I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
[譯]真正的朋友絕不能阿諛奉承。
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends.
[注解]語出莎士比亞。
[譯]我認(rèn)為,只有在腦海中想起好朋友時(shí)我才會(huì)那樣快樂。
If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends.
[譯]如果你想估算一下你的價(jià)值,數(shù)一數(shù)你的朋友吧。
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
[譯]在順境中,朋友結(jié)識(shí)了我們;在逆境中,我們了解了朋友。
In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart.
[譯]明鏡照容顏,醇酒見人心。
It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength.
[注解]語出美國總統(tǒng)杰斐遜。
[譯]使自由保持活力是沖突而不是絕對(duì)的一致。在一個(gè)自由的國家里總會(huì)有各種相沖突的思想,而這正是力量的源泉。
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
[譯]如果從沒有失去過自由,很容易將自由當(dāng)做想當(dāng)然的事情。
It is good to have friends in trouble.
[譯]在患難時(shí)得到朋友是幸運(yùn)的。
It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.
[譯]對(duì)朋友不義,不可能對(duì)國家效忠。