Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

明智的是谁?向每个人学习的人。强大的是谁?控制自己激情的人。谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。

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The passion between the sexes has appeared in every age to be so nearly the same, that it may always be considered, in algebraic language as a given quantity.

男女之间的激情在各个时代都表现得几乎是一样的,因此在代数语言中,它总是被认为是一个给定的量。

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

我明白了勇气不是没有恐惧,而是战胜恐惧。勇敢的人不是不感到害怕的人,而是战胜恐惧的人。

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

这个世界上的邪恶几乎总是来自无知,如果他们缺乏理解,善意和恶意可能造成同样多的伤害。

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

把我们从官僚主义中拯救出来的唯一办法就是效率低下。一个有效率的官僚机构是对自由的最大威胁。

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

我们人类需要,也应该有一个头脑清醒、对世界如何运转有基本了解的公民。

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

我是个挥金如土的人,但我很小心,因为我的家庭并不富裕。

Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.

想法变的东西。如果你在脑海中看到它,你就会把它握在手中。

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

知足使穷人富有;不知足使富人变穷。

My passion for music has always inspired my designs.

我对音乐的热情一直激励着我的设计。