In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

在文明生活中,一个人的幸福,甚至几乎是他的生存,在很大程度上取决于他的同胞的意见,他不断地扮演着一个研究的角色。

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I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

我有一种可怕的感觉,因为我留着白胡子,坐在剧院后面,你指望我告诉你一些事情的真相。这些是便宜的座位,不是西奈山。

Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.

几千年来,许多文明都把婚姻定义为一男一女之间的结合。除了少数例外,那些没有跟随其后的文明都灭亡了。

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.

作为一名演员,能够实现财务稳定是令人惊讶的。但是我总是有一种奇怪的恐惧,我担心我不会再有工作了;而是因为没有足够的钱。

History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?

历史告诉我们,其他高度发达的文明形式已经崩溃。谁知道同样的命运是否正等着我们呢?

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

我从来没有谦虚过。如果你有意见,为什么要谦虚呢?

Public opinion is a second conscience.

舆论是第二良知。