When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course. 说到人生的游戏,我想我已经玩过了整个过程。 -- Lee Trevino 李·特维诺
A wise man's day is worth a fool's life. 聪明人的一天胜过蠢人的一生。
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. 没有什么比词语的模糊性更妨碍知识的进步了。 -- Thomas Reid 托马斯·里德
Folks spend their health to acquire wealth and later spend their wealth to regain their health. 人们用健康来获得财富,然后再用财富来恢复健康。
A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many. 朋友千人尚觉少;一个敌人就是太多了。
What's bred in the bone will never out of the flesh. 生在骨头里的东西永远不会从肉里出来。
Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone. 智慧是经验的蜡烛,但你必须拿着蜡烛独自前行。 -- Lauren Kate 劳伦凯特
You can't straighten a snake by putting it in a bamboo cane. 把蛇放在竹竿里是不能把它拉直的。
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 所有的河流都流入大海;海还没有满。河水从何而来,又从何而回。 -- Holy Bible 圣经
Put the priest in the middle of the parish. 把牧师放在教区的中间。