Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

人不是环境的创造物,环境是人的创造物。我们是自由的个体,人比物质更强大。

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When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions

当一个人完全由鸽子组成,而没有一点蛇的成分时,他在生活中的许多情况下就会变得可笑,并常常使他最好的行为蒙羞

I could take you for a walk on the beach and I could point out just about any creature and give you their Latin names.

我可以带你去海滩散步,我可以指出任何一种动物,并给你它们的拉丁名字。

Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch.

我们大多数人都被某种东西囚禁着。我们生活在黑暗中,直到有东西打开开关。

I got in touch with my agent and told him I wanted to start going out on things again.

我和我的经纪人取得了联系,告诉他我想重新开始约会。

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

太自由是不好的。拥有自己想要的一切并不好。

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

高薪和低责任很少同时出现。

I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude.

我宁愿做夜猫子也不愿做老头子。