Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

  • -- Robert Burns 罗伯特·伯恩斯

坚忍不拔、奋发图强是我一直希望拥有的品质。我一向鄙视抱怨和懦弱的决心所发出的哀嚎。

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The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

人的真正的或假定的权利有两种,主动的和被动的;在某些情况下,我们列出的权利;以及我们拥有的获得他人宽容或帮助的权利。

Style, personality - deliberately adopted and therefore a mask - is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers.

风格、个性——故意采用的,因此是一个面具——是逃离那些暴躁的讨价还价者和货币兑换者的唯一方法。

I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.

我可以以一种在当代小说中难以成功塑造的方式塑造任何角色。

I don't think anyone has a right to possess anything he doesn't love - art or anything else.

我认为任何人都没有权利拥有他不爱的东西——艺术或其他任何东西。

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

当坚定足够时,轻率是不必要的。