The most pleasing of all sounds, that of your own praise.
最悦耳的声音，莫过于对自己的赞美。
The lightning that precedes the thunder is a common image of the warnings that come before calamity.
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
每日不能克服恐惧者，尚未学会人生的第一课。
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
宁可在田野中狩猎以求健康，也不花钱让医生开令人作呕的药。
The true end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction.
讽刺的真正目的是通过纠正来改善恶习。
Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: the first is law, the last prerogative.
理性统治，但仁慈宽恕：前者是法律，后者是特权。
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
死亡本身并不可怕；但我们害怕成为未知，去向未知。
None but the brave deserves the fair.
唯有勇者配得上美人。
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
愤怒的陶醉，如葡萄之醉，向他人展示我们，却对我们自己隐藏。
The boldness of his mind was matched by the candor of his speech.
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