Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

有些老人,不断地赞美他们年轻时的时光。事实上,你几乎会认为在他们那个时代没有傻瓜,但不幸的是,他们自己被留作了榜样。

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I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.

我不是说男人没有这种感觉,我不是这个意思,但我发现当我的孩子出生时,我的第一个孩子,我的心都碎了。

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.

我只是在获释后第一次使用手机。我很难应付它,因为它看起来是那么小,那么不真实。

Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?

人们不能自由地思考化学和生物学:为什么应该允许他们自由地思考政治哲学?

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

例如,读诗的人喜欢书的感觉、分量和气味。

Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

通常,当我完成一次售书之旅时,我已经对这本书感到厌倦了。

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

真正的赞美常临到卑微的人;虚假的赞美只给强者。

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

当你想要得到表扬时,谦虚是唯一可靠的诱饵。

A good example has twice the value of good advice

一个好的例子有两倍于好的建议的价值