Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

在我们的约会中,没有什么比守时更容易疏远友谊的了。我曾多次违背吃饭或吃饭的诺言,与不止一个亲密的人分手。

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When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

当蒸汽第一次开始泵送时,轮子每分钟转那么多圈,所谓的商业习惯是为了使人们的生活与蒸汽机和谐地运行,而他的运动在准时性上可与火车相媲美。

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

如果你和某人一起变老,你会经历很多角色——你是爱人、朋友、敌人、同事、陌生人;你们是兄妹。这就是亲密,如果你和你的灵魂伴侣在一起。

Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.

因为这就是亲密:它是一种愿意变得脆弱,愿意咬紧牙关,愿意为我的信仰树立榜样的意愿。

The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.

早起的鸟儿有虫吃,但只有第二只老鼠才会得到奶酪。