It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.

  • -- Sydney Smith 史密斯

适度的卑贱是最安全的——在羞愧中保持灵活,随时准备好接受慷慨、善良和公正的东西,而任何东西都可以从美德中获得。

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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

在性格上,黑人是快乐的,灵活的,懒惰的;虽然构成这个种族的许多国家具有独特的智力特征,其中最极端的是人类的最低等级。

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

如果过去是一种障碍和负担,那么对过去的了解是最安全、最可靠的解脱。

I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me.

我试着在我的职业生涯中灵活处理每一件事,这对我很有效。

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

舞台是世界上最安全的地方之一。