It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. 与其解决问题而不进行辩论,不如就问题进行辩论而不加以解决。 -- Joseph Joubert 朱伯特
For under scrutiny you will find that even an open book can have a surprise scribbled in its margins. 因为在细读之下,你会发现,即使是一本打开的书,页边空白处也会有令人惊讶的涂鸦。 -- Violet Haberdasher 紫罗兰服饰
If you say that you never lie in life, you honestly insult my intelligence. 如果你说你这辈子从不说谎,那你就是在侮辱我的智商。 -- Toba Beta 托巴·贝塔
It's but kindly that the pock savour of the herring. 鲱鱼的浓汤味道真好。
If the head aches all the members of the body suffer. 头若发痛,全身就都疼痛。
If you tell the truth too early, you are laughed at -- too late and you are stoned. 如果你太早说出真相,你就会被嘲笑——太晚了,你就会醉倒。
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. 无论损失多么惨重,失败和胜利一样可以震撼灵魂,让荣耀散发出来。 -- Al Gore 阿尔·戈尔
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
The cock goes to town for only four days and returns home a peacock. 公鸡只进城四天,回来时就变成一只孔雀。