Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

  • -- Mortimer J. Adler 莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒

人们以三种方式来评价事物:有用的、令人愉快的或快乐的来源、优秀的、或本质上令人钦佩的或光荣的。

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An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

积极分子是积极参与创建社区的人,无论社区是在当地还是在国际上。这是一种令人钦佩的品质。

The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.

一个人对自己的科学判断和别人对他的判断的真正区别在于他增加了知识的来源。

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration.

所以对我来说,画漫画是一件光荣的事情。它在挑战极限。这是通过夸张而得到的事实。

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

这是我热切的愿望和最大的野心,我留下了一些有用的指示,为钢琴家在我之后的工作。

It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity.

这是愉快的,麻烦和尴尬的同时。尤其是当你还没做什么,而且是个名人的时候。

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

不要让别人羡慕你,而要让别人羡慕你。不要做有益的事,而要做令人钦佩的事。生活的理想。

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

不,没有关于消息来源的硬性规定,也没有帮助记者了解情况的印刷小册子。

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

我通常要花三个多星期来准备一篇好的即席演讲。

But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.

但是我有时间打高尔夫球,而且我们有四门很好的课程。

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

我不认为有人对评论提出异议是有用的。

I feel like I've lived about three or four different lives.

我感觉我已经经历了三、四种不同的生活。

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

年轻有十个脚趾头是一件令人愉快的事。

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

漫画是一件光荣的事情。