A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they almost never coincide.

  • -- Russell Lynes 拉塞尔·里奈斯

女人没有什么特别的。一个男人的女人就是另一个男人的女人;有时候,一个男人的女人是另一个男人的妻子。定义有重叠,但几乎从不重合。

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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

我们称失去父亲的人为孤儿;一个失去妻子的鳏夫。但是,这个人知道失去朋友的巨大痛苦,我们用什么名字称呼他呢?在这里,每一种语言都是沉默的,在无能为力中保持着平静。

If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't matter how the other elements of my life are. It's kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful.

如果我的孩子过得很好,那么我的生活也很好。如果我的孩子做得不好,我生活中的其他因素如何都不重要。有这样的背景真是太棒了。这真是太棒了。

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

在一个男人的世界里,最高的奖赏就是拥有最美丽的女人,她挽着你的手臂,住在她对你忠心耿耿的心里。

At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives.

许多女性未能成为一名出色的厨师,其根源在于她未能培养出对刀具的工人般的重视。