A righteous wife is a respectful wife.

贤惠的妻子是贤惠的妻子。

A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

戒指意味着承诺。但更重要的是，这意味着你们讨论了共同的未来，并共同决定了共同的愿景。

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.

河流似乎是一个神奇的东西。这是地球本身的一个神奇的、能动的、有生命的部分。

A robin red breast in a cage Puts all Heaven in a rage.

一只关在笼子里的知更鸟，它那鲜红的胸脯，使整个天堂都怒不可遏。

A rock reveals itself to be sacred because its very existence is a hierophany: incompressible, invulnerable, it is that which man is not.

岩石显示出它自己是神圣的，因为它的存在本身就是一个导师:不可压缩的，坚不可摧的，这是人所不具备的。

A romance novel focuses exclusively on two people falling in love. It can't be about a woman caring for her aging mother or something like that. It can have that element, but it has to be primarily about the male-female relationship.

一部爱情小说专门讲述两个人相爱的故事。不可能是一个女人照顾她年迈的母亲之类的。它可以有那样的元素，但它必须主要是关于男女关系。

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

一屋子伟大的运动员比一屋子演员要好得多。

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

挂满图画的房间就是挂满思想的房间。

A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world.

房间就像一个舞台。如果你在没有灯光的情况下看到它，它可能是世界上最冷的地方。

A room without books is as a body without a soul.

一个没有书的房间就像一个没有灵魂的躯体。

A rose must remain with the sun and the rain or its lovely promise won't come true.

玫瑰必须与阳光和雨水同在，否则它可爱的诺言不会成真。

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

不能指望一个圆的人马上就能钻进一个方洞里去。他必须有时间修改他的形状。

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

心绪不宁，枕边不安。

A ruin---yet what ruin! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been reared.

一片废墟——可是什么废墟呀!从它那巨大的城墙上，宫殿，半城市，拔地而起。

A rule that may serve for a statesman, a courtier, or a lover - never make a defence or an apology before you be accused.

这条规则可能适用于政治家、朝臣或爱人——在被指控之前，永远不要为自己辩护或道歉。