It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

-- George D. Prentice 乔治D.普伦蒂斯

希望所有人都一样高兴是徒劳的。让一个人站在他想要的方向上，他一定要背对半个世界。

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A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end mirror each other, that they are the same.

回文是一个单词或图案，它不是向不同的方向发展，而是向内折叠，使开始和结束相互镜像，它们是相同的。

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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

仅仅对新闻界来说，尽管滥用职权的情况错综复杂，但世界对理性和人道主义战胜错误和压迫所取得的一切胜利应负全责。

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There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.

做好事没有任何好处。你可以把世界上所有修道院的活动都写在一张邮票的背面，这样你就有多余的空间了。

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A clock only turns one direction.

时钟只有一个方向。

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