To lie and eat fish demand a lot of skill. 说谎和吃鱼需要很多技巧。
A sin of gold is followed by a punishment of lead. 金的罪过之后是铅的惩罚。
Two thirds of the work is the semblance. 三分之二的工作是表面功夫。
You can bend an alder-tree, if you do it gradually. 你可以把一棵赤杨折弯，如果你循序渐进的话。
Wealth not acquired by our own labours, but inherited. 财富不是通过我们自己的劳动获得的，而是继承来的。
To put it bluntly, i seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But i'm working on the foundation. 坦率地说，我似乎有一个没有基础的整个上层建筑。但我在打地基。 -- Marilyn Monroe 玛丽莲·梦露
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. 诚实是一件好事，但如果不加以控制，对诚实的拥有者就没有好处。 -- Don Marquis 马奎斯
But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another. 但事实是，智人是一个感性的物种。我认为所有的物种在某种程度上都是如此。 -- Jock Sturges 乔克·斯特格斯