜利也不知道失败的灰暗的黎明里。

If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.

如果一个国家否认自己患有艾滋病,这个国家将不可避免地成为更大的受害者。

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky.

枯燥乏味比俗气可悲得多。

Great men always pay deference to greater.

伟人总是尊重伟人。