A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

父亲可能背弃他的孩子,兄弟姐妹可能成为根深蒂固的敌人,丈夫可能抛弃妻子,妻子可能抛弃丈夫。惟有母亲的慈爱,能看透一切。

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Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.

那是同一颗星星,那是同一颗月亮,它们俯视着你的兄弟姐妹,它们仰视着你的兄弟姐妹,尽管它们彼此离我们如此遥远。

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

和平的五个敌人与我们同在——贪婪、野心、嫉妒、愤怒和骄傲;如果这些被驱逐,我们将永远享有和平。

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

持续的善意可以成就很多事。当太阳使冰融化时,善意会导致误解、不信任和敌意消失。

I truly believe I was sent there for a purpose. Other than the Red Cross, fate sent me there to help my brother.

我相信我被派到那里是有目的的。除了红十字会,命运派我去那里帮助我的兄弟。

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

那些在国内受泼妇管束的人,在国外最容易溜须拍马,和和气气。

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

在婚姻中,男人变得懒散和自私,并经历了他的道德存在的脂肪退化。

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

一个理想的妻子应该对你忠贞不渝,但又尽力让自己看起来魅力十足。